I am not a fan of football, and the exit of the Russian national team to the quarter-finals is de facto a defeat. I think an achievement in sports is either a personal victory of an athlete over himself, who has set a goal for himself, or a cup and a prize place. But all the media, excuse me - of mass destruction, shouted to all of us that this was the greatest achievement of our football, painted and told so many positive things that I almost myself believed in the greatest successes of our great and mighty. The media felt like euphoria, as if Yu. A. Gagarin flew into space.
Many will begin to object to me that I do not understand anything about "sausage scraps" and this championship was very important for Russia, infrastructure development, the unity of the nation, world opinion, the appearance and image of the country, etc. I will not argue with you, these moments are, of course, and they are important if there was no difference between what is said on TV and what is in your wallet and refrigerator. Let's leave that soft spot where our Motherland is now and still return to the topic of our article.
Sport, and football in particular, is a sight to behold. Still remember the expression of the ancient Roman poet-satirist Juvenal - "Bread and circuses", and so, while you watched the "spectacle", you almost took "bread". Who understands what I am driving at, then you are absolutely right - the subject of today's monologue is the pension reform.
On July 19, 2018, the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the first reading adopted a bill on raising the retirement age. Yes, yes, you heard right, raising the retirement age. They say this on TV "The MPs approved the basic guidelines of the draft law on pension changes." I would like to curse these "approvers" in such a way, but we will observe the limits of decency and wish them that they and their descendants feel these changes all their lives. Also, on July 18, State Duma deputies approved an increase in VAT from 18 to 20% in the second reading, the media again say that we will live better. But you ask, what does VAT and retirement age have to do with it? I'll explain next.
In order for you to read the article and leave your comment, I will try to express my thoughts in a simpler and more concise manner, without overloading you with statistics and excerpts from other Internet resources. If someone is interested in my position, then you can easily find its confirmation on the Internet.
From 1932 until now, in our country, the retirement age was set at 55 for women and 60 for men. The State Duma adopted in the first reading the government bill on a gradual increase in the retirement age from 2019: for women from 55 to 63 years by 2034, for men - from 60 to 65 years. Those. women were added 8 years, and men 5 years.
To continue, I will provide data on the average life expectancy in Russia, which was 72.7 years for the general population, 67.5 years for men and 77.6 years for women. This is dry statistics, in fact, many will agree with me that this age is much younger.
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So what do we have? According to Rosstat data, the average pension in Russia for women is 12,783 rubles, for men - 14,411 rubles. I will not tell you what the average value is, but someone has a pension of 6,000 rubles, while someone has 160,000 rubles, and believe me, you do not have 160,000.
I understand that we are a little confused, but let's count. Above I wrote that women will be added 8 years, and men 5 years. Imagine a woman in 8 years, who would have been retired, would have received with an average pension - 1,227,168 rubles, and a man - 864,660 rubles. Many will say that working, they will earn more, but this argument has two nuances: first, you need to live up to retirement age, and second, go and get a well-paid job after 48-50 years.
Again there will be objections like, I already work at a good job, I will not quit until the age limit. This is where I remember the VAT rate. If we take, in general, then almost half of the economy is in the shadow zone. Fuel prices, VAT increases, etc., are all borne by the buyer. The sellers put all expenses, costs, tax increases into the goods. To be competitive, manufacturers (employers) will reduce costs. Your official salary is an expense for them. For our "businessmen" it is beneficial to pay people a "gray salary". It is more profitable for them to fire an official worker with a salary of 15,000 rubles, for example, and take a "non-retirement" about fifty years old for a "gray salary" of 10,000 rubles. Raising the retirement age, entails a shaft of cheap labor,who will not live up to retirement age and die. Isn't this a victory at the state "mundial" against the people? One shot - two birds with one stone, and a lot of cheap blacks and then you don't need to pay. I’m already silent about the fact that our grandmothers and grandfathers, instead of, for example, sitting with our children, giving us the opportunity to rest, earn money, etc., will ruin their bad health, on some low-paid harmful work, in anticipation of manna from heaven - a pension.on some low-paid, harmful work, in anticipation of manna from heaven - a pension.on some low-paid, harmful work, in anticipation of manna from heaven - a pension.
PS It looks like Russia will become the first country in which the retirement age will exceed the average life expectancy.
I completely forgot about those who work for themselves. Next year our tax office will have access to our accounts. You will tell them where your babosiks come from.