Handsoff Our Pensions! ; in a Highly Personal Rebuke Daniel Johnson, in His 50s and Burning with Anger, Accuses Politicians of Both Parties of Breaking a Sacred Contract with Citizens [Scot Region Edition 2]

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THE Tories yesterday dominated the news with their proposal to raise the pension age to 66. They say it is essential to pay off the ballooning national debt.

In truth, it is yet another example of the greed of politicians, who think that the public's earnings, savings and taxes really belong to them.

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Handsoff Our Pensions! ; in a Highly Personal Rebuke Daniel Johnson, in His 50s and Burning with Anger, Accuses Politicians of Both Parties of Breaking a Sacred Contract with Citizens [Scot Region Edition 2]

The state pension, modest (some would say miserly) as it is, is a contractual obligation between the Government and the citizen.

It is a compulsory system into which we've all paid through our National Insurance contributions over a lifetime. Yet it's a rotten deal because almost any private investment would give us a better yield.

Now though, when you and I are pe...

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