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A standard pension reform needs to be based on an analysis of the current pension system. Only after of its elaboration and approval it is reasonable to submit a proposal for a reform and to seek political support for it. In two latest decades we have witnessed crude lobbying pressures and total ignorance of international recommendations. A tragicomedy was the introduction and abolishment of the “second” pension pillar. Any proposal to rationalize pensions was refused by the chairman of the “Expert Commission for Pension Reform” due to the contradiction to the mandate of this Commission. A rationalization of the Czech public and private pensions is necessary yet due to its non-constitutionality and non-comprehensiveness for clients. Aim of this contribution is to propose a principal but at a maximum simple rationalization of the Czech pension system, based on analyses done and respecting necessary basic rationalizing steps in the area of wage taxation and family benefits. We concentrate on the reciprocal relations of the financing of these social systems. A subsidiary aim is to rationalize the administration and to decrease the number of civil servants. The target of the reforms is not to redistribute the incomes.