StellaStarr wrote:

You seem to think a pension is some kind of welfare.
It's money you arranged to have taken out of your paycheck, to save up
for retirement.

You're thinking of a 401K. A pension used to be a guaranteed retirement income
in exchange for spending your life working for the company. One could argue that
you exchanged a higher salary for a lower salary and a pension, but no money
was taken out of your paycheck.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.