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    I giovani soffriranno maggiormente dell’invecchiamento della popolazione del Regno Unito, dice Lords

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    1. TwentyCharactersShor on

      Those Lords are utter geniuses. How do they figure this stuff out?

    2. lastaccountgotlocked on

      An actual “Ministry of Stating the Bleedin’ Obvious” statement.

    3. swordoftruth1963 on

      Not entirely sure about this. Working age adults should see wages rise. Elderly people may find there is no social care or healthcare for them. Assisted dying may be on every 80 year olds birthday list

    4. noun_verbed on

      Makes a nice change, we usually get the nice end of a generational deal

    5. Commercial_Aioli7212 on

      It doesnt have to be this way though

      This is the assumption, because old people expect to be afforded a comfortable retirement not through money they have put away but through taxation younger people will pay

      An abundance of old people without good pensions should mean suffering for them, not their grandchildren

    6. The_Sherminator2 on

      Somewhat surprised by the mention that Gen X and Boomers remaining in work or un-retiring is the solution. Because it seems like those people staying in jobs is a big reason young people are struggling to break into industries. At least the decent paying positions. No reason to hire a 20-something in an entry or middle level position when you can get a 50+ year old with 30 years experience for the same price.

      I’m also not sure if it’s just my perspective coming from having parents who grew up in Thatcher Era working class families but everyone in my family in the 50+ range is either still working full time with no plans to stop or planning on only partially retiring and working part time. Either because they can’t afford it, or because they view traditional retirement as boring or laziness.

    7. halfthesky1966 on

      People coming up for retirement have always been told that they are paying into the NI contributions to fund their state pension. That is how it has always been sold to the now older generation. We have been told that if you miss any time ie out of work, ill, etc that you could fill in those gaps by paying extra NI to get “fully funded” and to be able to get the full state pension. These are people who have contributed to their countries economy for like nearly 50 years (very few went to Universities back in the day) so were starting work at like 16. To suggest that after all this time they shouldn’t get the state pension is ludicrous.

    8. Greybur on

      God help the young people when I’m a pensioner. They have everything massively stacked against them already, it will be horrible in 25 years time.

    9. obeescitynumberonefa on

      No we won’t. It is not like we are funding their lifestyles, giving them fuel money for free and paying their second mortgages or anything

    10. WeSavedLives on

      Yes, because there a lot of protections in place for the elderly and very few the young.

    11. Bitter_Chard on

      While also unironically being part of the UK’s ageing population, are we 100% it wasn’t actually a threat?

    12. Mean_Employment_7679 on

      I’m nearly 40 and I’m no longer in the “young people” bracket, but everyone my age has been getting shafted since we entered the workforce.

    13. totallybi on

      That’s strange. According to the typical reddit narrative, the only people who need to care about low birthrates are billionaires looking for more wageslaves.

    14. Ell2509 on

      Oh, you mean when our older generations are done giving generations of accumulated wealth to foreign companies for their own comfort and entertainment?

      The generations leading our nation into the dirt will, if we survive, dmforever be remembered with scorn. There will be stories like myths.

    15. JLaws23 on

      Brave of you to think they will actually put themselves in that position.

      Most young people are very aware of this and are already making plans to jump ship and those that won’t are on benefits, so good luck paying a massive generations worth of pensions from taxing benefits.

      They will go without their pensions before this happens. Gen X and below aren’t FAFO.

    16. Awkward_Leopard_6021 on

      Yet the old people would swap place with the young people in a heartbeat.

    17. BrianLikesCheese on

      >Instead, it concluded that the single biggest improvement to the UK’s fiscal outlook would come from encouraging and incentivising people in their mid-50s to mid-60s to remain in work or return after leaving the labour market.

      Good luck with that. I retired five years ago at sixty and I ain’t going back. I could afford to retire so why block a job that a younger person might really need?

    18. Proud_Organization64 on

      Young people should vote. Boomers are very enthusiastic about voting in their own interests and to the detriment of everyone else. Complaining is a waste of time if you don’t vote.

    19. Average_sheep1411 on

      Everyone ones suffering, especially those who can’t afford to get old. They were saying this stuff twenty plus years ago and gave the excuse that’s why we need more migrants to the UK.

    20. Acceptable_Foot3370 on

      Gee, no kidding, same thing in the US–Although people can retire at age 62 here, and get Social Security payments right away, the future is less bright for younger generations, as SS will be in the red in about 8 years, payments will eventually be significantly reduced

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