In fact, so few Brazilians pay for pensions, and so many get them, that the country has 35 pensioners for every 100 contributing workers, a higher ratio than in the United States.

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Another contributing factor to this crunch is the ratio of seed stage funding and Series A investments.

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Would the average pensioner whose savings were contributing to the bankers' bonanza be happy with that ratio?

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