In italy there are a bunch of people retired in the early 40es, until 3-5 years ago retiring at 60 was normal for EVERYONE. And until about 15 years ago the pen

In italy there are a bunch of people retired in the early 40es, until 3-5 years ago retiring at 60 was normal for EVERYONE. And until about 15 years ago the pension cheque was a very high fraction of the last salary earned, regardless of how much did you contribute in your entire working life. There are stories of newly promoted generals just a couple of month before retirements so that their monthly pension would be substantially higher because of the "retributive" rule. Politicians get a pension after 2 years and half in the parliament regardless of their age. And this is with today rules. With the previous rules there are actually people that get a pension even if they were elected and stayed in charge for something like 3 days. Believe me, you have absolutely no idea of what incredible huge mess is italy pension system.