[extropy-chat] social insecurity

[Russell Wallace]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:58:26 -0800, spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> There's a debate in the U.S. about social security.  The
> introduction of birth control pills in 1960 caused a huge
> dip in fertility that threatens the future retirement
> system.  But it occurred to me that a whole lot of
> nations have a birth rate waaay lower than the U.S.
> does currently.  The Population references Bureau
> reports that Armenia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Andorra,
> Bulgaria, Georgia, Latvia, Macao, Russia, Slovenia, and
> Spain all have total fertility rates at or lower than 1.2,
> and much of Europe is only a little higher.  Seems
> like these outfits would have a muuch greater problem
> on their hands than the U.S.

Yes.

> Are they talking much about this?  How are they proposing
> to deal with it?

Very badly, I suspect.

- Russell