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I have a pension account through my state government job. Even with that, the lawmakers have gutted it so much that its basically impossible to get fully vested and if you do, what you'll be paid once (if) you retire won't be able to sustain the rising cost of living. Pensions aren't made to deal with rising costs of rent, food, etc. I'm sure you can guess what color my state lawmaker's ties are.
Perhaps we should look to pull this kind of thing in America, if such a moment arrives. >

It already happened under President George W. Bush. The US retiremtent was raised from 65 to 67 with early retirement set to 65. If you where born before I believe 1954 your retirement is still 65 but after that your retirement is 67. Other than a few radio host going nuts at the time no massive protest happened on a national scale. >

Part of that may be because so many Americans don’t have a pension at all.