Its dependency ratio the proportion of children and old people to working-age adults is one of the best in the world and will remain so for a generation.

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Used condoms and needles litter the streets and park areas where a lot of children play and old people are afraid to come out of their homes after dark.

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At present, the administration believes, too many old people shift assets to their children and then claim poverty so that Medicaid picks up the tab.

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Unlike developing countries, which age from the bottom up because of a falling birth rate, rich countries age from the middle, adding old people with fewer workers to support them, and even fewer children to join the workforce.

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My brother looked down and saw a woman with a baby strapped to her back, a few old people, and children standing in the middle of the road hoping to catch a ride.

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The debate now raging in the Diet and within political parties, is not just about how to finance the costs of old age social programs, but also about the morality of allowing lavish spending on old people to create a burden for their children and grandchildren.

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