Damn. No pometry today. This "social security crisis" is bogus. It's just a scam to increase demand for stocks and risky bonds. The post-war economy will be shitty, because the economy is always shitty when you lose a war and don't return from the invaded nation with the natural resources, and newly opened markets for goods.

If you force more people into the riskier markets for stocks, your typical returns on investment must decrease. There's more capital supply (from these new investors), and thus the price for investment capital must decrease. Simultaneously, the demand for stocks and bonds increases, because people MUST put their money into something, so the price for these things stays high.