【BEC高級】退休金危機(1/3)
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2012-09-08 23:11
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Caribbean
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.
我們經常會指控政府對于老齡人和退休金漏洞問題什么都不做。但你要明白,無論如何此時此刻,是沒有一個好的方案來解決問題。 無論是提高退休年齡還是增加勞動人民的稅收,都不能得到人們的支持。在我看來,許多的政府官員希望只要維持現(xiàn)狀,另一個解決方案遲早會自然而然地出現(xiàn)。我不相信金融市場,一來是因為其不可預測性,另外是因為并不是所有人都能用他們的錢承擔這樣的風險。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家的某些福利和在困難時期如失業(yè),生病或者是退休時獲得某些救濟。所以我退休后,我會依靠政府的資助過活,這是政府的責任。如果我不夠錢去加勒比海,那真遺憾。
——譯文來自: ouyangkate