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Old 05-26-2017, 07:00 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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$5 trillion in unfunded pension liabilties

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Huge numbers of baby boomers set to retire

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52298

Medicaid births surging, Peak Millennial birth year was 1990 and people tend to have kids in their late 20s to late 30s these days.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/...-born-medicaid

Lots of babies about to be born and in 24 states majority are Medicaid births, massive unfunded pension liabilities coming and also a massive surge in baby boomers retiring.
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Old 05-26-2017, 07:02 PM
 
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Mostly to pay for things spent by prior generations who did not want to pay for them.

Turns out that spending a lot, and not taxing enough eventually comes due.
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