It never ceases to amaze me how people [ref: A Rogers' letter in The Weekend Sun, March 13] develop an instinct to read things in a published letter that were never written or intended.

Fairness does not come into the equation when a couple could be living in less than adequate circumstances trying to live on a single pension.

The piggy back pension has been in place for donkeys' years. Why wait till now to claim fairness? Where were the concerns for fairness let's say ten years ago?

Please don't allude to my lack of care for the homeless which is an insult. I care as much for the homeless as anyone. I have made several submissions to the Gov't about the subject, have you?

My comment referring to the homeless was regarding the fact that they can afford such a payment for so many they can also afford the piggy back for the few who find themselves in this position.

For God's sake one of the couple could have serious health issues that eat up most of that single pension. It is less than fair to expect people to struggle to survive when one of them is more elderly than the other.

Alastair Bourne, Bethlehem