Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
Yadition, why the que force a country to make the retirement age higher when there is a huge youth-unemployment? Is that stupid or is it stupid, pick one. And can't take all their means and expect them to recover. It's so... whatever. I don't want Greece to leave the EU mind you, I want the Netherlands to, most of us do.
There are not a finite number of jobs, nor are there that many jobs only Greeks can do. So, increasing retirement age reduces state costs and does not block jobs that would then automatically fall to the young. The reason there are no jobs is their appalling infrastructure, sclerotic job market and lack of industries that create anything.