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Old 04-04-2015, 20:48   #1438
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Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet View Post
I suspect if it were announced that pensioners were going to feel said cuts given the predictable Conservative preoccupation with keeping them, their core vote, happy, they'd rather rapidly jump.
That would depend on the exact nature of the cuts, I suspect.

Either way, love it or hate it, it's democracy in action. Pensioners vote, so politicians develop policies to attract those votes. Meanwhile the social media generation listens to idiots like Russell Brand, telling them that not voting is a great way of changing anything.
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