retirement age brazilian workers currently are allowed to retire after thirty years of work but mr balsa narrow has proposed raising the bar to sixty five years old for men and sixty two for women the balsa narrow been astray ssion says the bill would save the quibbling of three hundred ten billion dollars over ten years while the pension systems deficit was estimated at fifty five billion in twenty eighteen mr balsa narrow admitted that he had shifted his position on pension issues as you unveiled the proposal saying quote i was wrong in the past and we have the opportunity to really guarantee to future generations a pension that everyone can benefit from seems like many politicians the world over have that trait of changing positions once elected the brazilian and global business classes have cheered mr paulson errol on and the lead researcher for latin america at goldman sachs alberto ramos praised mr ball scenario's pension proposal as quote robust and comprehensive. we now turn to take a look at the housing and the u.s. both in the u.s. and outside and we start outside of the us wit