View Single Post
Old 07-26-2009, 01:20 AM   #1
peaceandlove
Avalon Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Turtle Island
Posts: 2,776
Wink Seniors Will Soon Outnumber Kids ~ Catherine Austin Fitts Commentary

I think I'll be on the cusp of social security's demise when I qualify for benefits. That was a bad investment.

Seniors Will Soon Outnumber Kids

Catherine and News & Commentary, July 25, 2009 at 2:07 am

By Ed Pilkington

The world is about to cross a demographic landmark of huge social and economic importance, with the proportion of the global population 65 and over set to outnumber children under five for the first time.

A new report by the US census bureau . . . shows that within 10 years older people will outnumber children for the first time. It forecasts that over the next 30 years the number of over-65s is expected to almost double, from 506 million in 2008 to 1.3 billion - a leap from 7% of the world’s population to 14%. Already, the number of people in the world 65 and over is increasing at an average of 870,000 each month.

Continue Reading Population of Older People Set to Surpass Number of Children, Report Finds http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...-ageing-global

SOURCE and COMMENTS: http://solari.com/blog/?p=3554

Interesting Responses at link.
peaceandlove is offline   Reply With Quote