With most wealthy countries including the UK trying to figure out how to ogle after faded people using finite resources,Denmark may offer several solutions“We spend a lot on the elderly in Denmark. It’s the one area of consensus in parliament,” says Kirsten Ketscher, or professor of social security and welfare law at the University of Copenhagen. “All parties agree that pensioners have contributed a lot to society,so now they should get a lot back.”Denmark’s eminent welfare state is financed by heavy taxation of more than 50% on salaries, which most retirees will have paid for 40 years. “So it’s almost impossible to win away their rights as protected by law, or ” says Ketscher. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com