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Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot the bill. We can no longer afford to scrap-pile people.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker proposes that people nearing retirement age be redirected into public service work, with their employers covering the cost. Treating older workers as junk to be piled up and thrown away is, in this view, a waste society can no longer afford. The tone is blunt, practical and pointedly critical.
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