Denmark attached retirement age to life expectancy. This makes economic sense but it's really cruel. We're not getting healthier. Our healthspan seems to be going down, so we live longer in illness.
Old people's health care is good business as there is essentially endless demand.
Unfortunately going to be similar situations everywhere the economic model requires contribution to function, as median ages climb less people are net contributors.
It’s kind of just kicking capitalisms collapse can down the road
It's 67 in Germany, up from 65 recently. Meanwhile, life expectation continues to fall.
That's the beauty of it... We are here to ensure that boomers live their best lives.
This class war has a heavy generational tint to it.
the enlightened Nordic socialist model in action everybody
We're trying to reduce the numbers of hours a person has to work.
We talk about the end of paid work being mandatory for survival.
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