Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To those who say Britain cannot afford to invest in infrastructure, I say we cannot afford not to invest in our future.
Most private-sector folks don't get a pension.
An independent Scotland could afford pensions full stop - after all, it is our taxes and national insurance contributions that fund them now.
People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant.
Britain can only spend what it can afford.
We can't be paying pensions to the next generation of federal workers when hardly anyone in the private sector gets them.
Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments.
Because of lower life expectancy in Scotland - something that we are working hard to improve - the average woman will get £11,000 less in pension payments than counterparts in the rest of the U.K., even though she will pay exactly the same in contributions.
If Britain is to have a stable, affordable pension system, people need to work longer, but we will reward their hard work with a decent state pension that will enable them to enjoy quality of life in their retirement.
A pension is nothing more than deferred compensation.