Submitted on Sunday 25th March 2012
Published on Monday 26th March 2012
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Signatures: 1
Support the "granny tax" - stop mollycuddling the the over 60s
We baby boomers have been better off than any previous generation.
Yes, we have worked hard to achieve our prosperity. But we were aided by the enormous inflation over our working lives that enabled us to borrow real pounds and pay back the debt with inflated ones. Who did we borrow from? Our parents and grandparents. In doing so we robbed them of the savings they had built up; and they had done so with much greater difficulty than that we laboured under, under a far less generous tax regime than we enjoyed for the last 20 years of our working lives.
We should not bequeath any more debt to our children than necessary. Whenever there is a suggestion that my generation should have some benefit reduced – winter fuel allowance, bus passes, RPI linked OAP, free flu jabs, there is an outcry. I find this ridiculous and indefensible. Vote against it! Fair shares between generations.
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