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Am I really the only one thinking outside the box, When it comes to pension costs, Regardless of whether people are able to work or not, With some working til they drop. Let me open my box and tell you how to stop the rot, In my box is all the evidence that points to the life experience, That those who are for a pension now due can bring to the table, Along with the math's calculations that says how much they can give back, If we ask their help, To mentor the young and keep them out of jail, To share a lifetime of knowledge that we may need if the internet breaks, So, we don't end up back in the stone age. To help on their good days or even good hours to reduce the rubbish pile, That is costing us more every minute to manage, Then there the hidden costs they can help us with, When you start thinking out of the box, Like, the longer we employ them when they are incapable, Of doing their job there is a cost, Or the fact that increasing their age of retirement, We delay the intake of the young, And if the age of retirement keeps going up, The number of those unemployed for life goes up, A cost that would burden us for generations to come. Then there are the facts about the health problems, With older people in workplaces, Bladder issues, Skin that is less resistant to knocks, To name but two which will leave businesses no choice, But to raise prices. Another thought I came up with while thinking out of the box, Is that to get the best out of the old work wise, We should be looking at retirement as a gradual process, With flexibility for gradually reducing a persons work hours, And shifting them to light duties, including mentoring roles, According to their individual health and abilities to do their job, This should create opportunities for more young people to Enter the workforce. Then still thinking outside the box there is the mental wellbeing of The aged which effects their physical health which impacts, The overall rate of spending on health. The more useful and less anxious people of any age feel, Is a win in terms of real dollars saved. If we can get more people thinking out of the box on this issue, We will find it is not an issue at all, Once the number crunchers see the new evidence, That was sitting outside their box, Who knows they might be tempted to think outside the box themselves.
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