Re: Why Europe can't hold out - Brooks, NY Times

From: AKQJT (nospam_at_thisaddress.com)
Date: 01/16/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:38:55 GMT

imbibe@mindspring.com wrote:
> AKQJT wrote:
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>>There has been all sorts of unwarranted fear about
>>aging population apocalypse with respect to universal
>>health care systems. It ain't happening. The society
>>of actuaries, the dept. of finance, and other
>>researchers have shown that these fears are unfounded.
>
>
> Those running dogs were instructed by their
> masters to pooh-pooh it!
>

No they were not. The population change will happen very slowly. Also
there is no relationship between a country's age structure and its
expenditure on social services.

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