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Jan 11 2023 01:41am
Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jan 11 2023 02:28am)
The big problem with this is that we did not gain 14 additional years of prime working age; the additional lifetime has come at the end when people are elderly and typically net transfer recipients. Simply put, a lot of people aren't capable of performing their jobs into a higher age. Think of construction workers, nurses or firefighters - those are jobs that one just cannot perform anymore at age 70+, no matter how many years of statistical life expectancy in a nursing home might still remain after retiring.


And there's really no good fix to this. Some have suggested we mass import young migrants to fill in the gap, but that's short-sighted in the long run, and in the short run we just aren't going to be able to find enough skilled migrants to make up for the deficit. Multigenerational families will need to make a small comeback, costs curtailed, and eventually tax rates might have to rise. As broke as we are, though, our first order to business has to be to get expenses under control. As an aside, large cuts to the budget are unnecessary. If we keep growth down around ~1% per year, we'll be able to inflate away the debt in no time.
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Quote (bogie160 @ Jan 11 2023 02:18am)
They just won the popular vote, and reform is good! We need to raise the benefits age because we live a lot longer now than we did, and our nation is getting much older, so a program based on a defunct population pyramid is no longer a good fit. The average American lives 14 years longer than they did, and there's no longer as many young workers as a share of the population. Math is tough, but unfortunately something has to give.


While some of this may true, the gop continues to lie to its voters. First they take away roe vs. Wade after saying they wouldn't. Hopefully it's only a raising of the retirement age, and not worse.

Point is, the gop lies once again to everyone and they were caught red handed
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Jan 11 2023 01:44am
Quote (Melatonina @ Jan 11 2023 02:39am)
Europe, then, america, then solar system, then who knows .. right


At least you are catching on.
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And there's really no good fix to this. Some have suggested we mass import young migrants to fill in the gap, but that's short-sighted in the long run, and in the short run we just aren't going to be able to find enough skilled migrants.



Only white migrants, amirite? Build a wall, amirite....?

Migrants are willing to do jobs most Americans won't, amirite? But build a wall.....
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Quote (EndlessSky @ Jan 10 2023 09:02pm)
Bunch of cowards. They need to Abolish it


Wat?
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Jan 11 2023 01:47am
Wait I just read the title now tbh

there is a social security in usa ? lmao
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Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ Jan 10 2023 10:34pm)
gop is obviously not the solution, but not bad

now cut some of the defense budget as well and its a step in the right direction

taxes are theft


Lol. Gop suddenly wants to make cuts to our military.


How times have changed

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Jan 11 2023 01:52am
Quote (said_aouita @ Jan 11 2023 02:44am)
At least you are catching on.


Only white migrants, amirite? Build a wall, amirite....?

Migrants are willing to do jobs most Americans won't, amirite? But build a wall.....


I am a nationalist, and talented people are the bedrock of the nation. I want as many educated migrants as we can get our hands on. We've never been an ethnically homogenous nation, so race shouldn't be very important. The only thing that's critical is the primacy of American culture, without that, and we don't have much of a state.
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