Social Security and other retirement systems were designed to support the elderly when there were many working-age people per retiree (approximately 9 to 1 historically); depopulation will invert this ratio, creating an unsustainable fiscal burden unless taxes on workers increase radically or benefits decrease.
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“Social Security Administration was introduced in order to try to take care of elderly people...we've been able to support elderly people in our civilization when we have a handful of working people who are able to support each elderly person...Maybe it's three or four working age people for every elderly person”
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