Most of us in the real world know that at the age of 70 we’ll be filling shelves at B&Q ‘cos it’ll be impossible to live off the paltry pension from the government.The alternative is to sell the semi and buy a fl at in Bulgaria which is not only cheap but warm in the summer and where a £120 a week pension goes a sight further than it does here. Failing that we can always kip down on the pavement with a dog and beg a few coppers from those lucky enough still to be working.By 2050 the streets will be filled with ragged pensioners shaking tins ‘cos we all know that finishing work at 65 when you’ve another 20 years to go before you pop yer clogs don’t add up.I say ‘we’ but that don’t include the public sector which seems to think that a career shufling paper and attending endless meetings entitles them to retire not only five years before anyone else but also on a fat taxpayer-funded guaranteed whack for as long as they draw breath.That bloke that did the pension report last week was a cop-out. The fact is we’ll all have to work till we’re 72 and the public sector should carry on until 75 as theirs is such a cushy number and they get a guaranteed bung unlike the rest of us…
