Changes in the retirement age again? “Many Poles want to work longer”
The left and trade unionists are putting pressure on the government to introduce seniority pensions, which for many would mean the possibility of ending their professional careers earlier. In turn, the European Commission is pressing for a longer period of work for Poles, making the payment of further funds from the National Reconstruction Plan dependent on it. Meanwhile, the market regulates itself and Poles work longer hours without any top-down orders. Many for simple satisfaction.
Seniority pensions are to be granted to women who have worked for 35 years and men with 40 years of work experience. In practice, this means lowering the retirement age for all those who started their professional career relatively early. The cost of such a reform was calculated at PLN 24 billion, which is not included in next year’s budget and is unlikely to be in the following years either. Unless politicians decide otherwise to please another group of voters at the expense of indebting subsequent generations.
There are no plans to raise the retirement age either. Donald Tusk’s party has already failed on such a reform, so it will not repeat the mistake now, using the truthful statement that there is no social consent for such an idea.
So maybe this is a good time and opportunity to end the pointless debate about the retirement age. We still need to abolish taxation of benefits, eliminate the electoral sausage in the form of the 13th and 14th pensions and leave the decision to the working people. Many of them want and can work longer.
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