My contribution isn't pooled. I contribute $X. I get $Y by my retirement age. No one can take that away from me.
CPF Life uses the concept of pooling to arrive at $Z payout.
With my $Y, I get my $Z payout.
Other people arrive at their own $Z based on what they contribute themselves. I don't consider it pooled result.
I have to help you add on for those ignoramus who harps on China's superior 社保 system over Singapore's CPF.
社保 pool of funds are not build upon those money those tiongs contributed 20yrs back. It is withdraw from money the current working people contributes right now.
When the economy is goodl like 10yrs back for China... Everyone contributes alot and the retirees all happy. Right now, alot of 省,市干部级(provincial, district level departments) all stop paying pensions out to their retirees. Because of their collapsing economy, joblessness, contribution is cliff jumping. Not really now.. it is since middle of 2020.
Why I know? My in-laws are tiongs. When the times are good, there are surplus and got scraps to eat offered by the communists lords.
That is their superior pensioning system.
In case people not happy with our Singapore CPF and have a very clear understanding of China's system superiority, it is high time to bring it out and fire at the PAP government with it right now.