It does, but i think that a slight labour shortage is far less important than saving a couple of billion people. Assuming this problem's coming in as fast as you reckon it is, the balance here is life and death.
People can live simply so that others can simply live.
Oh, and, about the pensioners who they'll be supporting, the pensioners can move into administration. They do nothing anyway and probably have a better work ethic
. My point being we should make them work in places that are easy but whippersnappers work there anyway.
Oh, and about the nuke question someone posed. WTH, explain!