Why should it be an asset in the first place? Ask the people who shafted every other form of retirement savings? This is the case in the UK; the government an

Why should it be an asset in the first place? Ask the people who shafted every other form of retirement savings? This is the case in the UK; the government and industry have systematically dismantled both the state and private pension schemes for the vast majority of the people. Interest rates are held low, the stock market is incredibly volatile. Now they are coming after the one asset that people have left. Of course people are upset about that.