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Beyond a certain point, the working population will not be able to afford to pay for the retired population. It's a mathematical inevitability unless birth rate
by abenga 2y ago
Beyond a certain point, the working population will not be able to afford to pay for the retired population. It's a mathematical inevitability unless birth rates increase or people stop living as long any more (both probably impossible). Maybe the benefits could be eliminated/reduced, but this is politically untenable because older people generally vote while younger people don't.
- red-iron-pine 2y agoimmigration solves the birth rate problem, and is one of the big reasons why illegal immigrants is a hilariously terrible wag-the-dog wedge issue. make them legal, tax them, and have them contribute to the system as well.
- abenga 2y agoAt some point even the countries people immigrate from will run out of people.