Nope, I am not saying that at all
, but the foundational ideology is identical to what Mulcair and Trudeau are running around promising everyone;
Much as I dislike and mistrust the NDP I doubt even they could put us on par with Greece without being in power for several decades.
Really, but you said that the foundational ideology is identical. Here, I requoted. See, I even highlighted it for you.
Mulclair is the NDP and Trudeau is the Liberals.
Agreed. My point is that Greece is the example of 'those that call the tune, have to pay the piper'.... I am not arguing the amount of time it takes, in the Greek example, I'd wager it took generations but once you get too far down the path, the political will to change course is often not there
and making the greek comparison at this point in time is fear mongering at the least. There is no comparison.
What if I want to keep working?
Does a Commisar grab me and put me away for my own good?
Wait until they find out that there are all sorts of essential skills that the following generation lack and never learned. They'll be forcing us to retire and bringing trained workers from India to take our places.
Doesn't matter to the voting population as much at this time as it doesn't affect the older voter who is the highest population voting wise .Then keep working. The retirement age is the age you must be before you can draw a full pension from CPP. It used to be 65, then the cons raised it to 67, and now the NDP is saying they will drop it back down to 65.
No one is saying you can't work beyond retirement age.
But not nearly as doomy or gloomy as one of your threads.The Doom and Gloom in here is worse than AGW.
I expect mulcair to promise full retirement benefits at 55
The problem Greece has is rampant corruption.
Est losses in tax revenges are as high as 20 Billion Euro annually. Yet little to no enforcement or repercussions. Italy will be the next to taste the German austerity plans.
A link to one example.
The Island of the Blind: The audacious scam that epitomized Greece’s ‘mentality that rules are made to be broken’ | National Post
Not sure how that would work with the retirement of the baby boomers and the low birthrate today.
These things tend to happen with socialist governments. Everyone has a sense of entitlement.
The age you retire and the age you can collect full benefits are completely different .I am going to support Mulcair this time although here is one case where I don't
agree I think 67 is alright but most people are working longer anyway. I am past
67 I farm and I don't consider myself retired or really ready to retire. It might have
been better to leave it at 65 for those in ill health and let the age migrate up the
line to say 70 for the rest. Given the choice many would opt for the 70 age of
retirement. I think
The age you retire and the age you can collect full benefits are completely different .
Doesn't matter to the voting population as much at this time as it doesn't affect the older voter who is the highest population voting wise .
If I were in my 30s or younger I wouldn't plan on collecting anything from my CPP contributions. Young people should save and invest now for a pension-less retirement in the future.
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight..... the hell with holding the government accountable for how they used/invested our MANDATORY contributions. Just forget about it. Typical right wing, higher income, selfish prick attitude.