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People should guarantee higher pensions for the elderly. In fact, we should pay them more than they made when they when tHey were working. Take the money from t

People should guarantee higher pensions for the elderly. In fact, we should pay them more than they made when they when tHey were working. Take the money from the wealthy.

totalZero 9y ago
A weird thought: If you do this, it introduces an additional disincentive for wealthy people regarding public healthcare. Not only would they have to carry the tax burden for the healthcare, they would also have to pay for the additional years of lifespan that result from improved health. I'm not taking a stance either way, and in fact I have been impressed that some countries in Latin America have a functioning public health apparatus while far richer countries like the USA struggle to put such a thing in place. Just think it's an interesting multiplicative effect.
- tehramz 9y ago
  An even weirder thought: What if we had a national system that you pay into your entire life that will privide a living wage to retire on, even if you didn’t save additional money? Either that or maybe we can start blending up the uber rich in this country to make a cheap food source (like soylent green) to feed to the weakest amoung us (like the elderly). It seems like our greed-stricken society has no desire to help those even when they worked their whole life to benefit society.
  - T2_t2 9y ago
    Data sources? Evidence? Anything at all to back this up? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/america-new-zealand-and-canada-top-list-of-world-s-most-generous-nations-a6849221.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/america-new... That seems counter to you point. Got more than rhetoric here?
    - jhbadger 9y ago
      Charities are the exact opposite of what a generous society is, though. There should be no need for charity (or elderly people working) in a wealthy country. Charities should be for helping third worlders.

People should guarantee higher pensions for the elderly. In fact, we should pay them more than they made when they when tHey were working. Take the money from the wealthy.

totalZero 9y ago

A weird thought: If you do this, it introduces an additional disincentive for wealthy people regarding public healthcare. Not only would they have to carry the tax burden for the healthcare, they would also have to pay for the additional years of lifespan that result from improved health. I'm not taking a stance either way, and in fact I have been impressed that some countries in Latin America have a functioning public health apparatus while far richer countries like the USA struggle to put such a thing in place. Just think it's an interesting multiplicative effect.

tehramz 9y ago
An even weirder thought: What if we had a national system that you pay into your entire life that will privide a living wage to retire on, even if you didn’t save additional money? Either that or maybe we can start blending up the uber rich in this country to make a cheap food source (like soylent green) to feed to the weakest amoung us (like the elderly). It seems like our greed-stricken society has no desire to help those even when they worked their whole life to benefit society.
- T2_t2 9y ago
  Data sources? Evidence? Anything at all to back this up? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/america-new-zealand-and-canada-top-list-of-world-s-most-generous-nations-a6849221.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/america-new... That seems counter to you point. Got more than rhetoric here?
  - jhbadger 9y ago
    Charities are the exact opposite of what a generous society is, though. There should be no need for charity (or elderly people working) in a wealthy country. Charities should be for helping third worlders.