I retired at the age of 61 with a Treasury pension and a social security pension. When my wife retired, my social security pension was drastically reduced. Now I am just under 70 – almost nine years later – with my social security pension having been increased by a pittance and my Treasury pension equal to the same value it was nine years ago.
No wonder so many pensioners are facing hardship in paying bills and buying their everyday needs.
Why are they in such a state when the country is in such a good economic situation and so many ‘consultants’ at various ministries so exorbitantly paid?