Mr Hammer wrote on Mar 18
th, 2018 at 1:45pm:
Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Mar 18
th, 2018 at 11:53am:
Mr Hammer wrote on Mar 18
th, 2018 at 11:24am:
An older person who has worked his entire life has received compulsory super contributions for the last twenty five years. Between that, welfare, public housing, emergency services and the family; it's never enough. That's good I suppose; I'm thinking of promoting up from working to skiving full-time, so I'll need the welfare increases, too.
Hammer.
Super hasnt been there long enough for it to be enough for an older person who is now retired. It isnt "welfare" anyway since the pension was paid into by taxes.
Spot
It is welfare in that it is not self-finded like super annuities. I'm all for the pension- I'm hoping it still exists when I retire. At the same time, if your in you're sixties or late fifties and ypur homelrss and on welfare; you probably haven't made the best use of your working years. At what point does a person's problems cease being the sole prioriyy of the tax payer.
If you were born after 1962
There is NO PENSION
you will have to live on welfare or your own savings.
This is a fact
But the insidious part is the the benefits of the pension, cheap Rego, cheap travel, cheap stuff
Will all be gone
The grubberment looks after their own not the taxpayer.
They are using propaganda to convince the young that pensioners are parasites and that we are no longer contributors after all our years of work
And the young are falling for it, hook line and sinker
Calling for homes to be asserted tested and such.
But it's a double edged sword
You will get an even worse deal with a 70 plus retirement age, without a pension.