65-and-Older Population Soars

I found this blog article interesting about retiring abroad

http://bestofthebetter.com/2013/01/13/retire-abroad-and-live-well/

Goerge of NY 1:36AM January 20, 2013

This article almost sounds epidemic, however that is what happens when percentages are allowed to be given as data. You need to ask percentage of what? In order to clear up what is being presented.

For instance in 2000 the US Population was 281.4 million and according to this article those over 65 were 35 million or 12.43%

In 2010 the US population was 308.8 million and according to this article those over 65 were 40 million or right at 13% an increase of about 1/2% (not that large)

The problem is not the increase of those eligible for retirement. The issue is our economy and the large masses of unemployed, especially the younger, along with the increase of jobs which don't contribute to the GDP (government jobs). We are currently out of balance as a nation concerning jobs which contribute to GDP vs Consumers of GDP. Huge cities are in the throws of applied Marxism (dialectic of materialism often referred to as redistribution, which is exacerbating the issue by increasing consumption of GDP, and since most are unemployed they are actually decreasing generation of GDP.

The country's economy must be thought of as a business with cost centers, which can be viewed as profit centers. Those cost centers which produce no profit should be considered for reduction when the economy is out of balance. This cost center reduction, should include seniors who have self monetizing means (have sufficient income) yet choose to accept public assistance, as well as those who are fraudulently using the public assistance programs. This can not be preformed from a central government, it must be managed locally and financially audited by public and private organizations, over which the local management has no control. Ie local management in Texas is Audited by folks from Mane for two years, then another random state after those two years expire.

So the problem is not seniors increasing, the problem is proportional balance of cost centers to the GDP. Our GDP growth is less than 2% while our non profit cost centers are rising at double digit rates, causing massive debt. The current administrations approach is to increase national debt, increase non profit cost centers via redistribution, consuming more of the GDP, and monetizing that debt which devalues our currency. The obvious end to this economic model, is bankruptcy. GDP decreasing VS Non profit cos centers increasing plus devaluation of our currency will result on only one logical conclusion - Financial failure.

Jeffery Sikes of GA 7:39AM November 04, 2012

"According to a new Census Bureau report, there were 40.3 million people age 65 and older on April 1, 2010, up 5.3 percent from 35 million in 2010."

Typo?

sam of CA 8:29PM February 12, 2012

Golden years supposed, now seem rust years as we fall apart!

art of FL 8:02AM January 21, 2012