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Old 08-06-2011, 12:54 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by woj View Post
it's basically a disguised ponzi scheme...
Exactly. You retire, but they have no money set aside to pay the pension you earned. They hire someone to take your place and start paying your pension and now they are basically paying two salaries for one worker. From there it just builds and builds until it collapses on itself.
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