1 posted on
04/27/2014 7:52:15 AM PDT by
blam
To: blam
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now factor in countries that have whole generations wiped out from war like Iraq, Iran and several african countries where there are virtually no males btwn 30 and 50 to sustain their economies
2 posted on
04/27/2014 8:02:30 AM PDT by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: blam
If I live to 80...possible but by no means certain given my family history...I expect the last 5 years (at the very least) to be very difficult ones both financially and in terms of timely access to quality health care.But if,by chance,my hunch proves to be correct at least I will have had 75 pretty good...perhaps even *quite* good...years,which is better than many people today...and throughout history...have had.
3 posted on
04/27/2014 8:04:15 AM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
(Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
To: blam
It will be a world in which ageing reinforces the changes in income distribution that new technology has brought with it: the skilled old earn more, the less-skilled of all ages are squeezed. The less-educated and jobless young will be particularly poorly served, never building up the skills to enable them to become productive older workers. In the end, it boils down to how can we get rid of the baby boomers and still keep the cash they have saved?
Income 'distribution' is a euphemism for 'redistribution', bleats about a 'skilled-old' population ultimately translate down to "what does this mean to how we've so poorly educated our young for?" and the like. The ultimate self-interested conclusion is not blame ourselves, but blame others. Yeah, those older workers are more skilled, but we want more money, too. They shouldn't have it; we want it. And, we don't want to go through the real process by learning and working hard to get it honestly
4 posted on
04/27/2014 8:04:58 AM PDT by
Gaffer
(Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
To: blam
Wise folks saw this coming 30 years ago. One of them told me not to expect to collect any SS.
5 posted on
04/27/2014 8:09:38 AM PDT by
DManA
To: blam
The article states:
"Perhaps most important, better education leads to higher productivity at any age." This may sound intuitively obvious but its a dubious assumption. From personal experience, I have seen in the work place far too many educated people who are often inclined to promote and engage in unproductive, time consuming and wasteful activities. They tend to favor endless meetings, lots of studies, and mountains of paperwork. Many of these activities are self-serving in nature and designed to improve one's visibility. In general, empire building is the hidden agenda.
Exhibit A is the federal government. There are unquestionably lots of educated people working in the bureaucracy, but it is hardly an example of a productive enterprise.
8 posted on
04/27/2014 8:23:48 AM PDT by
Starboard
To: blam
I’ve done my best to survive financially
and know I wont survive physically
but am comfortable with the spiritual investments I’ve made
11 posted on
04/27/2014 8:36:03 AM PDT by
jcon40
To: blam
It will not double even once in the current century, because birth rates in much of the world have declined steeply.
Not in the Muslim world kiddies. They are squirting them out in wholesale lots and will have significant population authority in many western nations in less than two more generations.
12 posted on
04/27/2014 8:44:33 AM PDT by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: blam
Blam; you and I are about the same age. I retired when I started doing the same things twice.
13 posted on
04/27/2014 9:04:21 AM PDT by
Little Bill
(EVICT Queen Jean)
To: blam
There’s going to be a lot less lawns for children to freely walk upon. And they better pull up their pants, turn that ballcap around, and turn down that blasted music as well!
To: blam
Hence the need for zer0’s death panels.
16 posted on
04/27/2014 9:12:16 AM PDT by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: blam
Starting in about 2025 there will begin a mass die-off of us Baby Boomers. The wheel turns.
18 posted on
04/27/2014 9:50:39 AM PDT by
Chuckster
(The longer I live the less I care about what you think.)
To: blam
The author failed to factor in Obamacare, which will eliminate most old people.
19 posted on
04/27/2014 10:15:29 AM PDT by
aimhigh
(John 14:21)
To: blam
20 posted on
04/27/2014 10:49:57 AM PDT by
pabianice
(LINE)
To: blam
A generation of old people are about to be killed off by obastard care.
22 posted on
04/27/2014 1:46:32 PM PDT by
Old Yeller
(Why is Jon Corzine a free man?)
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