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Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe, after lawmakers voted to raise it to 70.

Parliamentarians passed a bill mandating the rise on Thursday, with 81 votes in favor and 21 against.

The new law will apply to people born after December 31, 1970. The current retirement age is 67 on average, but it can go up to 69 for those born on January 1, 1967, or later.

The rise is needed in order to be able to “afford proper welfare for future generations,” employment minister Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen said in a press release Thursday.

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[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I hate this argument.

If they're not paying their fair share of taxes then leaving is beneficial. It's like saying "yeah but if you ask the thieves to pay for their stolen goods they might leave the store"

[–] elflakoinri@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 23 hours ago

Totally agree with you, im 41 and all my live i head this shit excuse innmy country that the billonaires takes all their money and fly, so we need to shit all the people only to save a small group of billonaires for nothing, they never fly away, it more expensive than taxes but, you know, the assholes thinks that defending billonaires could give them money

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Its not so much an argument as it is the logical conclusion to open borders. They can leave if they want. Especially if they haven't broken any laws. They simply leave when a law gets voted through.

[–] FishFace@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What if they're paying their share/most of their share of taxes now, but a change pushes them into not doing so? These things ar enot all-or-nothing.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

In something like Denmark's case, I could see an argument. In the US? Rich people pay nearly nothing, so I think forcing them to pay taxes is a slam dunk