St Pauli They'll have paid a lot less in beer, fuel, fag and va tax than the young currently pay.
I have been paying the same rate of tax on the above items ever since you started paying them. I also started paying taxes in the mid 1950's. How many extra years have I been paying taxes than you have?
In response to your reply dated 4th. April, where have I stated OAP's should be able to get to football free/cheap? I was only pointing out that 50 years of paying tax for the items you mentioned, surely equates to me having paid more tax than a youngster has.
I do not think think it is right for a person (whatever their age) should be saddled with Uni debts for probably most of their working lives.
I was not "up in arms" about you your teaching pension as I did not know about it.
Housing benefits can also affect the older generation as well as young families.
Although I get a state pension, I still have to pay tax because I am in receipt of a private pension, so I also have to pay huge amounts of tax for social care.