Quote Originally Posted by soulman101 View Post
Hi, I'm a pensioner and my wife will be in September.
I paid over £4k tax last year and it's gone up again this year, plus full council tax and dental treatment .
Before I retired i was a 40% tax payer and declared every penny, alot of my mates who also paid in never reached pension age .
We seem to be an easy target, we gafted for our money with no handouts .
Pensioners are treated quite well I think, Governments (particularly the Tories) like to keep them sweet because they typically vote whereas younger people don't. You've been able to get on the property market relatively easily in comparison to today's young people, and you've seen huge increases in the price of that property.

If you paid £4k in tax last year as a pensioner, who has (presumably) paid off their mortgage and owns their house - you are doing a lot better than most.