> Things like making retirement saving opt-out instead of opt-in This isn't about the retirees as much as it's about society as a whole and the economics there

> Things like making retirement saving opt-out instead of opt-in This isn't about the retirees as much as it's about society as a whole and the economics thereof. Simply: Most cultures are now unwilling to put up with old people dying in the streets. We're even iffy on the idea of workhouses and other accoutrements of the Poor Law. Therefore, we have welfare, in multiple forms, and having a lot of people hitting welfare in their Medically Expensive Years is bad for multiple reasons. > hiding information about a probable disaster to avoid panic More like avoiding blame when they're culpable. > E.g. evacuating a city of million+ will necessarily cause a lot of deaths and heavily disrupt regional economy, leading to further deaths and suffering. Therefore, it's IMO justified for the government to avoid triggering evacuations if the risk is low, even if that means sitting on some information. Failure to prepare on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part... and if it does, I demand to know that you failed to prepare, so you can face some consequences.