PENSIONER Graham Reece felt there was nothing for health and social care, little for OAPs and said the government start seeing the State pension as a right rather than a benefit.
The 67-year-old Age Scotland ambassador benefits from the three per cent cost of living rise in the State pension but also had an extra pension from the RAF to rely on.
Mr Reece, a retired long distance lorry driver from Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, described the Budget as a "cop out" and said it was wrong that social care was not mentioned in the Chancellor's 7,704-word speech.
Age UK criticised Chancellor Philip Hammond for being “desperately short-sighted” by not addressing problems in the care sector during his speech.
"I would have liked more to have been done in the Third Sector," he said. "There are so many group and charities trying to do good things and it would be good if they could see something coming in in terms of funding.
Mr Reece who retired five years after suffering a heart attack, admitted it was "a struggle at first" but got better when he started getting the State pension at 65. He says he was "lucky" as if he had been nine months younger he would have to wait till he was 67 to draw the State pension.
He feels the government should do far more for pensioners.
"To me the benefits when you get older are not benefits, it's your money, you have worked after 45 years, you have paid national insurance, you pay tax. It's your right, not benefit. It's your money, you have paid in .
"How much money does the government make from those who unfortunately die before they are pensionable age having worked for years paying taxes. "At the moment, pensioners don't have a lot of hope, when they look into the future. It doesn't seem like a very happy place if you don't have much."
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