Comment by ivan_gammel
1 year ago
Well, we just got one million of Ukrainian refugees, half of which is not going to return home according to dome polls, but you are right, the demographics cannot be fixed by immigration alone. I myself currently work on a corporate healthcare project with the goal to reduce sick leaves and reduce health-related early retirements. The parental benefits in Germany are quite generous, but it all breaks into the growing cost of living wall. Everyone understands what’s going on and the urgency, but real solutions are yet to be found.
> but real solutions are yet to be found
"Real solutions" exist, but voters won't want to hear them, so we kick the can down the road until the system collapses by itself naturally.
They are non-solutions if they cannot pass voter approval. But what are you talking about exactly?
>They are non-solutions if they cannot pass voter approval.
Then why don't voters just vote themselves higher salaries and better pension plans and higher retirement ages? D'uh! Who cares about economics when you have votes? Worked well for Greece.
>But what are you talking about exactly?
Reducing public welfare according to realistic economic capacity and sustainability of the national budget, and encourage citizens to rely more on private systems and personal responsibility. See Switzerland.
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