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Old 21-01-2015, 16:38   #80
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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
Those weren't being taken directly out of taxation / added onto borrowing as this is.

They were also not, primarily, for that purpose, but to avoid banks going insolvent and keep the UK's gilt interest rate down.

Not comparable.
Not directly comparable but equally unfair to one group of people - which is the point I was making. You may care more about losing £££'s to a 'bribe' than a necessary 'policy' but the financial result is the same for a group of people who've done nothing wrong.
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