The paper concludes that "in financial terms alone, older people are no longer special", and it calls on the government to assess the evidence for existing rules on social security, taxation and the design of services.

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On the other hand, if we design the new rules carelessly, they could choke off the supply of capital to businesses and families.

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This usually leads to a set of sometimes-related rules voted on by compromise that may or may not lead to optimal datacenter design.

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