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Higher retirement age vs lower pensions | Counting the Cost (Feature)

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026

Babies born today can expect to live to beyond 100 in the world’s biggest economies if current trends in life expectancy continue.

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@elizabethcoopersoutham6573 Oct 09, 2026 at 11:16PM

billions of taxpayer money wasted on wars, plundered one way or another by politicians at every level, money gifted by politicians to their corporate masters, etc, etc….

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@bobbybobby3232 Oct 09, 2026 at 11:16PM

Time for a quiet revolution.

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@sube3 Oct 09, 2026 at 11:16PM

now they are coming for your retirement money, they wanna work you your whole life like a slave until you die

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@ijvo1951 Oct 09, 2026 at 11:16PM

How is automation going to affect work, to begin with? Automation taking over more jobs all the time. Lack of jobs isn't going to help and adding more people to the workforce won't help either. Taxing is the only way.

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@issiewizzie Oct 09, 2026 at 11:16PM

my dad had it easy compared to me … he retired at 50 …now I'm heading to that age doomed

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