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30th Apr 2016Frank60zz commented on:
January 2015 - Automatic enrolmentPity the people in the private sector who have to rely on private sector pensions I am one of thousands who lost their pension due to the failure of 20 years of contributions and I was 'lucky' to receive a total of £8,000. Hardly the £25k pa that people like me had been promised! The public sector are protected unlike much of the private sector, but unless the victims work for a major commercial company the politicians choose to ignore our fate. So my wife and I will probably have to work until we drop. The governments - of all political parties - choose to ignore ageism in recruitment, so that few people aged over 50 are able to get a job. They also ignore the consequences which will become apparent during the next decade.ViewDate:
11th Feb 2015Frank60zz commented on:
Do you think the voting age should be lowered to 16?Keep it at 18, give them a chance to establish the facts independently for themselves. Many - be no means all - had been indoctrinated by their teachers with little chance or indeed encouragement to debate the issues. My daughter was amazed how even history teachers insisted that certain things from recent history were true, which in fact were false. It was obvious that they did not know their subject and were loath to admit their errors. Just one example.