And when they have vested interests in their children, they will choose the worst ways to serve them. I can provide as an example Greece, which is suffering an

And when they have vested interests in their children, they will choose the worst ways to serve them. I can provide as an example Greece, which is suffering an economic crisis and an even deeper demographic crisis. Despite that, elections are judged largely on what guarantees are given to pensioners. The whole political system has adopted the view that pensions are supposed to feed the whole family (i.e. children too). Thus even though the country needs economic growth, it spends record amounds on pensions https://www.thenationalherald.com/235942/greece-first-in-eu-pension-spending-near-bottom-in-health-care-education/ https://www.thenationalherald.com/235942/greece-first-in-eu-...