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minus-square@BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish35•4 months agoSupporting the older, non-working, population is expensive. You need enough workers paying in to those systems that support them.
minus-square@chonomaiwokurae@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish14•4 months agoYeah, and not only paying in but actually working the labour intensive health/elderly care jobs.
minus-square@peoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoSure, but that still sounds like a self-correcting problem.
minus-square@poopkins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoThat scheme sounds familiar. If you drew a diagram to represent the repayment of investments, does it resemble a geometric shape?
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.
Sure, but that still sounds like a self-correcting problem.
That scheme sounds familiar. If you drew a diagram to represent the repayment of investments, does it resemble a geometric shape?