Chapter 514 Pension Insurance
The words of the British representative captured the concerns of small and medium-sized European countries, that is, if the German government really acts as a rogue, these small and medium-sized countries actually have no good solution.
Not to mention small and medium-sized countries, even Italy currently does not necessarily have enough say in front of Germany.
The Germans are a proud country, and the Germanic nation is a proud nation.
People who are familiar with the characteristics of the German people know very well that what the Germans want after defeat is definitely not retreat and fear.
The arrogant Germans will only think about where they failed and make a comeback at some point.
John, the British representative, always paid attention to the facial expressions of representatives from other small and medium-sized countries. After confirming that they were moved by what he said, John continued to add insult to injury and said: "Everyone, the loss now is for us to gain better benefits in the future. The
world The Alliance will protect the interests of all member states very well and ensure that any one of you can fully receive reparations from Germany." To ensure that all small and medium-sized countries can fully receive reparations,
this should be what representatives of small and medium-sized countries are most willing to hear. things to arrive.
After hearing the disguised promise made by John, it was obvious that many representatives from small and medium-sized countries were moved, but they still hesitated.
The £20 billion compensation was reduced to £15 billion, a reduction of a full quarter.
Regarding the four major Allied powers, Britain, France, and Russia will have to reduce their reparations by 1.275 billion pounds, and Australasia will have to reduce their reparations by 425 million pounds.
The major, medium and small countries will also lose a total of 750 million pounds, which is enough to cause pain to all countries.
The first meeting ended in vain. Although many small and medium-sized countries were already interested, it was related to the interests of all large and medium-sized countries. These representatives must also consult with the domestic government and obtain instructions from the domestic government before making a final decision. right.
However, neither the British representatives nor the British government are impatient about this. After all, reducing the proportion of German reparations is not an easy task. Even if it is passed at the meeting, it will take a long time to implement it.
How much of the share will be reduced, and how much reparations Germany will need to make each year after the share is reduced, will require a longer period of negotiation before the German government is notified.
Yes, even if this matter is good for the German government, the German government still has no right to know.
Only when the final meeting is over and everything is finalized will the World Alliance notify Germany.
The complete process of the meeting was also conveyed to Arthur's desk, and Arthur was no exception to this.
In its original history, Germany's loans went through several rounds of reductions before they dropped from an extremely outrageous number to a more outrageous number.
Yes, historically Germany's reparations were outrageous in the end, and they were even repaid during the Cold War period after World War II.
It is indeed outrageous that the reparations from World War I were repaid after World War II.
Arthur also gave a reply to this, and still maintained his previous decision. He would not actively support reducing the share of compensation, but he would not refuse it either.
This is just a small episode. Arthur's main attention is still on the development of Australasia, such as the welfare security issues of the aging population that Australasia is currently facing.
Any country has an aging population, which is nothing more than a proportion of the total population.
With a lot of immigration and new babies, Australasia doesn't have a large aging population, which is a good thing for the current government.
But as time goes on, Australasia's aging population will also grow.
The current policies in Australasia to protect the welfare of the elderly include building a large number of nursing homes to support the elderly who have no children or even any relatives, and the other is to increase subsidies for the elderly population.
However, no matter how high the subsidy is, there are certain limitations. Especially as the elderly population increases, the burden on the government will become increasingly serious.
Therefore, the introduction of a policy that can perfectly solve the problem that the elderly population can still obtain a certain source of income after retirement and loss of working ability has become the main expectation of the current government, especially the people's livelihood department.
Speaking of such a policy, the first thing that comes to Arthur's mind is pension insurance. When you are in your prime and working, you should buy pension insurance in advance to ensure that you have a source of income after retirement and aging. This is also the main way for future generations to protect the living supplies of the elderly.
The advantage of this is that it is not just the government that pays unilaterally, but it is equivalent to the young people and the government jointly supporting themselves in old age.
A large number of young people buy pension insurance, which creates a certain source of income for the government, which allows the government to have enough funds to provide relief to the current elderly.
Generally speaking, as long as there is no crisis in the new population and people of all ages are replaced one after another, the government will have enough revenue to provide relief to the elderly, and there will not be any economic risks.
This system is also quite suitable for today's Australasia. After all, there are many young people in Australasia. Even with the funds of young people purchasing pension insurance, they can fully bear the cost of subsidies for the elderly.
Of course, this system is relatively advanced compared to the current pension systems in various countries.
At present, the pension systems in European countries are not perfect, and can even be said to be superficial.
Even in countries like the British Empire, pension systems generally only consider short-term issues and cannot withstand careful scrutiny.
To put it bluntly, the pension system established by European countries is actually a perfunctory way to tell the people that the country has this system.
But how much this pension system helps the people can be seen clearly by looking at the living conditions of the elderly population in European countries.
As for pensions, which have become very common in later generations, in this era, they are simply unheard of and unseen.
Even the great heroes of some companies may not have retirement wages after retirement, let alone ordinary employees.
One of the more worrying issues in establishing a pension insurance system is the decrease in the birth rate.
In fact, this has a history. According to European intelligence, industrial countries such as Britain and France, for example, are gradually entering industrialized societies, and their birth rates are slowly declining.
There are many reasons for the decline in the birth rate, but the most fundamental reason is the decline in residents’ happiness index.
This is rather strange. Why does the happiness index of residents decrease after entering an industrialized society?
This phenomenon may seem strange, but if you deeply understand the current social situation in Britain and France, you will suddenly understand it.
With the advent of industrialized society, the rise of capital is inevitable. It is impossible for all factories and enterprises to be in the hands of the state and the royal family. This also means that there will always be some people who rise up with the wind and become big capitalists by riding the wave of industrialization.
But everyone knows the profit-seeking nature of capital. The rising capital will not treat civilians well. They will only do their best to squeeze civilians and achieve their own goals.
Under such circumstances, although we have entered an industrial society, the people's life happiness index is getting lower and lower.
Although incomes have increased, life has become more and more technological due to industrialization. But the question is, how can a person feel happy if he works more than ten hours a day?
They even have to worry about their income being withheld. They work hard every day just to keep their families fed. Sometimes they even don’t have enough to eat. They also have to worry about the risk of unemployment. Under such circumstances, the birth rate will not decrease. , that must be an error in the data.
This situation occurs in both the UK and France, which proves in disguise that both the UK and France have a large amount of capital.
But fortunately, these two are powerful countries and both have a large number of colonies. A large amount of funds can be drawn from the colonies to alleviate the conflicts faced at home.
So from the outside, Britain and France are still relatively powerful powers, and their domestic conflicts and crises are not serious.
For Australasia, the problems faced by Britain and France are ones that Australasia must avoid.
To avoid the birth rate, we must also prevent the country from being controlled by huge capital.
The good news is that Arthur himself is currently the largest capital in Australasia, and no one is qualified to compete with Arthur in a short time.
Arthur himself is the leader of capital, which can also affect the capital environment in Australasia so that the lives of the Australasian people will not be as bad as those in Britain and France.
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