- 28 Mar 2023 00:46
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You're too caught-up in the *numbers* -- the budget-making process is done by *politicians*, so *they're* the ones who have to be held accountable for government spending priorities, ultimately.
Consider the special administrative budgetary measures taken *all over the world* in response to the *pandemic*. Why can't *everyday* social-services spending be likewise treated as a social 'emergency', for consciously-prioritized consideration and implementation -- ?
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wat0n wrote:
The promise is not that retirees will get "an adequate standard of living and material security", whatever that is supposed to mean, but a percentage of their income when they were workers. That promise is basically impossible to honor given the current demographic trends.
You're too caught-up in the *numbers* -- the budget-making process is done by *politicians*, so *they're* the ones who have to be held accountable for government spending priorities, ultimately.
Consider the special administrative budgetary measures taken *all over the world* in response to the *pandemic*. Why can't *everyday* social-services spending be likewise treated as a social 'emergency', for consciously-prioritized consideration and implementation -- ?
[6] Worldview Diagram
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