In message , at 17:30:49 on
Fri, 7 Feb 2014, Tony Bryer remarked:
One of the Mail's more intelligent (limited competition admittedly)
writers, Tom Utley, has a column re the wastefulness of giving
people like him free travel.

It's "wasteful" giving the affluent older any sort of concession:
(theatre/movie/museum tickets, Over-60 railcard, Winter Fuel allowance,
State Pension, Free Prescriptions etc).

But although there are signs of weakening at the edges, these are all
entitlements that people have paid for over their working lives, and are
not means tested at the point of delivery.
--
Roland Perry