I've always wondered about suing the government for raising the retirement age. They're changing the deal we agreed to, without my consent. If I had known the full extent of the altered deal (i.e. no retirement till 69), I would have made different decisions from the start.
If I have a 20 year mortgage with the bank I can't just change the terms so that the deal suits me better. Why can the government do that with my retirement age, with zero repercussions?
Usually they don't. For everyone currently over 50 nothing changes. For people between 40 and 50 one more year.... So only a fraction of the population is affected and young people don't have a lobby.
> For everyone currently over 50 nothing changes. For people between 40 and 50 one more year.... So only a fraction of the population is affected and young people don't have a lobby.
So I'll go to the bank tell them I'm just not going to pay the last year or two of my mortgage?
Or a car dealer and tell them I'm simply going to pay less for their car without them being able to say no?
You just said the same thing - "it's only a small inconvenience, so it's fine".
The government regularly screws people over without their consent. The repercussions is to protest and make the government’s life as miserable as possible.
No, the repercussion is to realize you can't rely on government and stop voting for governments that make lots of promises. This is what happens when a society rejects libertarianism. Instead of a nice private pension provider you can take to court you have the government, who forbid others from running Ponzi schemes whilst forcing everyone to take part in theirs.
If I have a 20 year mortgage with the bank I can't just change the terms so that the deal suits me better. Why can the government do that with my retirement age, with zero repercussions?