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Old 06-20-11, 04:23 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Betonov View Post
They tried to raise the retirement age from 60 to 65 in our country this year. People went berserk, syndicates threatened with revolution, students threatened with another revolt (last year a student riot left our parliament building with broken windows and a burned ornamental bush) until a referendum was issued. The reform was rejected
I think we're a little more civilised than that in the UK

Or so the government tell us/hope
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