A Sensible Suggestion to Deal With Aging
Raising retirement age may get a government thrown out of office. So here is a suggestion: change attitudes through education.

Educate people to expect to follow a career that they really enjoy. Implant this in children at a very early age - then they will expect it when aging kicks in.

I know this is a radical idea which few, if any, education systems have embraced fully. But it is a key to happiness that you must spend your work career doing something you enjoy; after all, you do it for half your waking day.

Of course, this idea will be impossible to put over to children if you yourself - as a teacher - actually don't enjoy your own job terrifically. If the teachers aren't convinced of the value of what they are teaching - they won't be able to put it over believably.

Which means that the way countries select and train teachers has to change too.

OK - so this is very unlikely to happen. But think of the implications if it did - people wouldn't even want to retire early! Aging would have no effect on this decision.

Action Needed Earlier
But some drastic action must be taken sooner. Let's just see how long Germany takes to decide to do something about this aging bubble. Otherwise they face a sudden doubling of income tax in twenty years time. The economists know what that is likely to do the economy - and it's not pretty.

Those in power know exactly what is likely to happen - they are clearly to blame if they do nothing.

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