Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The more and more distant retirement age

Before yesterday, we were surprising Shoemaker with the filtration to the mass media of his last occurrence, to delay the obligatory retirement age at the age of 67. All this properly accompanied by the publication on the part of the INE of a few demographic forecasts that announce that in 40 years, not any more nor less, the public pensions system is not going to be able to be supported.
Yesterday, since it could not be otherwise, the Cabinet gave him the ok to the measurement and the Vice-president of the Vega appeared before the mass media to say that they were going to look for the consensus, how, on the other hand, Shoemaker always does the government.
Several things, first, the forms. Shoemaker has the bad habit of approving something first and of asking for consensus later. How does it go to agree on anything that is already approved in the Cabinet? Why has not the debate moved first to the Agreement of Toledo, the trade unions, especially the trade unions, and later the measurements have been approved in the Cabinet? Less evil that this man does not have absolute majority, what would belong to us if it did not have to compromise with anybody in the Congress.
Second, the measurement in strict sense. First of all I have my very serious doubts of the forecasts to 40 years seen: who could imagine 40 years ago that Spain would be today how is life? Why is the only solution that the Spanish socialist party raises that of delaying the retirement age? Does no more imaginative proposal fit?
And third: how is it possible to announce the delay of the retirement age when there are more than 4 millions of stopped? Would not it be better to adopt measurements of effective stimulus to generate employment instead of delaying the retirement ages of those who work already? Does not realize this man that if the biggest workpeople do not stop working, the young people will ever be able to begin?

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