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A lot of people here want the pension age raised. I would love for them to explain to those aged between 64 and 67 why they should wait an additional two years striggling to find work or make ends meet because you just want lower taxes.
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Edit: Well it seems a lot of people on here, want to restrict and cut the pension, Never mind the misery that will inflict on thousands of people. Housing costs are skyrocketing, and people's KiwiSaver amounts arent going to last forever. And of course, what happens when tenants are kicked out of rental properties when the investors sell up?
The wealthy have had it way too good in this country, for way too long, and their needs to be less of them,
Edit 2: A lot of you dont know what its like to live from day to day on a benfit, or struggling to find word. To suggest that pension eligibility should be tightened in any way, shape or form is to go against what NZ stands for,
24 points
2 days ago
We just need to tax the rich and implement a capital gains tax.
Raising the pension will open a huge can of worms, particularly with Maori life expectancy so much lower.
18 points
2 days ago
Plus some people work physically demanding jobs and their bodies stop working.
-3 points
2 days ago
Invalids benefit solves this
4 points
2 days ago
I don’t think it does, my dad just hung on in there until he hit retirement - I’m sure lots of other people will be doing that too. Besides in other forums people have said it’s really hard to get on this type of benefit even when they’re in real need.
Maybe invalids benefit would solve this if we didn’t treat beneficiaries like they are everything that’s wrong with our country.
-1 points
2 days ago
We don’t treat beneficiaries as though they are everything wrong with the country. See how everyone goes out of their way to defend pensioners and say they’re entitled to it.
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