The video does make a valid point about pensions in Greece being unusually high.
Greece has one of the highest pension replacement rates in the world. Greek pensioners get slightly higher pensions than their old salaries! That's extremely generous. What's more, Greece is a country where 100% of the pension funds are public.
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As a result, pension benefits weigh more on the economy than anywhere else in the EU or OECD.
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Additionally, Greek citizens over 55 years old have some of the lowest household debt level in the EU, so they can really benefit fro; their pensions.
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It's a choice that any society has to make, but the Greeks chose to have higher
public pensions than anybody else, even it it caused a huge public debt in the long run.