UK Raises Women's Pension Age to Equal Man's --Women Throw Fit

Equality is a bitter pill to swallow. This story about the outrage over raising women's pension age is a good example.

First, some background on UK current pension ages:

"For men born before 6 December 1953, the current State Pension age is 65.

For women, the current State Pension age is increasing from 60 to 65 from April 2010. This affects women born on or after 6 April 1950."

So, let's see, currently (and for however long) women have been able to collect their pension a whole 5 years ahead of men even when women typically live longer too. Now, the mere proposal that women's pension age will be the same as men, has sent some straight to a hissy fit:

"Ministers have just announced details of an eleventh-hour lifeline to hundreds of thousands of women affected by controversial plans to raise the state pension age.

They have decided to delay an increase in the pension age to 66 in 2020 by six months after being inundated with complaints from angry women.

Significantly, the changes will apply to both men and women and will cost £1billion."

Naturally, the article did not point out the simple facts from the government website I linked to above, that women currently and have been privileged enough to collect their pension 5 years ahead of men. Due to economic realities, you would think women could get off their gravy train and rather enjoy some humble pie, but oh no, giving women the same pension age as men is of course an "injustice" and "sexist".

"The U-turn means that women – some of whom were facing the prospect of waiting an extra two years before they could claim their state pension – will have their wait reduced to 18 months. The move will benefit around 300,000 women.

The Pensions Bill currently going through Parliament proposes that the state pension age for women will reach 65 by November 2018 and rise to 66 for both men and women by April 2020.  Instead the amendments laid today will propose that men and women reach 66 by October 2020.

The Daily Mail has led the way in campaigning against the injustice being faced by these women and the Government should take credit for listening to these concerns."

Injustice? And men waiting 5 years after women to collect their pension, is what exactly?

"‘Six months! Is that it!’ is the response I have just had from one of the women affected by these changes. And I suspect that is going to be a cry of women in their mid-fifties up and down the country."

Cry away. The day will come when no one gets a pension and both men and women will have to work to the grave. These are the golden days of privilege and entitlements.