Originally Posted by
StayingHomeIsBetter
You could use that same logic to assert that my company pension is not justified.
Isn't my receiving a pension unfair to a 30 YO employee who is currently working? After all I am not contributing to the company income now that I have retired.
So what if I contributed to the company financials when I was working? What have I done for them lately?
Not really the same, in theory the company's current income is not contributing toward your pension income. Pension contributions made WHILE you were working were set aside, and invested, and that's paying your benefit. It's just a twist on a 401k (well, really vice-versa), but managed by the company.