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2026-05-14 06:39 UTC

@scottsantens@hachyderm.io In Mexico, any person over 65 receives a state pension, with a recent exception so that women can receive it at 60, in recognition of unpaid care labour. It is now engraved in the constitution. The neoliberal economists and commentocrats are raging since implementation. They claim it is unsustainable, somehow clientelist!, and unfair: the lame goto argument to block debate, appealing to emotion. It has proven to be cheap to run, immensely popular and empowering for the elderly

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  • @peterbrown@mastodon.scot 2026-05-14 15:08

    @dacig@mastodon.social @scottsantens@hachyderm.io it is also a very efficient stimulus to the economy, as giving money to people are not wealthy results in them spending it into the economy. Just like #ubi

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