Just weeks after hugely disruptive protests and strikes over pension reforms in France finally died down, businesses in the country are grappling with the fallout from a week of rioting.

  • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Maybe they shouldn’t have pushed the pension reforms if they didnt want to lose money?

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      1 year ago

      It’s not just about money, it’s about workforce. Imagine being in a nursery, without nurses available. As for the money, you cannot expect society to pay for a specific standard of living for too long. The workforce must support the people that are not working. Now that we are getting older on average, it would mean that the workforce will have to support more non working people. Imagine that you retire at 60, but people now live on average to 80, which is increasing every decade now

      There are really only two options here, increase retirement age, or increase taxes on the workforce. Take your pick.