Quote Originally Posted by Eric Cartman View Post
I thought life expectancy had levelled out now?

At 18 when you start work you should be told categorically when you will receive state pension. Current system resembles a pyramid scheme where it looks like anybody under 50 is going to get utterly screwed to pay for unrealistic promises made in the past.
It is a Ponzi scheme. There's no individual or even segregated State Pension fund containing people's contributions. Payments go into and out of the same pot as everything else does.