Reply #19: not everyone lives that long [View All]

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An unfair system is not any less unfair just because some people live long enough to be exploiters (or beneficiaries). And what I have been hearing since I was 20 is that when I get to fifty I will hear "oops, there are too many boomers and Xers so now we cannot afford to let people retire or give elderly people any benefits."

The principle behind exploitation is basically "you work, I eat". Retired people are eaters, not workers. In the sense that they are living off the fruits of their previous work, there is nothing unfair or exploitive about it, but to a large extent they are living off the fruits of current workers. Because AARP gives them the political clout to tilt the system in their favor, and maybe also because about 80% of Congress is over the age of 60.