计划不周的养老金体系是问题的核心：巴西花在养老金上的钱超过GDP的13 % ， 在大型工业化国家中只有意大利高于这一比例，而意大利的人口年龄要比巴西老得多。
A misconceived pension system is at the heart of the problem: Brazil spends more than 13% of GDP on pensions, more than any large industrialized nation except Italy, where the population is much older than in Brazil.