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Originally Posted by Dannyell
no surprise there...austerity measures setting in throughout EU...Look at France now...people are rioting...
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The riots in France, mostly instigated by fairly young people, was theoretically over raising the "retirement age" from 60 to 62.
While I'm sure there were some 60 sumpins' out there in the streets, most of the gang looked to be 30-40 years away from any kind of retirement.
One would have thought the French gov't was cutting off the octogenarians' daily wine supplement.
England is just barely coming to grips with quasi-socialism/gov't supported "programs", (via taxes), that no one can pay for; as are most western nations. The US is not far behind; we are just larger, and more deluded, at this point.
Enjoy "today", because it will be a different world in the coming decades, imo.
GL, mD