This has sparked concern about whether these economies will be able to grow and maintain their social safety nets should the declines continue.
Just to be clear, "social safety nets" here doesn't mean broad protections for people like healthcare, maternity leave, minimum wages, free education... it just mean old age pensions. The olds are afraid if we don't have kids they might have to take a cut to their pensions, they give fuck all about other social safety nets that help us.
Those affected the most by these pension cuts will not be old boomer assholes sitting in their McMansions. It will affect the poorest seniors the most. Like always the poor will carry the heaviest burden.
That's what happens to you when you don't view social safety nets as something to benefit everyone in society and instead see it as entirely transactional i.e. I paid into SS and Medicare my entire life so I'm ENTITLED to it. Which yes, technically correct but I know plenty of old chuds who dgaf about helping anyone else and will vote against any social program but don't believe SS applies because that's "theirs".
This is my thing about opinion polls regarding universal healthcare. I completely disregard the opinions of the over 65 crowd, who are the most hostile to it by far. I disregard it because about 75-80% of them are on Medicare. They are enjoying the benefits of universal healthcare already. So when you poll the under 65 crowd on single payer, the response is overwhelmingly in favor.
Just to be clear, "social safety nets" here doesn't mean broad protections for people like healthcare, maternity leave, minimum wages, free education... it just mean old age pensions. The olds are afraid if we don't have kids they might have to take a cut to their pensions, they give fuck all about other social safety nets that help us.
Those affected the most by these pension cuts will not be old boomer assholes sitting in their McMansions. It will affect the poorest seniors the most. Like always the poor will carry the heaviest burden.
Good point, yes.
class > generation, now and forever, as always
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That's what happens to you when you don't view social safety nets as something to benefit everyone in society and instead see it as entirely transactional i.e. I paid into SS and Medicare my entire life so I'm ENTITLED to it. Which yes, technically correct but I know plenty of old chuds who dgaf about helping anyone else and will vote against any social program but don't believe SS applies because that's "theirs".
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This is my thing about opinion polls regarding universal healthcare. I completely disregard the opinions of the over 65 crowd, who are the most hostile to it by far. I disregard it because about 75-80% of them are on Medicare. They are enjoying the benefits of universal healthcare already. So when you poll the under 65 crowd on single payer, the response is overwhelmingly in favor.