poles change retirement age

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Originally Posted by Danzig

'Poland's lawmakers have approved a controversial government plan to raise the retirement age to 67 for most Poles.

The lower chamber of Parliament voted Friday 268 to 185 with 2 abstentions to approve changes sought by the pro-business government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which argues that delayed retirement will help Poles build up larger pensions and reduce state spending.

Trade unions have vehemently opposed the plan and were staging a noisy protest outside Parliament.

The current law allows women to retire at age 60 and men at 65. The armed forces and some other services have even more lenient regulations which the new law also seeks to toughen up.'


something we should really consider.

current life expectancies in this country are far higher than they were when retirement was set at 65. our current system is untenable, this is one of several changes that should be made.

No need. Social Security just needs a small cap raise. It's fine, and will be quite strong as the baby boom years are survived.

Medicare can be opened up to people 50 and above, and they've already made some good inroads into fraud and waste management that helps with some billions here and there.

The most important thing we do for each other are our earned benefits programs. We work a lifetime for them, we've contributed to them and we have funded them, and we deserve them.