Raising the Retirement age.....up to 62

[JustRalph]

http://www.smh.com.au/world/france-rallies-against-pension-reform-20100907-14zia.html

France rallies against pension reform
Paola Totaro in Paris
September 8, 2010

THE sniff of a new revolution was in the air yesterday as thousands of French workers downed tools and took to the streets in protest against government demands that they work harder - and longer - to age 62.

Teachers and nurses, airline staff, bus drivers, factory workers and bank clerks united in fury against Nicolas Sarkozy's administration, nicknamed ''bling bling'' for its perceived bias towards the moneyed elite.

''You won't see lawyers or bankers or politicians marching,'' said David, a 30-year-old taxi driver.

''But at the Elysee you will see one minister, one chauffeur, one bodyguard and him in the back seat … why should we work till we die while they do nothing?''

More than 200 rallies unfolded across France, with union leaders saying hundreds of thousands poured onto the streets in Paris alone in a last-ditch attempt to force an about-face on plans to raise the retirement age from 60.

much more at the link

[boxcar]

http://www.smh.com.au/world/france-rallies-against-pension-reform-20100907-14zia.html

France rallies against pension reform
Paola Totaro in Paris
September 8, 2010

THE sniff of a new revolution was in the air yesterday as thousands of French workers downed tools and took to the streets in protest against government demands that they work harder - and longer - to age 62.

Teachers and nurses, airline staff, bus drivers, factory workers and bank clerks united in fury against Nicolas Sarkozy's administration, nicknamed ''bling bling'' for its perceived bias towards the moneyed elite.

''You won't see lawyers or bankers or politicians marching,'' said David, a 30-year-old taxi driver.

''But at the Elysee you will see one minister, one chauffeur, one bodyguard and him in the back seat … why should we work till we die while they do nothing?''

More than 200 rallies unfolded across France, with union leaders saying hundreds of thousands poured onto the streets in Paris alone in a last-ditch attempt to force an about-face on plans to raise the retirement age from 60.

much more at the link

I wonder if we'll see this kind of reaction here in this country when the government gets around to wanting to raise the minimum retirement age in order to preserve the solvency of SS.

This French reaction isn't surprising. Once the government instills that sense of entitlement into people, it's extremely difficult to actually "undo' the damage.

This is what's going on right now under our very noses with our high unemployment rate. More and more people daily are becoming addicted to those checks every month. It's easy money. It's free money. It's unearned money. And the more clever and resourceful, within the unemployed ranks,
will find ways to keep that money rolling in while they supplement it with under-the-table income. If the state continues to extend unemployment benefits, we could well see the wellspring of an underground economy. And these extended benefits will make it all the easier to obtain other free money -- food stamps, for example. And the liberals on this forum don't believe the state is in the business of slave ownership? The government knows how to buy its slaves. All it takes is some "free" money.

Boxcar