[Chode]

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

[Gay State Conservative]

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.

[Gaffer]

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

[DManA]

Wise folks saw this coming 30 years ago. One of them told me not to expect to collect any SS.

[Starboard]

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.

[jcon40]

I’ve done my best to survive financially

and know I wont survive physically

but am comfortable with the spiritual investments I’ve made

[Don Corleone]

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.

[Little Bill]

Blam; you and I are about the same age. I retired when I started doing the same things twice.

[SamAdams76]

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!

[Vaquero]

Hence the need for zer0’s death panels.

[Chuckster]

Starting in about 2025 there will begin a mass die-off of us Baby Boomers. The wheel turns.

[aimhigh]

The author failed to factor in Obamacare, which will eliminate most old people.

[pabianice]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_the_Sky

[Old Yeller]

A generation of old people are about to be killed off by obastard care.