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Originally Posted by Damien
I've said it before, but the biggest issue with the triple lock is that if inflation is low, it will still rise by 2.5% or the average increase in workers' wages! It's a crazy system. It's designed to grow more than the tax receipts to pay for it.
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It's clearly designed to give the Conservatives the silver vote. Perhaps they hoped that Labour would blink first, abolish it, and lose pensioner votes.