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Originally Posted by Royboy39
Bernard....when you enter the phase of senility as I have been accused of many times on this forum, you realise that the ones younger than you have been brought up to accept hand outs as a way of life.
I qualify for a bus pass but as of now I have not claimed it and I would think that many pensioners with cars dont claim the right to a bus pass.
If you can get about under your own steam and are fit enough to do so, why subject yourself to a means test.
Too many governing busybodies paid a lot of money for coming up with hairbrained ideas for persons they think are too old to realise that they are being hoodwinked..........did not come from my school.  |
I think a lot of people don't claim the bus pass,because as you say they probably think they are not really entitled to it. Even though no doubt they have worked all their working life, and are perfectly entitled to a bus pass.
I suppose we are part of a generation where the thinking was that anything you wanted, you had to work for it. And the concept of someone giving you a free bus pass, is just alien to a lot of that generation.