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Samuli Katainen stated that he started working at the age of 15, but he had only started accumulating retirement benefits from the age of 23. According to him, after eight years of work and paid pension contributions, he had accumulated zero euros in his own pension. Katainen said that his working career would not continue until the proposed retirement age of 70. #eläke #työelämä #nuoret (translated)

Mika Merano criticized the reported proposals to raise the retirement age to over 70 years and described the idea as extremely senseless. According to him, the proposals were based on the view that people would have an invisible debt to the state and that their role would be to produce tax revenue by working nearly until the end of their lives. Merano called for a reform of the pension system in the opposite direction. He argued that the state should provide only a small minimum safety net and shift more responsibility to the individuals themselves. He suggested a large-scale reduction in mandatory pension contributions so that people would have more money left from their salaries and could save for their retirement if they wanted. Merano justified his stance by emphasizing individual freedom and personal responsibility. He stated that the state should not dictate how long people should work or how they should use their money. #eläke #yksilönvapaudet #valtiopolitiikka (translated)

Juho Hirvelä warned in his writing that the western Finn cattle, which belongs to Finland's native breeds, was on the brink of extinction according to him. He stated that the same concern applied to the eastern Finn cattle, or Kyttö, and the Lapland cow. According to Hirvelä, the Ketomo family business from Northern Finland reported that it uses milk from all three native breeds in its ice creams. The company had also raised dark bees of the north during the summer and intended to showcase native breeds at the I Love Me fair. Hirvelä thanked Ketomo for its work for native cattle and hoped for more similar businesses. He encouraged people to check out the company’s ice creams in grocery store freezers and mentioned that the fair would be held at the Helsinki Messukeskus from October 16 to 18, 2026. Hirvelä estimated that saving the native cattle required getting the animals back into production. According to him, they would not be saved in Korkeasaari Zoo or at the mercy of wild wolves. He wrote that the native cattle had helped the Finnish people during years of famine and that now it was time for people to help them. #alkuperäiskarjat #suomi #kestäväkehitys (translated)

Auguste Bardamu claimed that Karl Marx never paid Helene Demuth a regular salary, who had worked for over forty years for his family in exchange for lodging and food. He wrote that she took care of the laundry, meals, and children. According to Bardamu, Marx had gotten Demuth pregnant in 1851 and refused to acknowledge their son, Frederick. The author argued that Friedrich Engels publicly endorsed the paternity of the child at Marx's request, and then Frederick was placed in a poor foster family in London. He also claimed that Marx never gave her money and prohibited her from entering through the main door during visits to her mother. Bardamu added that Engels only revealed the true identity of the father on his deathbed. He concluded that Marx wrote "Capital" while Demuth worked in his home without payment. #Marx #Exploitation #LutteDesClasses (translated)

The True Finns reported that they have risen to become the second largest party in Yle's poll and assessed that their work has produced results. According to the party, immigration and criminal policy had been tightened historically thanks to them, and they had worked to balance Finland's economy as well as to defend the interests of Finnish taxpayers. The party noted that there is just over half a year until the elections and stated that they aim to have a Prime Minister from Riga. #perussuomalaiset #ps #perussuomalaiset #vaalit #Suomi (translated)

Kim Väisänen wrote that the retirement age limit was lowered in 2005 from 65 to 63 years. He claimed that the large age cohorts did not want to continue in working life and therefore retired earlier. According to Väisänen, young people were not given the same opportunity, but their situation was the opposite. https://t.co/AAaasQpv7t #eläke #työmarkkinat #nuoret (translated)

Thunder wrote that the pension system is, in his opinion, a scam that Alex Gunsberg and Roni had already discussed. He estimated that the system would collapse sooner or later and claimed that there were no jobs for those over 50. Additionally, he claimed that brain surgeons were being brought into the country on social security, who would receive pensions without paying pension contributions. https://t.co/WtGLmYfN19 #eläke #sosiaaliturva #työmarkkinat (translated)

Keijo Kaarisade wrote that Sixseven Korkboy did not make it to the finals of the high school economic guru competition. According to Kaarisade, Korkboy had stated that adjustments were necessary, but had focused on listing things that should not be cut. He mentioned that Helsingin Sanomat had offered Korkboy a consolation prize of columnist work and called him a moral winner. #talous #kilpailu #voitto (translated)

Tuomo Saarni wrote that the smoke saunas at Kuusijärvi were, in his opinion, an example of activities that should not belong to the responsibilities of public administration. He stated that the investment had been 3.3 million euros and that sauna use cost 16 euros per person. Saarni believed that this was a business that should be operated without taxpayer funding and risk. He added that such activities, in his view, took away resources from elsewhere and consumed civil servants' time from statutory duties. #julkishallinto #verot #liiketoiminta (translated)

The Estonian Society of Cardiology has requested the government to support the voluntary implementation of the Nutri-Score labeling system to simplify making healthy food choices and to prevent heart and vascular diseases, which are significant public health issues in Estonia. #toitumine #NutriScore (translated)

The executive director of the Estonian Hotel and Restaurant Association, Külli Kraner, points out that the closure of restaurants can lead to difficulties in making ends meet for tens of thousands of employees, including chefs and waitstaff, showing that catering services affect more people than just the wealthier restaurant patrons. #toitlustus #restoranid #töötajad (translated)