Geee Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Washington Examiner:The U.S. isn't the only place that's facing a major pension fund crisis. The Christian Science Monitor has this alarming report:People’s retirement savings are a convenient source of revenue for governments that don’t want to reduce spending or make privatizations. As most pension schemes in Europe are organised by the state, European ministers of finance have a facilitated access to the savings accumulated there, and it is only logical that they try to get a hold of this money for their own ends. In recent weeks I have noted five such attempts: Three situations concern private personal savings; two others refer to national funds.The most striking example is Hungary, where last month the government made the citizens an offer they could not refuse. They could either remit their individual retirement savings to the state, or lose the right to the basic state pension (but still have an obligation to pay contributions for it). In this extortionate way, the government wants to gain control over $14bn of individual retirement savings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Coming to a neighborhood near you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Coming to a neighborhood near you. My thoughts exactly!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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