And don't be fooled by the reduction in income tax. We ordinary pensioners pay very little to begin with. You will only benefit from this if you are very rich. Don't forget, if you are fit and able to go out to work, you will be taxed on your Old Age Pension which will be classified as earnings.
Why doesn't Gordon do the simple and proper thing and increase our Old Age Pension to a respectable level. I don't know why he does not do this. Write to your MP and ask him or her.
We pay the same amount for our water, gas, electricity as people in full employment. Old folk die every winter of hypothermia. The £200.00 winter fuel allowance is not enough. The £200.00 is a blatant admission that the Old Age Pension is totally inadequate and not enough to simply keep ourselves warm.
Members of Parliament should be made to stick to the Biblical Golden Rule. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." But do they? They most certainly do not. They get 130 days a year out of the House. They have fixed themselves generous pensions and guess what? They have just given themselves another £10,000.00 a year just to keep in touch with us. Wasn't this their job in the first place? And, wow, some of the expenses they claim make our pensions look like a seven year old's pocket money.
Peter Hain got £21,000.634 for just staying away from home, and what about Janet Anderson MP claiming £16,612.00 just for driving her car.
No, it seems our MP's serve themselves before they serve their public. But don't get us Authors Too wrong. We are not anti New Labour or pro any other party. We just like to say and see things as they really are.
We Old Age Pensioners are getting a raw deal. We are the people who won the war, fought in Korea, Suez, Cyprus, Malaya. We are the people who worked all our lives, paid our taxes and National Health contributions. We deserve better.
Now, to blog off, we mustn't forget that we, the grey voters if we stick together, can shift governments. There are a lot of us and any party in power will be interested to get us on their side. So write to your MP and tell him or her of your lifelong contribution to the wealth of this country and now you want some of it back. Or else next time they wont get your vote.
Coming soon
An open letter to NPT MP who seems not to know about the scandal of Old People's bed-sit Council Tax.
Blogging Off, Authors Too for OLD NEWS.
