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minus-square@BradleyUffnerlinkEnglish36•2 days agoSupporting the older, non-working, population is expensive. You need enough workers paying in to those systems that support them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 days agoYeah, and not only paying in but actually working the labour intensive health/elderly care jobs.
minus-square@poopkinslinkEnglish2•1 day agoThat scheme sounds familiar. If you drew a diagram to represent the repayment of investments, does it resemble a geometric shape?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 days agoSure, but that still sounds like a self-correcting problem.
Supporting the older, non-working, population is expensive. You need enough workers paying in to those systems that support them.
Yeah, and not only paying in but actually working the labour intensive health/elderly care jobs.
That scheme sounds familiar. If you drew a diagram to represent the repayment of investments, does it resemble a geometric shape?
Sure, but that still sounds like a self-correcting problem.