When pensions first were introduced they really were a boon
To men who’d worked for fifty years, and well might die
quite soon;
Most didn’t claim for very long, as life back then was hard,
And most men’s’ lives by illness and by accidents were
marred.
But most men now have easy lives; most hope to stay alive,
For fifteen, twenty, thirty years, when they turn
sixty-five.
At seventy it’s normal that they still be in their prime,
And many in important jobs ignore
retirement-time;
They go on working many years
from when they could have quit,
Their minds still very active and
their bodies very fit.
So maybe now the time has come
when we should think again
About retirement ages both for
women and for men,
Encouraging all workers to continue
while they can,
So pensions can be fairly large,
as when they first began.
For no-one can survive on just
the basic rate today,
And while retirement age is low,
this problem’s here to stay,
But if retirement were postponed
then much more could be paid,
And pensioners would have no need
for any extra aid.
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