I don't think we really want a lot of pensioners to return to work though that may be an eventual need. The numbers for younger males are pretty bad and their never working means a lifetime of social services.
Sure statistically they have various health problems in excess of past generations but I think it is rare that they can't do lighter service jobs which should mean more drastic difference in pay or qualifications for heavier service jobs than I usually saw in the US (though I may be out of date on this).
Things like ruining a worker by funneling kids through a piecemeal system that ultimately pushes them towards a rap sheet or just some kind of permanent black marks in education are much more significant problems that lead to a lot of young men sitting around either at home or in groups on streets depending on social/economic levels of their families, etc.
Sure statistically they have various health problems in excess of past generations but I think it is rare that they can't do lighter service jobs which should mean more drastic difference in pay or qualifications for heavier service jobs than I usually saw in the US (though I may be out of date on this).
Things like ruining a worker by funneling kids through a piecemeal system that ultimately pushes them towards a rap sheet or just some kind of permanent black marks in education are much more significant problems that lead to a lot of young men sitting around either at home or in groups on streets depending on social/economic levels of their families, etc.