That system is actually reinforced by the lack of workers because companies want to hold on to the ones they already have, which they do today. The 90s is when

That system is actually reinforced by the lack of workers because companies want to hold on to the ones they already have, which they do today. The 90s is when the economy started outpacing new births and the aging population needed more workers to take care of them. Any way you slice it, the lack of younger workers was the problem whether the proximate cause is low birth rate or lack of immigration or a combination.