>> And you are missing the point that they wont be buying anything from the UK.
>> In whatever currency. They wont be using UK shops and services, huge chunks of the
>> UK supply and logistic chain are not being used.
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What you say is true, but needs to be offset byt the fact that by living abroard, Pensioners are reducing the pressure on housing and (more significantly) on healthcare.
For example, A report by the Royal College of Physicians in September 2012.
"Hospitals 'can't cope' with rise in elderly patients"
www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9538850/Hospitals-cant-cope-with-rise-in-elderly-patients.html
As I said earlier, the issue is not so clear-cut as some of the protagonists on this thread would like to make it appear.
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