Money well spentThis will cost about €300m a year I think compared to baseline.
This announcement should be welcomed. A rare case of Social Insurance doing what it says on the tin and not just being yet another tax.
Populist decision and totally unsustainable. The state pension age should be set for a maximum of five years before average life expectancy.
And if they said how such promises will be paid for, that would be even better.If the recent election was anything to go by it would also be an extremely popular decisison.
You never know, this strange new phenomenon of politicians actually doing what they promised to do on the campaign trail might just catch on.
Indeed, a retiree today at age 65 has a 50% chance of living to age 90 and beyond. And the over 65’s is the fastest growing sector of the population.
I was due to have to work 2 extra years by virtue of my parents getting their dates wrong by two weeks...
Indeed, a retiree today at age 65 has a 50% chance of living to age 90 and beyond. And the over 65’s is the fastest growing sector of the population.
Actually it's the over-95s
Cormac lucey was talking about it this morning. Basically it is robbing the pensioners of tomorrow to pay for today's pensions. It is the people working today and retiring in 20 years time that will pay for this
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