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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
Am l angry, yes. OAP's are treated very badly in this country. And l don't know why - maybe because they are vulnerable and cannot answer back. And Osborne will make sure they will suffer.
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Between 1977 and 2010-11, the incomes of pensioners rose by two and a half times in real terms, outstripping the growth in the economy. Over the same period working people saw their income grow just two times.
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Those with heads not in contact with colons nursing severe persecution complexes consider the Tories to be, if anything, pandering to retirees as they tend to vote Tory and vote in large numbers.
http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/opin...019235.article
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Why on earth would the Conservatives risk the wrath of pensioners it has spent the past five years desperately trying to woo?
The hugely expensive state pension triple-lock, retaining universal perks for retirees and, of course, the Budget pension freedoms are just a few examples of a party transparently targeting the section of society it expects to vote in its droves on 7 May.
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Current and soon to be pensioners are likely to have it about as good as it'll get. My generation will have to work for longer to pay for retirement and are likely to have far less state support.
Sadly these things have to be paid for, and paid for, for the most part, by those who are of working age.