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In 2050, less than 1 contributor will have to support 1 retiree, and the pension crisis is at hand

author:Yao Lingyu

status quo

According to the pension report of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in 2018, 1 person in the basic pension insurance of urban enterprise employees in the country did not pay, and by 2022, it will become almost 1 person out of every 4 people who do not pay; in 2018, there will be more than 2 contributors to support 1 retiree, and by 2022, less than 2 contributors will be needed to support 1 retiree.

If according to this ratio, the post-90s will usher in retirement after 2050 at the earliest, and according to the existing data, it is predicted that the population over 60 years old in the mainland will reach about 480 million in 2050, if the pension still adopts the pay-as-you-go system, after 2050 it will be far more pessimistic than now, then it is not 2 to raise 1 but 1 to raise 1, or even lower than the column.

In 2050, less than 1 contributor will have to support 1 retiree, and the pension crisis is at hand

history

In fact, Social Security is not foolproof.

The first social security system was established in 52 years, and it took only 8 years to go bankrupt. The second social security system was established in 62 years and went bankrupt in just 6 years. The third social security system began to be established in 69 years and went bankrupt in only 7 years. The fourth social security system was established at 78 years and went bankrupt in just 15 years. The fifth layer of social security system began to be established in 1993, and it took 27 years to enter the actual technical bankruptcy stage, which although it has exceeded the previous one, but is far below the matching expectations of the human life cycle.

In 2050, less than 1 contributor will have to support 1 retiree, and the pension crisis is at hand

Workaround

Argentina has already given us the answer to this question around 1980.

The solution is that the state keeps printing money, leaving the money of those who receive fixed interest income (the pension group is a large part) worthless. If you are a working class or a strong labor force, inflation will also lead to wage inflation in the labor market, so if you do this, the loss will be the group of elderly people who will retire in the future.

Alternatively, use the method of delaying retirement. It is estimated that from the post-80s, I am afraid that even if you are in your 70s, you will still earn money in restaurants and other ways to earn money for the elderly, which will be the life of most people. In fact, the current rural elderly are basically working until they can't do it, and there is no such thing as retirement and non-retirement.

If it is a kind of rural elderly retiree with a monthly pension of two hundred yuan, then 1:1 support is no problem, but like some elderly retirees with a monthly pension of 10,000 yuan, the 5 contributors cannot afford to support one.

In 2050, less than 1 contributor will have to support 1 retiree, and the pension crisis is at hand

I have always believed that most of China's current problems are essentially distributional issues. Do not share the difficulties of maintaining a high quality of life for a small number of people to all ordinary people.

And firmly believe in the following two assertions:

1. The essence of all social inequities is a matter of distribution.

2. If equality cannot be embodied economically, it is false equality.

In 2050, less than 1 contributor will have to support 1 retiree, and the pension crisis is at hand

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