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That\u2019s what Mexico is proposing, as reported in various news reports and here, on the official English-language gov\u2019t of Mexico site<\/a>: the Social Security system is planned to move from a system which provides benefits based on work history to a system that provides benefits to everyone over the age of 65, in order \u201cto make the shift from Social Security as a labor right to social security as a human right.\u201d <\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m, in general, not a fan of extending the concept of \u201chuman rights\u201d to an endless list of social welfare benefits, but usually this is couched in vague terms. So far as I know, proponents of the \u201cright to education\u201d don\u2019t promise a specific level of coursework that\u2019s free vs. requiring tuition, for example. <\/p>\n

But deeming a basic income to everyone over the age of 65 as a human right really takes the cake. Maybe the actual legislation is vaguer and speaks of provision to everyone who, by reason of old age, is unable to work any longer rather than promising benefits, in the framework of human rights, to all 65 year olds. But when developed countries are pretty much all raising their retirement ages, isn\u2019t it a bit foolish to lock your country into a fixed, permanent retirement age? <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"