The point I'm making is that elderly people were entitled to protest when they were being targetted in isolation of other well off people in the community. I said the medical card should have been removed in conjunction with other fiscal policies focussed on wealthy young parents, millionaire developers and bankers, overpaid and pensioned politicians etc. Of course anybody earning over €70,000 doesn't need a full free medical service. But fiscal policies should target everybody equally. I think a lot of elderly people, already bewildered by the loss of their savings, were terrified of becoming an easy target for Government. Its the use of the words 'greedy and selfish' to describe them all that I find offensive.