Ah. I see a swipe at the Brexit Party here and one of their candidates.
I disagree with her in part, mainly because I signed a contract when I started work, back in the 1970s, which involved me paying into the pot all my working life, in return for a state pension at 60. I didn't get it at 60. That angers me. I still don't have it - and it is not a benefit either.
However, I think she is realistic that things have to change, and they have, already. WASPI women know this to their cost and hardship.
What must change is the vision for elderly people in the future and the agreement they make regarding a pension when they are older. People are living longer and that is not the Government's fault. We can 'blame' progress in medicine, the treating of diseases, knowledge and a better standard of living" for a population which might get more than it's 'three score years and ten.'
The goal posts have to be moved or the sums re-done to ensure those who live to be ninety in the future do have enough to live on. I imagine pensionable age will keep increasing. In the years to come we will see the effect that has on the elderly. Will stress related disease become even more of a killer?
All I know is, I would not have survived these last few years with any sort of decent lifestyle if I hadn't paid into an occupational pension from the day I started work in the 1970s. My state pension didn't materialise when I expected it.
Occupational pensions will come to the fore, but all I know is, not all investments are good ones. There has to be a state guarantee and payment plan of some sort for pensioners of the future. We do have to think about funding.
It does seem to me that the elderly have all of a sudden become the cause of all ills in society. It's OK to bash the old, it would seem. Most of us are still paying taxes.
Ageism is rife when other 'isms' are taboo. It has to stop.