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See my post, immediately above.

I'll respond to your second point. I was (am?) a member of the Local Government Pension Scheme. That was a contributory scheme that required both the employee and the employer to make contributions towards the cost of pensions. As an employee, I had no choice and I paid into the fund every...

My job security revealed its extent when a reorganisation of the service I was responsible for resulted in me being made redundant. This was back in 2002. I don't recall God intervening to tell me I had a right to keep my job. And where did you get the idea that I didn't have to work very hard?

My public sector pension was paid for by my monthly contributions and by the fact that my pay level was lower than what I might have earned in the private sector. State pensions are paid for out of general taxation.

What have public sector pensions got to do with the state pension?