Here's some of the more interesting and insightful tweets in reaction to the National Government's announcement of the age of superannuation entitlement rising. The most recent tweets are first. More to be added.
Sorry, but any temporary party of government saying they'll start doing something in 20 years time is just fanciful. #upto67
Superannuation age change will hit exactly the cohort who got super-interesty student loans. Yay us!
Is this the last vestiges of John Key's legacy in tatters or is there something else he defended to the end that I can't remember right now?
Cathy O'Sullivan un @CathyKoo
Time to get those fake IDs from your uni days ready, Gen Xers.
Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Actually I was born on 15 March 1972 so even I'll get me super at 65! I applaud the bold new policy!
Pity for all the millennials planning to use superannuation to finish saving for their house deposits
2040 is the new 2020. Long-term goal that's so far away that no one cares, no one around to take responsibility
The years 2037-2050 are going to be a great time for this government's promises.
John Key is going to have to resign as prime minister now.
Great to hear @pmbillenglish moving on NZ Super. Scheduling a shift early enough and phasing it in was always going to be the best approach.
Great to hear @pmbillenglish moving on NZ Super. Scheduling a shift early enough and phasing it in was always going to be the best approach.
2040 is setting to be one hell of a year, we can almost swim everywhere, pests will almost be eradicated & some workers will be extra tired
Hamish Rutherford oun @oneforthedr
Can everyone over 45 please agree to be quiet and let the people affected by this talk about it sensibly?
No, no boomers, that's fine. Don't feel the need to contribute more. You've done enough, like...
It's a bold policy in the sense that the Govt gains absolutely nothing from it other than it being the right thing to do.
hamish mcneilly Verified accoun @southernscoop
Will the robots get superannuation? What about the ROBOTS!!
Ingrid Hipkiss @ingridhipkiss
Poor me & my generation .. too young for super at 65 or free education ... too old to get my head around Snapchat
So 45+yos are safe. Under 40s probably never thought they'd retire at 65. Can NZ First scaremonger enough to shift the polls?
Generation X: National wants to fight the election on making _you_ worse off. Again. #BoomerGovt
Let’s just promise to solve all our problems in 2040. That should do the trick.
"The change will be legislated for next year". English betting he won't be in coalition with Winston then.
Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
So all baby boomers get to retire at 65 but X and Y will have to wait until 67? #WorstGeneration
If this is true then Bill English (with Steven Joyce) will have already established himself as a more noteworthy PM than his predecessor
Laura McQuillan @mcquillanator
Bracing for Bill English to suggest millennials quit smashed avo, cancel feng shui appointments, move home to save for retirement.
90% of superannuitants 67+ to be swimmable by 2040
So quite soon, a lot of people are going to realise that abstract debates about superannuation are going to hit them first. That's positive.
.@1NEWSBreaking start making change in 2037? Verging on satire. Super costs rising a billion dollars a year now, need to start now. Sad.
I'm not fussed about any changes to superannuation because I honestly do not expect it to exist when I retire.
More copying of earlier Labour policy which was to increase age of retirement to 67 by 2031 ...
Turns out this PM uses the old PMs tricks - Implement Labour Party policy.
