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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only reason this is a problem is that younger people are funding social security and Medicare. [/quote]

If people choose not to have kids, they shouldn’t receive social security when they’re older. Their contributions are paying for their barents’ social security. If they don’t want to have kids to pay for their social security when they get old, they shouldn’t receive it. They’ve broken the social contract between generations. If they haven’t spent the money on raising kids, they should have plenty of money to fund their retirement.[/quote]

:roll:

Are you going to require a doctor's note to get out of this plan of yours? What about someone who could technically have a child physically, but for whom it is not recommended (severe mental health issues, or on a blood thinner for a congenital cardiac disorder, or who would pass on genes for Huntington's Disease, etc.)? DO you want them to file DNA?

What if they are willing to adopt, but the adoption fell through? Does that count?

Ludicrous even as a mental exercise. Sorry you resent having your kids. [/quote]

Let’s actually put the blame on breaking the societal contract where it firmly belongs! Social security was never set up to be the sole support of old people. It was set up when working people got pensions. Very few companies in American offer pensions anymore. 401Ks were set up initially as a means for wealthy business men to hide additional money in “tax shelters.” 401Ks were never created to be the sole financial vehicle for retirement savings. The American business culture broke the societal contract of pensions. The American worker must job hop for substantial pay increases. Companies like expendable labor because it cheap and reaps maximum benefits for their shareholders. I don’t have a problem with a lean and dynamic workforce but it is unfair to blame social security or 401Ks for failing to perform in a way that they were never intended to perform.

The American business culture has changed dramatically while at the same time American policy and politicians have not provided new policies or laws to address the needs of Americans.[/quote]

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