Originally Posted by Chrysalis

A post made without thought. Lost for words.

What the government is doing has little credibility, they cannot claim welfare is unaffordable when they let the biggest chunk grow unhindered to buy votes.

If we took your post as gospel we can assume every single pensioner has worked for their entire working life and every single social security claimant has never paid any taxes, which of course is complete nonsense.

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I understand your point but of course one has to remember that OAP's are only just part of the population and shouldnt really be given any preference, my own opinion is the pension rate should be linked to working age benefits in terms of when it grows or shrinks. There is no logical reason to do otherwise.

Of course also remember not every mum and dad acts like a ATM machine, me and my younger sister got kicked out at under 20 years old with only a few months notice, I still financially support my sister by taking out 0% credit to help her pay down debts because my mum and dad wont help at all (she cannot do herself as she trashed her credit rating), in fact my dad is constantly pestering us for money when I asked him what its for he says he is bored of his car and wants a new one, I mean he is a in a different world of struggles if thats his biggest problem, yet he doesnt realise with a fully paid mortgage his living costs are a fraction of our own.