Retirement age! Wait! One-two ...
Last week's economic rumors, as they say, stirred the general public. Following the head of the Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov, another government official of the so-called economic bloc spoke of the “inevitability” of raising the retirement age in Russia. It was Alexei Ulyukayev, who heads the Ministry of Economic Development. According to Ulyukayev, the retirement age must not only be raised, but also “unified” by its level for women and men. The minister “calculated and decided” that the 63 of the year will be just right for both men and women. One can imagine what forms the great and mighty addressed to Mr. Ulyukayev after his proposal fell from the lips of, for example, 53-year-old Russians (women) and 58-year-old Russians (men), who are preparing to retire soon. Alexey Valentinovich must have been hiccupping loudly at that moment ...
The federal minister’s initiative was commented on by the State Duma deputy representing the Just Russia faction, Valery Hartung. He is quoted by the news agency. TASS:
Chairwoman of the Duma Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Committee Olga Batalina, representing the United Russia faction, commenting on the initiative of Ulyukaeva, noted that it was pointless to discuss this topic. The Deputy of the State Duma explained her words by saying that the President and the head of the Russian government repeatedly stated that raising the level of the retirement age in the country is not on the agenda under current conditions.
Representatives of the Duma factions of the LDPR and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation were even more categorical, commenting on the statements of Mr. Ulyukayev. The word, in general, did not regret ...
It turns out that all the Duma factions criticized the Ulyukaev idea. Therefore, we can assume that the issue of raising the retirement age in Russia is somehow meaningless to discuss - the deputies said that they refer to the president and the prime minister, which means that there will not be an increase in the retirement age. But is it really that simple? It turned out that not really ...
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the retirement plank in Russia will still rise. The Russians of pre-retirement age immediately clutched their hearts ... However, Dmitry Anatolyevich added that "there is no need to worry," since the process of raising the age of access to well-deserved rest will concern only public servants. All others can sleep well. It is a pity that the phrase “sleep well” in this context sounds somewhat ambiguous ...
Dmitry Medvedev quotes portal "Vesti. Finance":
It is worth considering this statement carefully. That is, the chairman of the government, he is the chairman of the United Russia party - the person to whom party colleague Olga Batalina referred, additionally referring to the president, by the way, also announces that civil servants need to prepare "for making this or that decision" ... What kind of “one or another decision” that people of this category can take is being discussed, Dmitry Anatolyevich mysteriously kept silent. How even more mysteriously he kept silent about what the phrase “for the absolute majority of other people” means. It turns out that in addition to civil servants, the retirement age in the country will also be raised for a kind of “absolute minority”, whose composition remains a secret with seven seals.
At the same time, the head of government in more detail, but also somewhat florid, touched on the topic of raising the retirement age for government officials.
Medvedev:
Frankly speaking, it seems that this kind of initiative is hardly aimed at any substantial savings for the federal budget. Much more likely is that state officials, “replacing a little bit in another direction,” are themselves government officials (in fact themselves) being given the opportunity to stay longer in their high posts. The argument that not saving for the sake of, is indirectly confirmed by the statement of the Deputy Minister of Labor of the Russian Federation Andrei Pudov, who has already determined the amount of savings in this case. According to the deputy minister, such savings (in the case of raising the retirement age of state officials) will be 622 million rubles. At first glance, the amount may seem substantial, but in reality, Khoroshavin’s 18 pens cannot be bought on it ...
But seriously, the question arises: where does the economy come from at all, if the state officials, who, by virtue of reaching retirement age, had to retire and receive an old-age pension, now the government will have to continue to pay the official salary, which, presumably, significantly higher than the official pension. Or savings, as it were, on those who should have taken their places, but now they will have to wait ...
However, this question can not be called the main one. State officials are, as you know, a special world, most often living according to individual “physical” laws. This is different. - It's about ordinary citizens of Russia. - The fact is that even if such a precedent of raising the retirement age is planned, then nothing prevents the state from extrapolating it to other categories of the population under the slogan: “For state officials, the bar for the age of access to well-deserved rest was raised,” he said. So you can spread to other categories of the population "...
I would like to still believe that in the Russian state there will still be responsible men from among those very representatives of state authorities who will find more adequate forms and formulas for saving budget funds and filling the state treasury.
The federal minister’s initiative was commented on by the State Duma deputy representing the Just Russia faction, Valery Hartung. He is quoted by the news agency. TASS:
We believe that this decision is extremely erroneous, very untimely and will lead to absolutely opposite results from those expected by the Russian government. Today, the solvency of citizens is falling, production volumes are decreasing, and the minister, making such statements, shows his incompetence.
Chairwoman of the Duma Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Committee Olga Batalina, representing the United Russia faction, commenting on the initiative of Ulyukaeva, noted that it was pointless to discuss this topic. The Deputy of the State Duma explained her words by saying that the President and the head of the Russian government repeatedly stated that raising the level of the retirement age in the country is not on the agenda under current conditions.
Representatives of the Duma factions of the LDPR and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation were even more categorical, commenting on the statements of Mr. Ulyukayev. The word, in general, did not regret ...
It turns out that all the Duma factions criticized the Ulyukaev idea. Therefore, we can assume that the issue of raising the retirement age in Russia is somehow meaningless to discuss - the deputies said that they refer to the president and the prime minister, which means that there will not be an increase in the retirement age. But is it really that simple? It turned out that not really ...
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the retirement plank in Russia will still rise. The Russians of pre-retirement age immediately clutched their hearts ... However, Dmitry Anatolyevich added that "there is no need to worry," since the process of raising the age of access to well-deserved rest will concern only public servants. All others can sleep well. It is a pity that the phrase “sleep well” in this context sounds somewhat ambiguous ...
Dmitry Medvedev quotes portal "Vesti. Finance":
The draft law on increasing the retirement age for civil servants concerns a well-defined part of the working citizens of our country, and, of course, it should provide for a transitional period so that people can prepare and take this or that decision for themselves with full knowledge of the matter. For the absolute majority of other people, of course, the retirement age is kept within the framework of the current legislation.
It is worth considering this statement carefully. That is, the chairman of the government, he is the chairman of the United Russia party - the person to whom party colleague Olga Batalina referred, additionally referring to the president, by the way, also announces that civil servants need to prepare "for making this or that decision" ... What kind of “one or another decision” that people of this category can take is being discussed, Dmitry Anatolyevich mysteriously kept silent. How even more mysteriously he kept silent about what the phrase “for the absolute majority of other people” means. It turns out that in addition to civil servants, the retirement age in the country will also be raised for a kind of “absolute minority”, whose composition remains a secret with seven seals.
At the same time, the head of government in more detail, but also somewhat florid, touched on the topic of raising the retirement age for government officials.
Medvedev:
This is our parliament, that is, the State Duma, the Council of the Federation, members of the government, that is, persons who precisely replace public office - not in the civil service, but a little in another direction. We are talking about increasing the retirement age for these categories of citizens up to 65 years. There is a general order now.
Frankly speaking, it seems that this kind of initiative is hardly aimed at any substantial savings for the federal budget. Much more likely is that state officials, “replacing a little bit in another direction,” are themselves government officials (in fact themselves) being given the opportunity to stay longer in their high posts. The argument that not saving for the sake of, is indirectly confirmed by the statement of the Deputy Minister of Labor of the Russian Federation Andrei Pudov, who has already determined the amount of savings in this case. According to the deputy minister, such savings (in the case of raising the retirement age of state officials) will be 622 million rubles. At first glance, the amount may seem substantial, but in reality, Khoroshavin’s 18 pens cannot be bought on it ...
But seriously, the question arises: where does the economy come from at all, if the state officials, who, by virtue of reaching retirement age, had to retire and receive an old-age pension, now the government will have to continue to pay the official salary, which, presumably, significantly higher than the official pension. Or savings, as it were, on those who should have taken their places, but now they will have to wait ...
However, this question can not be called the main one. State officials are, as you know, a special world, most often living according to individual “physical” laws. This is different. - It's about ordinary citizens of Russia. - The fact is that even if such a precedent of raising the retirement age is planned, then nothing prevents the state from extrapolating it to other categories of the population under the slogan: “For state officials, the bar for the age of access to well-deserved rest was raised,” he said. So you can spread to other categories of the population "...
I would like to still believe that in the Russian state there will still be responsible men from among those very representatives of state authorities who will find more adequate forms and formulas for saving budget funds and filling the state treasury.
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