| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pensions Question | |
| Posted by: | Martin Whaley | |
| Date/Time: | 05/07/13 16:54:00 |
| Andy, I was referring to exactly that - non-physical jobs, so excluding the manual/physical jobs you refer to. And i disagree that there aren't a significant proportion of older people doing non-physical jobs (sitting on their backsides!). Teaching has always been a non-manual job, for example, and there are plenty of grey haired retail bankers working in my building! I realise physical jobs will always require a cut off for obvious reasons. Sorry i didn't make it clearer. The problem with not increasing the retirement age is that the maths doesn't work. Welfare payments to pensioners are increasing at an alarming rate even now, because the number of people in the pensioner bracket is expanding and it has to be paid for. Increasing the retirement age for non-physical type jobs is therefore critical. So no, waiting 20 years for manual workers to die off is not a solution. |