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singular_me
28th February 2017, 12:17 PM
they are making easier for people to beg for universal basic income already

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State pension age could be higher than male life expectancy in poor areas, warn MPs
28 February 2017 GMT

‘Maintaining the pensions “triple lock” will mean pushing the state pension age above the average life expectancy for men in poorer parts of the country, MPs have warned.

The Commons Work and Pensions Committee said that pension age would have to rise to 70.5 years-old by 2060 if the current rate of annual increases was to be sustained.

It warned that would exceed the current average male life expectancy in 162 neighbourhoods in Scotland and 26 areas in England.

The committee chairman Frank Field reiterated their call for the “triple lock” – which guarantees the state pension rises by average earnings, the consumer price index, or 2.5 per cent, whichever is the highest – to be scrapped, saying it had “done its job”.’.....
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/state-pension-age-higher-male-life-expectancy-poor-areas-mps-a7602776.html



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Joshua01
28th February 2017, 12:18 PM
Don'tcha love the guberments?

horseshoe3
28th February 2017, 07:33 PM
I have heard (no source) that the average life expectancy when SS was started was 64. SS was for the last few years of life for those who lived longer than average. Now, people are spending almost a quarter of their lives on SS.