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minus-squareSibbo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoHow are we supposed to afford paying pensions that long if people retire before 70?
minus-squareSheik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down4·1 year agoBy properly taxing companies and rich individuals? Besides, those leaving to 120 would most likely be among the richest of us. Do they really need a pension at all?
minus-squareRobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThat’s just not happening.
minus-squareJJROKCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIt should be though, we need to demand change rather than just saying “oh they’ll never do it” and giving up.
minus-squareXEAL@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·1 year agoThat’s the neat part, you will now work until you’re 85
minus-squareChe@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·1 year agoIf political leaders can work into their 80s, you can also.
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoUniversal basic income. Make work optional.
minus-squareBruno Finger@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoIf work is optional then who is paying that income?
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI would advise to look up some information yourself. You can either read about the pilots and their results or find a video if you prefer that format. And these final things to consider: optional != won’t be done work isn’t just one definition: housework is unpaid for example but it is still work UBI doesn’t mean all expenses are paid for, it’s “basic” - luxury goods like iPhones aren’t “basic” it’s a complex issue, inform yourself with pro and contra sources
minus-squareChe@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoShould have pulled themselves up by the bootstraps.
How are we supposed to afford paying pensions that long if people retire before 70?
By properly taxing companies and rich individuals? Besides, those leaving to 120 would most likely be among the richest of us. Do they really need a pension at all?
That’s just not happening.
It should be though, we need to demand change rather than just saying “oh they’ll never do it” and giving up.
That’s the neat part, you will now work until you’re 85
If political leaders can work into their 80s, you can also.
Universal basic income. Make work optional.
If work is optional then who is paying that income?
I would advise to look up some information yourself. You can either read about the pilots and their results or find a video if you prefer that format.
And these final things to consider:
Should have pulled themselves up by the bootstraps.