Tories Plan To Raise The State Pension Age To 75

[El Cid]

4 hours ago, Janus said:

If a person cannot find enough to do with their time away from work, there is something wrong in my opinion.

I am limited by money when I am working 40 hours per week; if my free time was to double or treble, then my income would need to double or treble.

[Longcol]

2 minutes ago, El Cid said:

I am limited by money when I am working 40 hours per week; if my free time was to double or treble, then my income would need to double or treble.

Why?

 

Now we're retired our expenditure is no more - and perhaps less - than when working. The big difference for us was when the mortgage was paid off and the kids left home.

 

 

[Mister Gee]

11 minutes ago, El Cid said:

I am limited by money when I am working 40 hours per week; if my free time was to double or treble, then my income would need to double or treble.

How can your free time double or treble if you work a forty hour week?

[Robin-H]

13 minutes ago, Mister Gee said:

How can your free time double or treble if you work a forty hour week?

Easily surely? 

 

Someone working 40 years a week may have only 20 hours of free time at the moment. Once they've stopped working 40 hours a week they'll have 60 hours of free time. That's trebled. 

[Longcol]

2 minutes ago, Robin-H said:

Easily surely? 

 

Someone working 40 years a week may have only 20 hours of free time at the moment. Once they've stopped working 40 hours a week they'll have 60 hours of free time. That's trebled. 

Someone working 40 years a week isn't going to have any free time .

[Robin-H]

1 minute ago, Longcol said:

Someone working 40 years a week isn't going to have any free time .

Haha yes quite. I meant hours, obviously. 

[Longcol]

2 minutes ago, Robin-H said:

Haha yes quite. I meant hours, obviously. 

Quite - but going back to #21 the increase in free time doesn't need to equate to a similar increase in income.

[Mister Gee]

14 minutes ago, Robin-H said:

Easily surely? 

 

Someone working 40 years a week may have only 20 hours of free time at the moment. Once they've stopped working 40 hours a week they'll have 60 hours of free time. That's trebled. 

Only a Tory would say that?

[Robin-H]

9 minutes ago, Longcol said:

Quite - but going back to #21 the increase in free time doesn't need to equate to a similar increase in income.

It doesn't no. 

 

I was just making the point that it is entirely possible for someone's free time to double or treble once they've stopped working, which Mister Gee suggested wasn't possible. 

Edited August 18, 2019 by Robin-H

[banjodeano]

8 hours ago, El Cid said:

I am just within that age range, its has been common sence for years that if people are living longer and the pension age will increase.

When the pension age of 65 was brought in, the average age of death was 58

 

So all those people that have seen their living standards rise over the last 25 years can start planning for their old age. People can actually retire at whatever age they choose, unless they are relying on others to support them. Some choose to carry on working and some like to retire early. I will no doubt carry on, I would prefer to be productive.

Who could cope with 20+ years of leisure or inactivity?

can i ask what type of employment you are in ?