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Originally Posted by Villages PL
Can you give some (non-political) ideas on how to solve this problem?
I'll start the discussion with this suggestion: One idea might be called "tough love". No more useless medical procedures for lifestyle diseases. For example: Heart bypass operations for coronary artery disease. This is a huge expense and is only one of many.
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By not doing heart bypass operations for many people with clogged arteries, you'll solve the aging population "problem" by sentencing them die within a couple of weeks. Very efficient method.
Birth rate is the other factor involved. Obviously the baby boomer parents reproduced much more and faster than now.
Does anyone really think the media, Hollywood and Washington are going to
campaign for young people to have more babies so there are once again 6 working taxpayers supporting each SS and medicare beneficiary, instead of
2???
I certainly don't think so.