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Re:Young Saudis See Cushy Jobs Vanish Along with Nation’s Oi... by WhoBeI on Sunday February 21, 2016 @08:52PM (#11147847)
You want a nice even spread to make sure that one generation of workers can train, and in some way pay, for the other. The worse your education system the more dependent on the older generation you are.

In Japan I think the problem is a slow rate of birth. So the fear is that the percentage of the population above 65 will increase until it breaks the economy.

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Re:Young Saudis See Cushy Jobs Vanish Along with Nation’s Oi... by induscreep on Sunday February 21, 2016 @09:36PM (#11148044)
From what I know, all the blue collar labor is imported, and the Saudis don't work that much (or at all?). So, there is no worry of generations of workers getting trained etc.
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