Posted on 06/05/2011 5:34:19 PM PDT by robowombat
Slovenians Reject Raising Retirement Age
Sunday, June 5th, 2011 at 10:30 pm UTC Posted 1 hour ago
Voters in Slovenia have soundly rejected plans to gradually raise the retirement age. Unofficial results show 72 percent voted against the referendum while just 28 percent voted in favor of it.
European Union officials had urged Slovenians to support raising the minimum retirement age from 60 to 65. They say the country's aging population is putting a strain on the Slovenian economy. Slovenian opposition leader Janez Jansa calls the referendum's defeat a no-confidence vote in the left wing government.
Parliament passed the law raising the retirement age in December. Unions and the opposition demanded it be put to a public vote.
Interesting. The US will eventually have to raise its minimum retirement age...e.g. 67-70. Otherwise, the country will go broke - with all the other associated financial problems. Unfortunately, that just a fact.
Just where do all these fools expect the money to come from? Our own fools are just as bad...people are beyond me anymore, brains have become piles of mush!
In the Baraqqi economy, raising the retirement age is of little value. No company wants to pay experienced folks decent money when they can hire desperate college grads much cheaper.
From what I’ve seen (and personally experienced) if you’re over 55 and not an “executive” you are likely a target for being declared “surplus”.
Only when the labor market tightens (which will NEVER happen under Baraq) will this change.
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