Research on life expectancy and birth rates shows that ill health makes status quo unsustainable

The way I see it there are three realistic choices a country can make.

  1. Raise the pension age. Not very popular with the public as illustrated by protests everywhere this has been mentioned.

  2. Increased migration. Not very popular with the public as seen by the rise of far right parties in both Europe and outside.

  3. Lowered living standards. Not very popular because who wants to pay the same taxes but get less out of it?

This isn’t a UK problem. It’s the entire western world. And no, the populist idea of “just have more kids” doesn’t solve it.

Any ideas?

  • Pat_Riot@lemmy.todayEnglish
    261·
    9 months ago

    Option 4: tax the shit out of the rich.

    This is the answer to most of the problems in most 1st world countries, but since the rich own all our governments the rest of us get a little less each year.

      • CAVOK@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, it’s not popular but it’s the truth.

        I don’t mind taxing the rich more, but that doesn’t solve the problem as you say.