tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post6473650653036129110..comments2023-11-22T05:51:28.934+00:00Comments on Frank Chalk: Pensions and life expectancyMr Chalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02300002644366743672noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-19870234517149599982011-11-10T23:32:37.910+00:002011-11-10T23:32:37.910+00:00Yes, just like, "If this puppy keeps on growi...Yes, just like, "If this puppy keeps on growing at the rate it is now, it will soon eat Tokyo!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-24255822485874801732011-08-12T13:37:32.197+00:002011-08-12T13:37:32.197+00:00Didn't they announce a few months ago that the...Didn't they announce a few months ago that the present younger generation are going to die at a younger age than their parents due to obesity?<br />If the government wanted to solve the pensions crisis, it should stop issuing all those health warnings, allow smoking everywhere and reduce the tax on cigarettes and alcohol, etc.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-50668663888300703692011-08-08T09:51:39.192+00:002011-08-08T09:51:39.192+00:00but we are all so fat and unhealthy, surely we wil...but we are all so fat and unhealthy, surely we will all be dead by a fortnight next wednesday, so nobdy should need a pension anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-30676896735606038872011-08-07T13:14:11.678+00:002011-08-07T13:14:11.678+00:00Do you mean that everyone could be getting higher ...Do you mean that everyone could be getting higher pensions if we just accept that any time soon there will be a war that makes the life expectancy of us all much lower?<br /><br />I mean, with seasons, you know for sure that autumn will come and then winter. That is a cycle in temperature (and light and other things). What is the cycle in life expectancy, where does it come from?<br /><br />Unless you can explain this, I'll continue to think that life expectancy will gradually rise (not linearly, of course, no one supposes so) and that will have an impact on retiring and pensions as well.pjthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222012841171277081noreply@blogger.com