Just as GLP-1 drugs hit the mainstream, the last of us Baby Boomers hits the minimum Social Security retirement age (1964+62=2026).
Working-age slaves pay taxes to fund Boomers’ Medicare. These costs will increase because GLP-1 drugs are expensive. Working-age slaves pay taxes to fund Boomers’ Social Security (our beloved Ponzi scheme). Boomers will now live 10 years longer because they’ll all be back to their design weight via GLP-1. A Boomer who lives longer will drain Social Security, thus forcing those of working age to pay higher tax rates and/or receive lower benefits themselves (maybe those of current working age will become eligible for Social Security at age 85?). A Boomer who lives longer in a state such as California will hog prime real estate due to Proposition 13 that caps property tax increases on long-held real estate (we have the same thing in Florida, but it is limited to a primary residence). Boomers who are mostly blind will inflict massive traffic jams on those of working age by going for jaunts in their self-driving cars, thus stealing time from the working age Americans who support the comfortably retired.
Here’s the latest expensive drug (Retatrutide) that the working age slaves will have to buy for us Boomers:
Google AI: “Experts estimate the monthly cost could range between $1,000 and $1,500+ once available. … Phase 3 trials are expected to conclude in Q3 2026, with potential commercial release following afterward.”
Novo Nordisk apparently learned from history:
LOL! This means boomers need to contribute to the working-age population in the form of soft currency, via wisdom, writing books, socializing, etc., and by telling them whether work, and hard-currency, is really the most important thing in life.
Stopped dating long ago, so haven’t kept up on the current state of obesity. When you’re not dating, everyone seems skinny. When you’re dating, as a lower income male in silicon valley, everyone seems obese.
Fasting is free, quick-acting, and can be done anywhere by anyone. Why is it not pushed as a realistic alternative? I suppose it would get in the way of nonstop consumption, though.