And, already, Mr Raffarin's popularity has dipped during the pension battle.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) pointed out that there have been 34 separate periods of strike action during a pension dispute between September 2013 and February 2015.
Mr. Roeder and his firm, Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company, were both sued by San Diego's city attorney during the pension scandal there, but he was soon dropped as an individual defendant.
Many people contracted out during late 1980s and early 1990s during the personal pension push.
Owing to the study design, it was not possible to identify deaths during the study period, and there were no respondents initiating disability pension during the study period; therefore, no future indirect costs were estimated.
The same defiance was noticeable during the pensions debate on April 17th.
Of the top four values ranked by respondents, three were "freedom", "responsibility" and "effort".Even during the pension-reform strikes, when polls seemed to show wholehearted support for the protesters, attitudes were mixed.
This means income from a UK pension during this period is not taxable in New Zealand.
While mutual funds, our largest holders of stocks, are now required to publicly report how they voted during the year, pension funds are not; they should be.
