Quote Originally Posted by Win2Win View Post
If someone who is 75 and is a millionaire gets a free bus pass then they deserve having likely paid £100,000's in tax into the economy, whereas as a life long benefit claimant of the same age has paid squat from employment tax.

Yes, you are correct, but that was back when the country believed they could afford to pay ALL pensioners with their ability to finance this kind of thing with cheap loans..
Now that things are different its time to Rob Peter to pay Paul..
The UK is in a financial mess that IMO will turn eventually into a Catastrophe..
This type of measure is just the first signs of Government panic IMO.
I'm surprised why more people cannot see right through it to be honest.