The argumentation being used by European politicians for the recent changes in retirement age rests on the fact that, while natality rates have decreased, longevity rates have increased. As some of them have described it, in a more down to earth kind of language, there are fewer people at the bottom of the pyramid and many more at the top.
Now I am fully enlightened. That would explain why Ancient Egyptians never built their pyramids upside down.
What I want know is: if it is a pyramid scheme, why isn't our Bernie Madoff running it?
