"Andrew" wrote in message
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On 14/04/2020 22:24, John_j wrote:


"Andrew" wrote in message
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And we are currently wiping out the economy (GDP down 35% according to
latest estimates, and 2 million extra unemployed) to the detriment of
people under 50 (who are mostly not affected by the virus), in order to
keep 12 million pensioners and another 1.5 million with a mixture of
self-inflicted health issues and those with imperfect health alive.

And if we didnt, that would **** the GDP and employment
too with those massive consumers of health care resources
all dead and the funeral industry not coming even close to
anything like that level of contribution to the GDP and
employment because its much more short term for the funeral.


And then save the lions share of the annual £150 Billion cost
of the NHS, PLUS £90 Billion for the state pension, plus a big
chunk of the £20 Billion housing benefit too, ...

Precisely.

We would have barrels of money to spend on education, investment
and filling those pesky potholes.

No because the massive spending on support for
those who can't work or have to work much less
during the lockdown has to be paid for somehow.

The economy would take off like China's,

You just claimed that it wouldnt.

because it would have been (long overdue) rebalanced towards working
people and their needs.

Thats not going to happen either.


On 14/04/2020 07:06, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Yes indeed this is one reason why we are an aging economy, and why
pensions
are getting hard to get. There are not enough younger people to pay
the
taxes. Indeed it is also why immigration was seen as a good thing,
people
from third world countries will have more children due to the infant
mortality in their old country. However this sows the seeds of a
disfunctional society where every enclave sticks to its own and is
afraid of
the rest.
I'd like to also know whether its lack of sex or that the ability to
have
children, either cost wise or biologically is the reason for the
shortage of
children of indigenous people. I'm thinking it is probably both
biological
and lifestyle related including environmental issues as immigrants
seem to
be following the same path once here for a while.
Brian