I dunno, they might actually cheer them on behind closed doors. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
French leftists, maybe. Not French rightists.
I dunno, they might actually cheer them on behind closed doors. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What french rightist? they existed before WW2,now all you have are socialists who still want french state and do not like muslims.French leftists, maybe. Not French rightists.
What french rightist? they existed before WW2,now all you have are socialists who still want french state and do not like muslims.
But - they are still left.
Just like monarchists or nationalists in Poland.And,just like them,they could get 2-3% of votes.The french right does exist.
Just not in Paris.
Every nation that didn't consider how to manage its birthrates and is suddenly dealing with an aging population has come up wit hthe same solution, "well we'll just work the old people to death and then it's their problem."
The French made it Macron's problem.
Absolutely agree. Stay active or die.Unpopular idea: I think if one can avoid it, don't retire. You don't have to do full time or anything, but it helps keep the brain ticking and gives you something to do alongside a source of socialization and income.
You don't have to feel like a miserable, dependent, invalid.
Unpopular idea: I think if one can avoid it, don't retire. You don't have to do full time or anything, but it helps keep the brain ticking and gives you something to do alongside a source of socialization and income.
You don't have to feel like a miserable, dependent, invalid.
One is an upward spiral that leads to a larger telent pool, a younger and more productive population and more innovations, with a society that is more homogenous.Is it just me or does the idea of having expensive retirement policies and having more children each generation to pay for them that will allegedly also eventually benefit sound like a Ponzi scheme?
Is it just me or does the idea of having expensive retirement policies and having more children each generation to pay for them that will allegedly also eventually benefit sound like a Ponzi scheme?
One is an upward spiral that leads to a larger telent pool, a younger and more productive population and more innovations, with a society that is more homogenous.
The other leads to higher taxes on productive people, a population decline and an attempt by idiot aged politicians to fix the problems they created by flooding the place with migrants.
Thst said, I think that private pension plans are s good thing and thet people should take more responsibility for their future.
If they want to pay into the system they can do that, or they can just invest their earnings and retire when they have enough assets to afford it.
I agree, although I doubt we will be able to get rid of entitlements completely, since let us face it, most people are dumb and shortsighted and we will never get rid of state-backed and taste provided pensions, but IMHO those should be linked to not just years of work but also social contribution, like medical/education/law enforcement/military, financial contribution to taxes and most importantly number and quality of children.The obvious solution is a savings system, where you pay into your specific pension account. As opposed to the common system, where you pay into a common pile that gets spent now, and others will later pay into a common pile that i then spent on your (by then retired) generation.
That latter system is a ponzi scheme that doesn't work if the birth-rate ever drops. (So, the current situation.)
As I understand it, this is Singapore’s model. Each generation pays its own way.The obvious solution is a savings system, where you pay into your specific pension account.
Frankly, it's the best way to deal with it.As I understand it, this is Singapore’s model. Each generation pays its own way.
Frankly, it's the best way to deal with it.
EDIT: I wish I'd have been alive and in the right area so I could have opted out of Social Security.