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		mattmaroon on Jan 6, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Social Security: The Biggest Ponzi Scheme on Earth... That's not showing anything about life spans, just the baby boomers getting older. It's the retiree to worker ratio shifting as they age.

Retric on Jan 6, 2009 [–]

Baby boomers are not that old yet. These are the number of people over 75 in 2000 vs 1990. 1990 - 75 = 1915 and before vs 1925 and before.

95 years and over + 34%. Are you suggesting that there was a 34% population boom between around 1885 and 1905?

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