"65-year-old retirees in France now have higher incomes than working-age adults—meanwhile, American boomers can’t even afford to retire."

And last time I checked France is still the 7th biggest economy in the world.

But yeah, let's work the whole population to death so that a a tiny minority of filthy rich assholes can get even richer.

https://fortune.com/2025/09/16/france-retirees-higher-income-workers-american-pensioners-cost-of-living-crisis/

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65-year-old retirees in France now have higher incomes than working-age adults—meanwhile, American boomers can’t even afford to retire

While the French are enjoying higher wages in retirement than the country’s workers, nearly a fifth of American retirees are “living the nightmare.”

Fortune
@aSweetGentleman yeah, the longitudinal data don’t lie. It sucks here in the US!