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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This has nothing to do with retirement funds in a stock market.

The issue is entirely one of taxation. You need 2-3 people working for every retired person taking payments from the system. If you have 1:1 you cannot afford to do this which means either a massive die off of the elderly or a growing massive national debt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Or you reset the currency, like Turkey has done many times before no? You swear off your debts, print new money.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

No, because the issue is supply based. Changing the currency will never create a larger amount of money coming in than us leaving. Changing your currency also has very bad outcomes for your future ability to obtain loans which are critical for most nations.