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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Nowhere did I say it was justified.
You seem to be under the impression that the benefits that pensioners receive are free....they are not.
Wealthy pensioners will still be paying tax(and some of those wealthy pensioners are asset rich but cash poor...their main wealth being tied up in property).......so it is their entitlement.
I am not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination, but I still have to pay tax on my pension....so do you think that I should not be able to use my bus pass?
My bus pass is not free......I pay into the system and have done since 1962 when I got my first pay packet.
I have (over the years)contributed to the wealth of this country....there are many who claim benefits who have contributed nothing, but see it as their right to get money from those who have contributed.
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I think that when the bankers stop paying themselves massive bonuses,the "one per cent" (and I) pay their fair share of tax, maybe it wouldn't be necessary to give up your payments/entitlements or bring using your bus pass into the equation
