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... in response to Aged care in crisis: Warns opposition
  1. WRONG FOCUS ON AGED
    Fisher Fisher Australia says:
    July 30, 2010 at 5:40 AM

    The debate on the aged is always focussed on them being dependant on government funding and that there is never enough money to pay for service provided. As the number of aged people increases governments have basis choices. Increase retirement age, reduce pension and services, temporarily increase immigration of young workers. Increasing the amount of money is not an option because the number of workers is falling to the extent that within 2 decades there will be more people receiving pensions or dole payments than there are people paying tax.

    There are solutions and members of the LEADERSHIP SOCIETY (by invitation only and consisting of people over 65 years) are working on these.

    Our top priority is to use the experience and knowledge of the aged. Those who can should be given opportunities not cast off as expensive users of welfare.

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