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Why is it the government's responsibility to ensure an individual wont be destitute in old age?
by tastyfreeze 4y ago
Why is it the government's responsibility to ensure an individual wont be destitute in old age?
- alistairSH 4y agoWe are the government/society. It does what we want. We decided in the 1930s that a minimum level disability and retirement income should be available. Watching granny starve in the gutter wasn't a pleasant sight. Not everybody will be able to retiree on their personal savings. Many of those people will get that way through no fault of their own. Some people just have bad luck. They get injured and disabled. They have extenuating family circumstances. They might just be stuck in a dead-end, minimum wage job.