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Housing Shortage - Numbers of Middle Aged Lodgers Soaring
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The main reason the retired population is increasing at the moment is because life expectancy is increasing.
Working longer is an option too, but increased life expectancy doesn't necessitate ability to work longer, so it's not necessarily a viable option.
Quite.
We have increased the length of time people live for.
We have not materially decreased their fragility in old age.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Quite.
We have increased the length of time people live for.
We have not materially decreased their fragility in old age.
we have massively reduced the frailty of the older people
loads of 'old' people run, play squash and tennis, go skiing, play golf, climb mountains, travel the world etc.
however many can't get jobs because people won't employ them as we have no general labour shortage
yes there is an issue with the over 90s but then there aren't too many of them0 -
SkyeKnight wrote: »I think the error is coming because you think that just adding less pensioners than workers to the system will lower the ratio of pensioners to workers?
Maybe ... I'll take another look.If you think of it as 'us' verses 'them', then it's probably your side that are the villains.0
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