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Originally Posted by Damien

Pensioners aren't the new wealthy, although some certainly are with how property has increased over the years, but they are a demographic largely isolated from austerity whilst the young have been disproportionately hit. You can get away with that for a while but eventually that portion of the electorate gets bigger.

Many from this age group also have final salary pensions which the current near retirees would only dream of. They also retired earlier on these better pensions.