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We are accused frequently of doing nothing about the ageing population and the consequent hole in pension funds. But you have to understand that, at the moment at any rate, there are no popular solutions to this problem. Either we raise the retirement age or we increase taxes on working people. Neither of these is a vote winner. I think a lot of us in government are hoping that if we just hold on a bit, then sooner or later another solution will present itself. I don't believe in the capital markets. For a start they are unpredictable and for another thing, not everyone has the possibility to take such risks with their money. I have always been of the view that you pay taxes through your working life in order to enjoy certain benefits from the state and certain protection against difficult times. For example, in case of unemployment or sickness or for your retirement, for that matter. So when I retire, I will live on what the government is due to give me. If I can't afford cruises in the Caribbean, then that's too bad.
我們經(jīng)常會(huì)指控政府對(duì)于老齡人和退休金漏洞問題什么都不做。但你要明白，無(wú)論如何此時(shí)此刻，是沒有一個(gè)好的方案來(lái)解決問題。 無(wú)論是提高退休年齡還是增加勞動(dòng)人民的稅收，都不能得到人們的支持。在我看來(lái)，許多的政府官員希望只要維持現(xiàn)狀，另一個(gè)解決方案遲早會(huì)自然而然地出現(xiàn)。我不相信金融市場(chǎng)，一來(lái)是因?yàn)槠洳豢深A(yù)測(cè)性，另外是因?yàn)椴⒉皇撬腥硕寄苡盟麄兊腻X承擔(dān)這樣的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。我們一直都抱有這樣的想法，我們工作生涯繳納稅收是為了享國(guó)家的某些福利和在困難時(shí)期如失業(yè)，生病或者是退休時(shí)獲得某些救濟(jì)。所以我退休后，我會(huì)依靠政府的資助過(guò)活，這是政府的責(zé)任。如果我不夠錢去加勒比海，那真遺憾。 ——譯文來(lái)自: ouyangkate