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France cuts retirement age to 60

MrMatisse · 2012-06-06 20:55:46

In these austere times where we must work harder for less in order to be good europeans who dont overspend and pay back the debts of banks in order to ensure fiscal stability and save the euro its good to see the French also taking the rough economic situation seriously:…

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#52 07-06-2012 1:31am

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Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

I don't believe this is the thread for it

For making coherent points? Clearly.

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#53 07-06-2012 1:40am

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So average person in France will have 13 years of school, 4 of university, 38 of working and 20 retired. 13+4+20=37 They'll spend longer being supported by the state than working. I can see that being cheap.

Dodgy maths

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#54 07-06-2012 1:44am

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Domo230 wrote: »

Dont begrudge them. It's a good thing that France is fighting for a better quality of life for it's citizens.

Unlike our lot.

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#55 07-06-2012 1:47am

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Does seem mental in an age of ever improving health and life expectancy to actually lower the retirement age. That said raising ours to 68 is equally daft, far too old an age to force people to work until. There should be some system where if you've made a certain level of contributions you can get your state pension, shouldn't be as narrow as having reached a certain age.

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