Disagree totally with your assessment. We have always had to pay higher taxes, AND, when the Global Fiat Currency Federal Reserve banking system finally collapses (not far off), you will be very thankful that you at least have a government pension, that is indexed, to fall back on, because your stocks and bonds will go to zero, and they will remain at zero for ever more. What do you think the world is going to do with a debt load (300 Trillion US) that is nominally double the asset value, and that is valuing assets at 100% of market value, which certainly will not be the case when the cookie crumbles.