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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I think the people who think the bus pass is an expensive unnecessary expense on the public purse forget that many older people are excluded by the fact that they have difficulty getting about(not disabled, but no car to get about it)......this social exclusion is bad for their health, both physical and mental.
We all need a degree of social interaction in our lives(of one sort or another).
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Absolutely. When the Council tried to get everyone to pay their Council Tax by Direct Debit, so "saving them the trouble" of having to go to the cash office every month, many older people were up in arms.
"Trouble? What trouble? It's the highlight of our week coming into town and chatting to people when we come to pay our bills!" was the answer.