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Old 10-06-2013, 11:00 AM #5
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Originally Posted by Vicky. View Post
I actually agree with this. It is simply unfair to keep chopping away at working age benefits while excluding the state pension and pensioner benefits. Especially when pensions make up the bulk of the welfare cost...

IDS has a habit of including pensions in the welfare budget when justifying his cuts..using the excuse the welfare spending is out of control, yet excluding all things pensioner related when he makes the cuts. Welfare spending will continue to rise no matter how many working age benefits you cut..as people are still getting older..while pensioners cant be touched, the welfare bill will NEVER go down.
Agree with you but, most pensioners vote so it's no surprise they took a while to get round to screwing them.

By the time most posters on here retire state pensions will almost certainly have been scrapped cuz they, simply, cost way too much money. Its becoming harder and harder to justify the huge pay-outs to people who no longer work.
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