> couldn't they have just.... funded it? * Currently there is only 1.7 active contributors per retiree! * There are 5% more retirees each year these days (700

> couldn't they have just.... funded it? * Currently there is only 1.7 active contributors per retiree! * There are 5% more retirees each year these days (700,000 new retirees each year). Double the newborn number each year. * 331 billion euros of pension system expenditure in 2019. 3 times the number paid in the 1980'. More than what the French state gets from taxes. https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/retraite/le-systeme-de-retraite-actuel/article/chiffres-cles-retraite https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/retraite/le-systeme-de-retrai...