I’ve never been able to source this, but I recall reading that the retirement age was set at 65 when the average male lived to 68 (in Prussia, in the late nineteenth century). We cannot have people spending the last ~25 years of their lives as state pension beneficiaries. The retirement age for desk workers should be 70.
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Archived version: [https://archive.fo/mTWfI](https://archive.fo/mTWfI).
!ping Germany
Hope they don’t touch ALG 1. I’ve relied on that a couple of times in between jobs.
ALG 2 probably needs review though.
I wish the public pension system would be abolished and I could decide on my own how to invest my money for retirement.
Also,
https://preview.redd.it/e8kly1p6h8mf1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4211165ea12cc8eab0c51f047f58da121d5f455
I’ve never been able to source this, but I recall reading that the retirement age was set at 65 when the average male lived to 68 (in Prussia, in the late nineteenth century). We cannot have people spending the last ~25 years of their lives as state pension beneficiaries. The retirement age for desk workers should be 70.