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minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoSupporting the older, non-working, population is expensive. You need enough workers paying in to those systems that support them.
minus-squarepoopkins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 hours agoThat scheme sounds familiar. If you drew a diagram to represent the repayment of investments, does it resemble a geometric shape?
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoSure, but that still sounds like a self-correcting problem.
minus-squarechonomaiwokurae@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoYeah, and not only paying in but actually working the labour intensive health/elderly care jobs.
Supporting the older, non-working, population is expensive. You need enough workers paying in to those systems that support them.
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.
Yeah, and not only paying in but actually working the labour intensive health/elderly care jobs.