pension at 70, page-13

snuff,

You said:

"That seems very bad but I have yet to see any commentators point out a very significant thing thaat plays into this scenario. It is that by the time it gets to 70 a whole lot of people will have accumulated a lot of Super. In 2022 we get to age 67 for pension to kick in. 70 will be much later so that super will be available long before 70.

My main point is the political pundits are not taking this into account."

This is where it is so wrong for people to just look at the financial sides, totally disregarding the human sides.

As a society, are we expecting those who work on the factory floors, whose works involve mainly hard physical labour, to work till the age of 70 ?

You people keep talking about the "unsustainable costs" of our aged pensions. What about getting the government to attack the tax rorts that enable the rich and wealthy and companies to minimize their taxes ?

In my view, it is very callous for people to force people to work until they are 70 years old.