Re: Women's early pension?
Originally Posted by
TessA
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I agree SF but, they've not given enough time for folk to adjust.
Nobody disputes the fact that men and women should get pensions at the same age, it's the way they're going about it that's wrong.
The only way forward is to pay higher NI and no one wants to, so state pensions will become unsustainable.
Hi
Totally agree.
The problem was known about 20 years ago, not only in respect of Pensions but also the effect on the NHS of people living longer.
Successive Governments did not want to know, more interested in winning the next election than dealing with a known issue.
If we had raised NI by 5% 20 years ago, we would not be in this mess, but the longer it went on, the more drastic the problem became.
Cameron boxed himself in, no NI or Income Rises, so no other thing to do but this unfair and very rapid raising of the retirement age.
It has other problems as well.
I do not want a sixty something fire officer carrying me down a ladder for example.
Building trades are very debilitating as well, tilers wear their knees out, etc etc.
My job can get somewhat boisterous from time to time, the older you get, the slower you get.
I personally believe that it would be much better to raise both NI and Income Tax so that people have longer to plan for these changes and ensure that we can all retire at a reasonable age.