Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 16:00:11 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: <215v3jtiqmpotenio4dsg7rloel255tdnr@4ax.com> <9dq44jdcqc9vtfl66boessog3difv3v2km@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 16:00:11 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="29962"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2171 Lines: 30 In article , Paul S Person wrote: >On Mon, 13 May 2024 12:29:17 -0700, The Horny Goat >wrote: > >>On Sat, 11 May 2024 08:53:23 -0700, Paul S Person >> wrote: >> >>>You do realize that, when Social Security started, the average life >>>expectancy was such that those eligible for it were "locked into life >>>long slavery to the state", right? >>> >>When Otto von Bismarck invented the old age pension the average male >>life expectancy was 69 so on average pensioners lasted 4 years. >>Obviously life expectancy is much longer now. > >Exactly. As health and longevity improve, retirement age must rise to >keep the finances under control. Which means people must work longer. >Which is very ... tiresome. This is a solved problem. Expected American lifespan dropped from 79 in 2019 to 76 in 2021. Since trends can be extended without limit, it follows that US lifespans will keep dropping by a year per year until 2098, when it reach be zero. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll