Chapter 514 Pension Insurance

The words of the British representative grasped the concerns of small and medium-sized countries in Europe, that is, if the German government really acts like a rogue, these small and medium-sized countries actually have no good solution.

Not to mention small and medium-sized countries, even the current Italy may not have enough voice in front of Germany.

The Germans are a proud country, and the Germanic people are a proud nation.

People who are familiar with the characteristics of the Germans actually know very well that the Germans definitely do not want to retreat or fear after their defeat.

The proud Germans only think about where they failed and come back at a certain moment.

John, the British representative, always pays attention to the facial expressions of representatives of other small and medium-sized countries. After confirming that they are moved by his words, John continues to add fuel to the fire and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the current losses are for us to get better benefits in the future.

The World Alliance will protect the interests of all member states very well and ensure that any of you can get the full compensation from Germany."

Ensuring that all small and medium-sized countries can get the full compensation should be what the representatives of small and medium-sized countries are most willing to hear.

After hearing John's disguised promise, it was obvious that many representatives of small and medium-sized countries were already tempted, but they were still hesitant.

The 20 billion pounds of compensation was reduced to 15 billion pounds, a reduction of a full quarter.

For the four major powers of the Allied Powers, Britain, France and Russia had to reduce their compensation by 1.275 billion pounds, and Australasia had to reduce its compensation by 425 million pounds.

And the large, medium and small countries would lose 750 million pounds in total, which was enough to make all countries feel painful.

The first meeting ended in vain. Although many small and medium-sized countries were tempted, it was related to the interests of large, medium and small countries. These representatives had to consult with the country and obtain instructions from the domestic government before they had the final decision.

However, the British representatives and the British government were not anxious about this. After all, reducing the proportion of German compensation was not an easy task. Even if the meeting really passed, it would take a long time to implement it.

How much to reduce the proportion, and after the reduction, the compensation that Germany needs to pay every year, will require a longer period of discussion before notifying the German government.

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 settled, the World Alliance will notify Germany.

The complete process of the meeting was also conveyed to Arthur's desk, and Arthur was no exception.

In the original history, Germany's loans went through several rounds of reductions before they dropped from an extremely outrageous number to a relatively outrageous number.

Yes, Germany's reparations in history were also outrageous in the end, and even repaid until the Cold War period after World War II.

The reparations for World War I were repaid after World War II, which was indeed outrageous.

Arthur also gave a reply to this, still maintaining the previous decision, not actively supporting the reduction of the reparations share, but not refusing it.

This is just a small episode. Arthur's main attention is still on the development of Australasia, such as the welfare protection issues currently faced by Australasia for the aging population.

Every country has an aging population, it's nothing more than a proportion of the total population.

Because of the large number of immigrants and newborns, Australasia does not have a large aging population, which is a good thing for the current government.

But as time goes by, the aging population in Australasia will also increase.

At present, Australasia's policy to protect the welfare of the elderly, in addition to building a large number of nursing homes to help those elderly people who have no children or even no relatives, is to increase subsidies for the elderly.

But no matter how high the subsidy is, there are certain limitations, especially as the elderly population increases, the burden on the government will become more and more serious.

Therefore, the introduction of a policy that can perfectly solve the problem of the elderly population being able to 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, Arthur first thought of pension insurance.

When you have a job in your prime, you can buy pension insurance in advance to ensure that you can have a source of income after retirement and aging. This is also the main way to protect the living materials of the elderly in later generations.

The advantage of doing 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 their old age.

A large number of young people buy pension insurance, which creates a certain source of income for the government, so that the government has enough funds to help the elderly now.

Generally speaking, as long as there is no crisis in the new population, people of all ages are replaced one after another, and the government has enough income to help the elderly, there will be no economic risks.

This system is also quite suitable for Australasia now. After all, there are many young people in Australasia now, and even with the funds from young people to buy pension insurance, the expenses required for subsidies for the elderly can be fully borne.

Of course, this system is relatively advanced compared to the current pension systems of various countries.

At present, the pension systems of European countries are not perfect, and can even be said to be superficial.

Even in countries like the British Empire, the pension system generally only considers short-term issues and cannot withstand careful scrutiny.

To put it bluntly, the pension system established by European countries is actually a perfunctory response to the people, telling them that the country has this system.

However, how much help this pension system has given to the people can be seen from the living conditions of the elderly in European countries.

As for the retirement pensions that have become very common in later generations, they are unheard of and unseen in this era.

Even some of the great contributors of some companies may not have a retirement salary after retirement, let alone those ordinary employees.

There is a more worrying issue in establishing a pension insurance system, that is, the decline in the birth rate.

In fact, this has a history. According to European intelligence, taking industrial countries such as Britain and France as an example, after gradually entering the industrialized society, the birth rate has been slowly declining.

There are many reasons for the decline in the birth rate, but the most fundamental reason is the decline in the residents' life happiness index.

This is quite strange. Why does the residents' life happiness index decline after entering the industrialized society?

This phenomenon may seem strange, but if you have a deep understanding of the social status quo in Britain and France, you will suddenly realize it.

With the advent of industrialized society, the rise of capital is inevitable. It is impossible for all factories and enterprises to be controlled by the state and the royal family. This also means that there will always be a part of people who will take advantage of the tide of industrialization and become big capitalists.

But the profit-seeking nature of capital is well known. The rising capital will not treat civilians well. They will only do their best to exploit civilians to achieve their own goals.

In this case, although we have entered the industrial society, the people's life happiness index is getting lower and lower.

Although income has increased, life has become more and more technological because of industrialization. But the problem is, what kind of happiness can a person who needs to work more than ten hours a day have?

Even their income has to worry about being deducted. They work hard every day to feed their families. Sometimes they can't even eat enough, and they have to worry about the risk of unemployment. In this case, if the birth rate does not decrease, the data must be wrong.

Such a situation has occurred in both Britain and France, which also proves in disguise that there is a lot of capital in Britain and France.

Fortunately, both countries are powerful countries, and both have a large number of colonies. They can absorb a lot of funds from the colonies to ease the contradictions faced at home.

So from the outside, Britain and France are still relatively powerful powers, and their domestic contradictions and crises are not serious.

For Australasia, the problems faced by Britain and France are what Australasia must avoid.

Avoid the birth rate, and also avoid the country 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 the short term.

Arthur himself is the leader of capital, which can also affect the capital environment of Australasia, so that the lives of the people of Australasia will not be as bad as those of Britain and France.

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