sadly unable to read the diatribe without subscribing so my blood pressure is probably safe for the moment.
according to statisitics I am considered poor - on a net income of £12K from state pension and a small private pension annuity but I must be well off because I have no housing costs (except upkeep, boiler servicing etc.)
while this is true I have to pay council tax, house insurance, tv licence, utilities out of that income (thank goodness I have a few savings for when there is an extra expense)
I do so loathe the media for portraying OAPs (as in the picture accompanying the article) as lounging on a veranda of what is obviously a holiday home surprised they did not include a picture of said pensioners leaning on the railing of a cruise ship!
also what is missing is the plight of single pensioners who do not have economies of scale. only one income (pension or annuity), only one tax free allowance, but the same utilities, insurances, tv licence etc as a couple.
and as others have said - I too pay tax, council tax, vat the same as others who are younger.
rant over.