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   Incubus to 63h.1503@f3t3w.net   
   Re: Why Britain's state pension time bom   
   05 Mar 24 12:41:46   
   
   XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: talk.politics.misc   
   From: u9536612@gmail.com   
      
   On 2024-03-04, 63h.1504 <63h.1503@f3t3w.net> wrote:   
   > On 3/3/24 9:44 AM, abelard wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 3 Mar 2024 08:17:29 -0000 (UTC), useapen   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The last Baby Boomer turns 60 this year. Many born between 1946 and 1964   
   >>> have already retired, and millions more will follow in the coming years,   
   >>> with the number of people reaching state pension age forecast to hit a   
   >>> record 800,000 in 2028 for the first time. By then the earliest anyone   
   >>> will be able to claim their state pension will be 67, up from 66 today.   
   >>   
   >> we can easily meet any particular pension   
   >>   
   >> a lot is about choice   
   >> we could all choose to walk or cycle   
   >>   
   >> read this from the '30s   
   >> "Economic Possibilities For Our Grandchildren." keynes   
   >> (many coppies on the net)   
   >   
   >    The UK is suffering from the same demographic crisis as   
   >    much of the 1st world - drastic reduction in birthrates   
   >    create a fatal gap ... no youth, no money, to support the   
   >    older gens. The success of the 1st world after WW2 led   
   >    people to believe they didn't need nine kids to protect   
   >    them in their old age.   
   >   
   >    And it was true ... for awhile.   
   >   
   >    The very worst off is S.Korea - birthrate of 0.71 at last   
   >    tally. Bare "replacement" is 2.1 per.   
   >   
   >    Countries are importing 3rd-world people in droves - no   
   >    matter how they frame it for political reasons - to try   
   >    and cope. It may serve for one more gen, but much beyond   
   >    that the original "nations/cultures" are DEAD, completely   
   >    replaced by "the help".   
      
   In addition to such racial and cultural vandalism, it doesn't seem to   
   occur to them that the people they import to boost the population will   
   also one day grow old and receive state benefits and need to be paid   
   for.   
      
   It's a state-sponsored pyramid scheme, as is fiat currency.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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