I am a 75 year old lady and I believe I am being a drain on this country according to some beliefs.

I would agree there are some my age that have not worked a day in their life some due to disabilities they have no control of and those who used every ailment possible to get out of work and have to say benefitting from all privileges available to them today, something I do not have due to working hard and going without to pay for a private pension.

There are so many in my generation like me who worked hard from the age of fifteen and because we did save and took out private pensions we still pay taxes.

There are also pensioners who worked hard in jobs that did not have the benefit of private pension but worked very hard and today struggle to eat a decent diet and keep warm. Also the taxes we paid all our lives paid towards education and NHS, which today's generation benefit from. Our taxes also helped to pay off the national debt from the Second World War.

I say to the working generation think before you blame the senior citizens for what is wrong today. I would also like to state the women of my generation did not have the privilege of having 9 months off of work after giving birth, 6 weeks was all we had then back to work accept for those who lucky enough to afford not to work.

Christine Cassell

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