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I'd be happy to continue to work 3 days a week in my late 60s. However, that would depend on whether my health was still OK and how it fitted into my transition to retirement plan.
Once we retire, we intend to buzz off for much of our time.
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I had a few issues with our 70 year old today,all dumb old persons problems.Ie MEMORY,NOT LISTENING!!!!.
The boys were having a good laugh at my frustration.I dont mind the old fella,he runs our traffic control and does a bloody good job,MOST OF THE TIME.
Told the boys Im going to ring Tony Abbot and tell him to come and see what its like to work with a 70 year old.The boys had a huge laugh!!!!
Andrew
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Originally Posted by Chucaro
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On Facebook yesterday I saw something like the &0 year old pension is being bought in by someone who has spent his whole life working in a office and has not worn himself out doing hard work.Quote:
Originally Posted by DiscoMick
Yeah, I can't imagine too many brickies being keen to work until 70. Their backs are usually gone by their 40s.
I feel fortunate my job is not physically demanding. The hardest thing I do all day is walk up and down stairs.
A lot of old building tradesmen used to reckon that by around age 45 it was time to look for a light maintenance job in a school, govt. dept., shopping centre, or city building. They usually had one or more ailments to the back, shoulders, elbows, knees, wrists by then, or carpal tunnel problems from flogging nails into hardwood.
Personally, I think the pension age at 70 is a distraction, designed to take peoples minds off the real nasties of the budget. We will find out next week, Bob
Spot on Bob, some governments are using the day of a sport grand final to vote bad legislation or pay rise for them. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by bob10
With the football world cup in a few weeks I can see that something unpopular will be introduced in few countries
I think that grand part of the blame is in the naivety or ignorance of the electorates :(
What a giggle this thread is.
Old age pension doesn't come in until 70! It's all part of the plan. We've known about this plan for ages. The end point is there will be no pension. A previous government raised the pension age to 67. No one complained then.
Another previous government introduced "Superannuation Guarantee". Remember that. The government and opposition of the day both knew this day was coming. They knew they would no longer afford the pension so this scheme was introduced so employed people would eventually become self funded retirees. The unemployed people, well, they'll remain on unemployment benefits.
We've been heading down this path since the early 90's. Am I surprised? No.