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Private Pension Plan Protection
An unprecedented event, have recognized the workers of the Congress of Deputies. The first parliament of the United Left who have come to be credited to the Lower House have renounced the pension plan and casualty insurance including life, which is offered as deputies.
The first to do so have been the federal coordinator of training, Cayo Lara, and Rep.-elect of Malaga, Albert Garzon. IU Sources have made clear that there is no order in a specific order for deputies to party give up the private insurance is optional.
As has been pointed out from the left-wing federation, Lara and Garzón have done voluntarily, although they admit that it is likely that other members imitate the leader of IU and do the same.
This plan, they are entitled to deputies and senators is an insurance policy in case of accidents and death and a private pension plan. When Lara and have attended accredited Garzón this morning in Congress, have given, including all documentation, a form which provided that “corporate welfare plan” and have them explained that they met from the contributions that the Congress calls for each deputy to a financial institution.
Lara and Garzón decided to give it as it has announced a deputy for Malaga in his Twitter account: “Filling data in Congress. Just give up private pension plan. There is no precedent, they say.”
The Big Business of Banks
Private pension plans: the big business of banks
The existence of private pension plans allow financial institutions and insurance companies make huge gains, as it is a safe business for them. The contributions are being made to a pension fund that invests in search of profitability. The person who made the contribution can not get their money until retirement (with some exceptions, such as serious illness or long-term unemployment), which guarantees the fund management company managing the money over a long period of time.
Financial institutions and insurance companies make huge profits because of high fees charged by management. According to Zubiri (2003: 75), in Spain the cost of administering individual pension plans as a percentage of total contributions, reached 37.3%, the highest in the EU. In addition, because the costs of maintaining a pension account are largely fixed, fall most heavily on smaller accounts, which have less income.
