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Apart from the Aregentina example another good example of what can happen to private "pensions" is Poland in 2013


http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-06/poland-confiscates-half-private-pension-funds-cut-sovereign-debt-load


Here is another link (it discusses examples in addition to Argentina) talking about instances of governments fiddling with pension assets.   https://barnabyisright.com/tag/argentina-pension-funds/


I am assuming by the time I become old (I an late 20s now) the government will have confiscated or taxed away most of my superannuation hence I never voluntarily contribute to it.


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