PROFESSIONAL WHINGERS
OAP's such as myself are about to receive a pension increase much greater than inflation, and in the budget, we were promised free off-peak travel on buses, £200 off our Council Tax, Pension Credits to rise by 13% in three years, abolition of hospital charges, higher thresholds for inheritance tax, and a promise to continue the £200 winter fuel allowance.
Yet still the whinging continues. Albert Vension of the Devon Pensioners Action Forum is quoted "The money is already gobbled up", and Peter Broadbent says "This doesn't mean a sausage to the average person" (Herald Express 17.3.05). Some people are never happy.
In fact, I believe this to be the most generous package pensioners have ever received in a single year, and to be so dismissive of it is unreasonable and greedy.
Those who remain unhappy with the package should tell us just who should pay more taxes to give pensioners even more.
