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The government’s primarily, but theirs too because they are the govt., or at least their cohort, friends and neighbours. The proper thing to do is raise the re
by glitchc 7y ago
The government’s primarily, but theirs too because they are the govt., or at least their cohort, friends and neighbours.
The proper thing to do is raise the retirement age to 75, reflecting gains in longevity and economic reality. Other options include some form of part-time mandatory volunteering component to earn the govt. portion of the pension.
However we do it, we are breaking a promise, if you will, that society made to these people when they entered the work force, in that if they endure the indignities and inequities of a salary/wage position for 35 years, then they have earned the freedom to spend the remainder of their time as they see fit.
- dannypgh 7y agoThese changes can just be made for persons born after a certain year, to limit or eliminate any broken promises by delaying implementation.
- glitchc 7y agoRight, and that’s exactly what’s happening across the economy. Old programs are being locked, and new entrants are being shunted into modified programs with fewer benefits. We suffer because we know what we’ve lost, but future generations may not know the difference.
- mattmanser 7y agoA promise made by preceding generations that didn't think it through, not by us or people younger than us. Politicians are now implicitly or explicitly saying that such a promise is clearly not being made to us, why should it be honored as they're the ones who didn't 'pay it forward'?
- kingraoul3 7y agoThey did, their politicians just spent it all on battleships.