PENSION REFORM POLARISES GENERATIONS|年金怎改革 對年輕.年長世代都是難題

The debate on pension reform has polarised the differences between generations. The younger generation faces bankruptcy of the pension system, unless there is reform. For the older generation, pension reform is a breach of trusts by the government. At the age of 70, this man has taken to the streets in protest for the first time. He is protesting against changes to his pension. ==Mr CHANG Retired civil servant== Of course I will go to protest. It's unreasonable, we have been stigmatised. We get what we should get by law. The government should give it to us when we retire. After working for 40 years as a civil servant, Mr. Chang now gets a monthly pension. However, he now has to face the stigma of his category of pension being the main reason that the pension system faces bankruptcy. He says the protest is against being stigmatised and even more against breach of trust by the government. ==Mr CHANG Retired civil servant== I've worked hard all my life, of course I want to enjoy myself now. But what they promised us, it's like a contract, you can't break a contract, that's basic knowledge. Mr. Chang took the civil servant exam when he was young so that he could enjoy his retirement. However, for the younger generation, this guarantee of funded retirement is unlikely. Ms. Shi who took the public teachers exam at the age of 23 has taught for nine years. Each month she pays NT$2 to NT$3,000 into a pension fund, but has heard that the pension system is bankrupt, so she is very worried that she will have no pension. ==SHI HAN-YI Public high school teacher== What we are paying now is the civil servant labor insurance, which is actually a bit higher. But in fact we all know, that when we actually come to retire, since there has been no pension reform, the system will be bankrupt at any moment now, and we won't get anything. Shi supports the government undertaking pension reform as she believes the system faces bankruptcy and the younger generation should not have to bear the brunt of it. ==SHI SHAN-YI Public school teacher== The larger environment has changed, the current legislation without any amendment means that we are facing bankruptcy. So we should make some adjustments for generational justice. The two generations have polarised opinions. Pension reform needs to be implemented in a way such as to remove the clash of generations and is a complex issue for the government. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 一場年金改革，突顯出不同職業間的矛盾，也衍生出世代對立的氛圍。對於年輕世代來說，年金不改革，恐怕面臨退休基金破產的窘境，但年金若改革，對年老的一代來說，卻是政府對他們信用破產，讓年金改革變成一道難解的習題。 每天到運動中心運動，傍晚騎腳踏車接孫子下課，70多歲的張老先生，沒想到人生第一次上街遊行，是為了抗議年金改革。 ==退休公務員 張老先生== 當然上街頭 不講道理的東西 當然很汙名化 我們依法領取應該有的 是以我們退休的時候 你(政府)本來應該給我們的 辛苦當了40年的公務員，好不容易能月領退休俸過日子，但沒想到現在卻被認為，是造成年金破產的原因之一，張先生忿忿不平地表示，上街就是要抗議被汙名化，更認為這不是改革，而是鬥爭是政府的違約行為。 ==退休公務員 張老先生== 人家辛苦了一輩子 當然是要好好過日子 但是你答應給人家的 債權債務關係 是屬於契約關係 契約關係你不能單方面要毀約 這是基本常識 對張先生來說，年輕時考公務員，就是為了讓退休後的生活有保障，但對新世代來說，這個保障未來卻不見得看得到。23歲考上教職的施小姐，教書已經9年了，每個月繳兩、三千塊的退撫金，但聽說年金將要破產，讓她十分擔心，將來退休後，沒錢可以領。 ==高中教師 施涵儀== 我們現在繳的 就是這個公保的部分 其實費用是算比較高的 但實際上其實我們都知道 我們可能等到退休的那一刻 是可能根本領不到 因為以現在不改革的情況下 破產應該就是在眼前 即將就會發生的 她支持政府推動年金改革，認為退撫基金可能會面臨破產，而這樣的結果，不該由年輕世代來背債。 ==高中教師 施涵儀== 我覺得大環境 其實已經改變了 如果說像我們的法律 其實都會修正了 那其實年金的問題就擺眼前 它就快要破產了 是不是應該做一些調整 讓世代的公平可以維持下去 兩個世代、兩種思維，沒有誰對誰錯，只有日子能不能過下去。年金改革怎麼改，才能不讓世代衝突繼續擴大，恐怕是政府在思考年金改革的同時，必須顧及到的層面。 記者 綜合報導