AFTER reading and digesting A Chattin's letter (December 18), I thought how true every word was regarding the Christmas Bonus payment of £10, plus the State Pension which is an absolute disgrace.

Would Thatcher and Co exist on the money her Government of yesteryear allocated to us? I think not.

What about the cost of a TV licence?

As the letter rightly stated the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

Maybe we were born 50 years too early judging what some people receive.

Mrs Smith

Hill Top, Halliwell

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