old age pensions

I'm expecting this trend to continue. I'm Canadian and I honestly believe by the time I get that far along they have bumped it to seventy. If I continue working the crappy jobs that I'm working right now, this is depressing news. I hope to be running my own small business by then doing wood turning and writing. If that is the case I won't really retire until I'm not physically able to do anything. I'm starting to physically slow down already though. It isn't fair to a lot of us. I know the government is dealing with financial realities but cutting programs reducing everything is not the answer to all our problems.

Hiya WR., I ask myself what about the People who have never been able to work then. How do they fare with these kind of laws which by the way are being implemented here too. We have no idea how we stand either. I have contacted the British Social Security to be able to find out whether it´s yes or no that you get any kind of Pension from them. I worked for a whole nine years over there but again I have no idea what they are going to tell me either. I agree it really is unfair as there are all kinds of situations that apply to many different People.xxx

It is pretty much the same here. They just keep raising the age.

I recall when social security was set back like that. Ugh! I feel very fortunate because I was only employed at the place where I worked last for five years. I got an early retirement. And I also got a small pension which I will get each month for the rest of my life. For only five years I think I lucked out pretty well.

I am going to try and work until I am 70 so I can get full benefits. I am 50 mow and I hope social security is still around when I retire! I will get a pension form my job,too. Right now you have to 65 to get into it. I would not mind if it changed to 67. I work with a guy who just turned 76. He works only during the school year. He has not touched his retirement pension at all! I have no idea why he doesn't! He is not getting any younger and his wife has a nerve problem in her lower legs now and could end up in a wheel chair someday! He is wasting away his retierment! They should be traveling but instead they are doing known of that! I hope to enjoy my retirement,if I can retire!

sorry to hear about the changes in pension policy. Hope they will reconsider it. I am from India, in our country the retirement age of central government staffs will be 60 and the state government employees will get their retirement at 58 years. Most of the private concerns employees job also limited at 58 years. After retirement all the retired persons will get pensions. We must do certain formalities and fill up the form to get pension and the pension will be provided after submitting all the required documents. We will get our pensions as soon as possible by submitting the proof and evidence. Most of the employees will be settled with a good amount at the time of retirement as their service pay. The pension amounts are differ for state and central government employees. Private sector employees will receive a low pension compared with the government employees. Most of the old age persons will get a lot of benefits with this pension amount. The pension rates are changed once in a while and employees will get benefits with the highest rates based on the new changes.

Here, it depends when you can retire. My dad has calculated he'll have to be 68 before he retires. But one of his brothers was just sixty when he retired. Rarely though do I hear of anyone getting to retire these days without at leasting being 64. Although I guess there is the military. Twenty years in and you can retire.

well, i guess they just don't have the money to pay anymore so they are differing it as long as possible. i have health issues now at 50 and they want me to wait two more years til i get pension? that's just nuts! i think Harper will be out on his ear before too long!

Well you are already getting a pension, so you will continue to get it. They won't just cut you off. I understand you mentioned that it won't affect you anyway, so that is good. I think people already getting it on disability won't be cut off. They will just continue to get their disability. The government has talked about making it older for Americans to get their Social Security also. Still, those on disability will keep getting theirs. I don't see why they won't. Mine will continue to be like it is with the same amount of money and with raises every year hopefully... we had one every year since I've been on it until Obama took over. This is off topic, but... He (Obama) has done nothing but make it harder for older people. I don't like how he is condoning the Muslim Brotherhood or whatever it is called... giving money to them while they cut off the head of a Christian because he is an infidel. My SIL says it is just a political move and nothing to do with religion, but still he knows a man gets his head sawed off or hacked off and he gives them money? I just don't like him because he is nothing of what he pretended to be when he was running for office. What a liar... but then all politicians are... poly tics... many blood suckers.