Politicians protect their own pensions at our expense

THE imposition of a levy on private pension funds is a troubling straw in the wind where the new government is concerned.

We already have them stalling in their shared commitment to abolish the Senate by kicking the issue to a review body.

Where the imposition of a levy on private pension funds is concerned, one may well ask why private pension investments should be raided before tax-generated public pensions? The former are paid for in full by their subscribers, the latter are not.