The big challenge is not today. That comes 30-40 years from now when the age demographics of the populations in the industrialized world have turned completely upside down from the age demographics of the entirety of human history. How will we pay for benefits when only half of the population is working age and the other half are dependents, either children or the elderly.
Our predicament is that from a planning point of view, 30-40 years is right around the corner, but politicians would rather shoot themselves than be honest with their constituents about the economic realities we face. On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Michael Gr wrote: > > England's NHS (National Health Service) is tremendous and doesn't bring > government to it's knees the way RoMunn might have you believe. Same can be > said for Canada's national healtcare. A healthy populace can pay taxes. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288716 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
