Železni kancler o pokojninah

Včeraj sem moral nekaj povedati na Centru za razvoj financ ob izzidu knjige "Pension Reform in Southeastern Europe: Linking to Labor and Financial Market Reforms". Ob tem sem naletel na zanimiv citat Otta von Bismarcka:

Anybody who has before him the prospect of a pension, be it ever so small, in old age and infirmity is much happier and more contented in his lot, much more tractable and easy to manage.

Pri pokojninah torej ne gre samo za zadovoljstvo volivcev DESUSa, ampak za ves narod! Ali pa bi lahko ta "easy to manage" razširili kar v posledico vseh socialnih transferjev in v pravilo, da vlade, ki višajo socialne transferje, lažje upravljajo z državljani.