you guys are lucky. About 4 years ago they changed the law and now I'm forced to retire at 65 – when I've worked my whole life planning to pack it in at 55. I paid into the system for two people, working two jobs, 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, dawn till dusk. All for the system. And now, instead of thinking I've only got 5 years left, I have to accept I've got 15 more...
I packed in being self-employed because I was making less than I was shelling out, so I opened a private pension. I did my part for the retirees already on the system – now let's see if the kids coming through can keep the welfare state afloat (I doubt it, which is why I went private).