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Old 17-01-2015, 20:11   #47
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Re: Osborne's 'Pensioner bonds' - bribing OAPs with everyone else's money

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet View Post
So why not, you know, just not give it to them but instead simply not have the state tax their kids or borrow more based on their future income to begin with?

This is what would normally be considered a 'conservative' way of thinking.
Whichever way it's cut, the 'windfall' is just as likely to benefit kids as it is the parents. And it might have more favourable impact as an accumulated benefit.

But, yes, it's politics. I think you have to expect politics from politicians.
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