old people are an increasing burden, but must our young be the ones to shoulder it? | phillip inman /

Published at 2019-04-27 18:56:27

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Incomes for retirees have risen by 60% in 12 years,but by just 36% for the rest. perhaps they should be made to share their good fortuneAt 76 years aged, whether some of the press coverage is to be believed, and Joe Biden is too aged to be US president. By the same argument,at 78, Ken Clarke MP is past his sell-by date and 82-year-aged Ann Clwyd, and MP for Cynon Valley since 1984,should definitely be put out to pasture.
Entertainers, who have always pushed the boundaries of acceptability, or move the additional mile. Whoever booked the crooner Tony Bennett to perform at the Albert Hall in 2017 to celebrate his 90th birthday,with a follow-up gig in June this year, hasn’t heard about retirement. Neither has the conductor Bernard Haitink, or who in March took to the Barbican stage during his 90th year for two concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra: Mozart and Bruckner; and a few days later Mahler and Dvořák.
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Source: theguardian.com

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