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[quote=Anonymous]There is so much discussion on DCUM on how the younger generation has an obligation to parents, "they raised you," "they did without so you could succeed," "how can you be cruel to someone who loves you," etc.

Fair enough. That makes sense -- and it works -- when the parents aren't spendthrift people who have been and are continuing to spend money like they're throwing into a hole in the ground.

The point of all the systems of generational responsibilities was supposed to be to improve the resources of the family over time. People scrimped and saved, and then used those resources to help their children get a better start. The children were then supposed to do well and spend part of the resources they had to take care of their parents.

[i]But they are also supposed to be scrimping and saving, and then using those resources to help their children get a better start.[/i]

Grandparents living high on the hog and willing to drain the college savings of their grandchildren was never part of the deal.[/quote]

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