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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Alighieri who wrote (434725)11/13/2008 1:35:27 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) of 1574489
 
Al, you may not have noticed my own personal "nuance" between Social Security and Medicare. Health care in particular is something I'm still deciding on. But general welfare for the elderly will bankrupt this country as the worker-to-retiree ratio falls.

It's a problem countries like Japan are already facing, given that they don't have many children and their society is still not ideal for immigration.

Hence I think safety nets for those in poverty are just fine, regardless of age. Health care may need some sort of nationalization too, but once again regardless of age. What I object to, however, are handouts to those who think they deserve it simply because they're old and they've "paid their dues" to society. That sort of mentality leads to the generous 90% retirement pension programs that bankrupt local and state governments.

Tenchusatsu
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