Pension is NOT a charity donation you give us - dear lady - it is rightfully ours for serving the country faithfully in the best years of our lives. So your words that imply "there are pensioners who are in dire need of the pension" which of course is true BUT remember every govt servant who has served for a certain period of time is entitled to the pension regardless of whether you think someone needs it more than others. That is where you are wrong. Pensions Dept thinks that they are doing us a favour and they are doling out charity to us.