If the State pension is cut in real terms, then those of use who are having to wait an extra six or seven years to get ours are going to lose out again.
I know that a lot of people think that all 'pensioners' have had life handed to them on a plate, but for people of my generation, it wasn't quite like that. House prices shot up in the 80s (when we bought our first house at the top of the market), interest rates were sky high, as was unemployment in many parts of the country.
Since then, house prices have risen, so that those who live in the SE and London have made a lot of money (as have those who bought council houses), but in the rest of the country those gains are a lot more patchy. People have often been trapped in areas of high poverty and unemployment, as they couldn't afford to relocate.
Add to that the fact that women were victims of legal discrimination at the start of our careers, in many cases have never caught up, and are now having to wait longer for our pensions (and bus passes etc) than previous generations, and the picture is not so rosy. Yet there are still calls for pensions to be reduced, and cries of 'intergenerational unfairness'. My own children and their friends (in their 20s) had a far easier start in life than most people of my generation. Yes, they had loans to pay for university, but many will not pay them back, and at least most young people have the chance to go. This was not the case back in the day, when there were no fees, but many young people were expected to contribute to the family finances, and there was no money to pay for rent and food for students.
I understand that the furlough scheme has to be paid for, and that everyone should take a share, but I also think that we are an easy target, and am sick of being viewed as a 'taker' rather than a 'giver' to society, having paid tax and NI all of my working life (and still paying now that I am semi-retired).
