Currently underfunded retirement plans and an ageing population are an insoluble problem for conventional politics. The numbers simply do not add up. And unless we make some major changes, it’s going to get worse. The Resource Based Economy completely removes the financial barriers that prevent humans taking the care of each other that they would like to. We have the resources, the energy, the space and the will to assure a prosperous, secure, healthy, dignified and fulfilling life for all.