The major problem with that argument, Mollie, is that there aren't the smaller properties for the working-age people currently hit by the bedroom tax to downsize to, so where exactly would pensioners be meant to live if this was applied to them?
However, apart that one comment, I'm going to try to resist getting drawn into an in-depth argument here on the rights and wrongs of the bedroom tax. My reason for starting this thread was to do with the generational divide that is starting to appear. Yes, benefits may or may not be a part of that, but is that all? Is there more to it than that?
As for your complaint that younger people seem to be linking bedroom tax in their minds with free bus passes, free heating, and free TV licences, well what's wrong with that? They are all benefits aren't they? It's just some of them also go to people who don't actually need them. Hmmm, now if I were a young person, which of those would bother me most?