Paul P is right...

full article at: Germany breaks taboo to defuse its pensions timebomb By Imre Karacs in Berlin 27 January 2001 A much-trimmed blueprint for the overhaul of Germany's stretched state pension system was passed by the l

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Actually, I have recently taken to pointing to Germany whenever I am talking with someone who starts hyperventilating about how the US must do something about its "social security crisis" (usually meaning some kind of privatization/ cutbacks). After all, Germany's demographics are now about

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>Actually, not just Germany, but England, France, Italy, Switzerland, all those >countries who had baby booms after WWII and who have retirement >plans like social >security will be in the same boat as the USA beginning in about 15 >years. In fact, >Italy will be the worst because they have the

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When U.S. analysts speak of "disaster" in Soc Sec, what they are referring to is a system where tax rates are a little above mid-range for Euro social democracies. mbs Actually, I have recently taken to pointing to Germany whenever I am talking with someone who starts hyperventilating abo

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Actually, not just Germany, but England, France, Italy, Switzerland, all those countries who had baby booms after WWII and who have retirement plans like social security will be in the same boat as the USA beginning in about 15 years. In fact, Italy will be the worst because they have the lowest

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Yoshie concludes, after some excellent remarks: <> I think that it's not just Italian feminists that are out of touch with the 'average' woman, I think it is the nature of feminism not to the norm, but to reflect what might be. And, maybe that's the way things should be? Back in the 1800s when m

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Hello- How do I unsub from this list please? --- Margaret Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, not just Germany, but England, France, > Italy, Switzerland, all those > countries who had baby booms after WWII and who have > retirement plans like social > security will be in the same boat