You should simply get a bigger retirement payment the longer you keep working. Maybe PRSI payments for work could also be dropped at a certain age (since they’ve already contributed enough through their life of work)
I believe Canada does this flexible retirement
Sea_Sprinkles426 on
Wild idea: maybe we should tax the super rich and wealthy and we don’t have to have this type of discussions at all.
Wise_Adhesiveness746 on
It’s bad for a society to have old people clog up jobs and slows down the rise of younger generations getting into positions of influence to drive a country/business on
Hence why America has such a problem with older people,trump,biden,sander etc etc running the place and noone from next generation really staying on to have their say…..
.also seen to a smaller extent in Irish farming,old lads clinging on too long and next generation too old,by time they take over to drive it on
Frogboner88 on
A few years ago I would probably be up in arms at this, but recently I’ve come to the conclusion that unless I come into a serious windfall of money in the next 30 years I’m most likely gonna have to work till I die anyways with the way things are going.
Kixsian on
It only makes sense as average life spans increase though. People are living a lot longer and it’s not economically sustainable to provide for them for longer and longer with them not paying into the system for as long. It’s just a numbers game.
Phase212 on
Started a trade at 17. I’m already due to work 50 years in total. Lucky enough never to have been out of work so never drew social welfare. Government are squeezing every cent out of workers, and now they want the most valuable thing we have time.
tsubatai on
They tax you when you earn it, again when you spend it, if you buy a house they tax you to own it, if you buy a car you’re taxed to keep it on the road. If you invest it yourself they tax unrealised gains every 8 years so you stay dependent on their pension. All told; a massive percentage of your productivity ends up in government coffers.
You work for 45 years and they can’t invest that money wisely enough to keep you on poverty wages for another 15.
The efficiency of government.
davesr25 on

TwinIronBlood on
Nope. When I hit 65 I’m done. I’ll claim job seekers until the state pension kicks in
Kanye_Wesht on
Nobody wants but we won’t be able to run the country in a few years without it. So obviously politicians don’t want to discuss it.
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There shouldn’t be a retirement age at all.
You should simply get a bigger retirement payment the longer you keep working. Maybe PRSI payments for work could also be dropped at a certain age (since they’ve already contributed enough through their life of work)
I believe Canada does this flexible retirement
Wild idea: maybe we should tax the super rich and wealthy and we don’t have to have this type of discussions at all.
It’s bad for a society to have old people clog up jobs and slows down the rise of younger generations getting into positions of influence to drive a country/business on
Hence why America has such a problem with older people,trump,biden,sander etc etc running the place and noone from next generation really staying on to have their say…..
.also seen to a smaller extent in Irish farming,old lads clinging on too long and next generation too old,by time they take over to drive it on
A few years ago I would probably be up in arms at this, but recently I’ve come to the conclusion that unless I come into a serious windfall of money in the next 30 years I’m most likely gonna have to work till I die anyways with the way things are going.
It only makes sense as average life spans increase though. People are living a lot longer and it’s not economically sustainable to provide for them for longer and longer with them not paying into the system for as long. It’s just a numbers game.
Started a trade at 17. I’m already due to work 50 years in total. Lucky enough never to have been out of work so never drew social welfare. Government are squeezing every cent out of workers, and now they want the most valuable thing we have time.
They tax you when you earn it, again when you spend it, if you buy a house they tax you to own it, if you buy a car you’re taxed to keep it on the road. If you invest it yourself they tax unrealised gains every 8 years so you stay dependent on their pension. All told; a massive percentage of your productivity ends up in government coffers.
You work for 45 years and they can’t invest that money wisely enough to keep you on poverty wages for another 15.
The efficiency of government.

Nope. When I hit 65 I’m done. I’ll claim job seekers until the state pension kicks in
Nobody wants but we won’t be able to run the country in a few years without it. So obviously politicians don’t want to discuss it.
I am retiring by 60