NIS pen­sion is paid to peo­ple who have made week­ly or month­ly con­tri­bu­tions (via NIS pay­ments) for their en­tire work­ing life. In some cas­es this can be as many as 42 years. These are peo­ple who have pos­i­tive­ly con­tributed to so­ci­ety, re­gard­less of their job clas­si­fi­ca­tion. NIS pen­sion­ers have toiled their en­tire lives to­wards na­tion-build­ing.

Se­nior cit­i­zens pen­sion is paid out to peo­ple who have at­tained the sta­tus of se­nior cit­i­zen­ship, (over the age of 60-65). With­in this brack­et we have se­nior cit­i­zens who have laboured their en­tire adult life, and al­so the ones who did not. Whether the se­nior cit­i­zen pen­sion is an en­ti­tle­ment, grant, or what­ev­er the cur­rent ad­min­is­tra­tion wants it called, it does not change the fact that a ca­reer crim­i­nal, for­mer po­lice­man, home­less per­son (va­grant), re­tired labour­er, teacher or de­por­tee will all be re­ceiv­ing this pen­sion.

The amount of old-age pen­sion an in­di­vid­ual re­ceives should not be based on whether they re­ceive NIS pen­sion or not, as this was paid for by the in­di­vid­ual. Peo­ple have made pay­ments to this pen­sion for their en­tire work­ing life. The se­nior cit­i­zen pen­sion should be the same for every­one be­cause they're all se­nior cit­i­zens. This should not be ad­just­ed for those who re­ceive NIS pen­sion. It is great­ly un­fair that a per­son's old age pen­sion is based on their NIS pen­sion.

Sim­ply, what the cur­rent ad­min­is­tra­tion is say­ing is that a cit­i­zen who did not con­tribute any­thing to so­ci­ety (work) or a NIS pen­sion, will re­ceive more old age pen­sion than a per­son who has pos­i­tive­ly con­tributed to so­ci­ety. This will re­sult in every­one re­ceiv­ing an equal amount of mon­ey when they have en­tered the se­nior cit­i­zen brack­et, whether your were lazy, a crim­i­nal, or hard­work­ing. I won­der which path I shall choose?

Von Michael­son

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