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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Well, the politicians they elected have certainly left us with one hell of a bill to pick up for, well, pretty much everything for sure, and many of us have and are making sacrifices in return.
What's your point with this, and perhaps more relevantly where's your evidence that this is extraordinary in some way? The largest components of the 'welfare' bill and the health bill are for those over 65, as would be expected. Sacrifices are made both ways.
EDIT: Cue 'They paid into it all their lives' when actually the majority have, even before retirement, drawn more from the system than they put into it. Sorry if I forgot the dogma that when someone retires they automatically paid their way 100% of their life and never drew more in services than they paid in taxes.
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Well, I can't imagine all the oldies frittering their little "windfall" away on the high life. More likely it will be spent on their kids. Perhaps it is shrewd to pass some of the public purse to the older generation on the basis that they will use it in the manner to which they are accustomed ie with responsibility. And so the circle of economic life completes.