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The point was that a lot of the redistribution is in principle just moving money from the the working age self to the young and older self. I pay taxes which f
by jernfrost 9y ago
The point was that a lot of the redistribution is in principle just moving money from the the working age self to the young and older self.
I pay taxes which funds students today but I get that back later when other fund my kids to go to university.
The point is that the bulk of the money is paid by the middle class for services used by the middle class. You pay more in some stages of your life than you receive but you get more back in other stages.
That was the finnish point of looking at this hollistically.
- SnowProblem 9y agoThat makes a lot of sense now, thanks. I think the point about people being givers and receivers at different periods in life is a good one. Americans who are fortunate do this at the family level, but obviously many cannot.