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Grandparents are now paid out via violence against the children (aka taxes) once they grow up. Why would they participate in raising the kid when the unspoken
by notch898a 4y ago
Grandparents are now paid out via violence against the children (aka taxes) once they grow up. Why would they participate in raising the kid when the unspoken quid-pro-quo is no longer present and their benefits are guaranteed? There used to be significant bilateral benefit.
- wins32767 4y agoI guess that's the state of the world today, where actual violence is rare enough that people start calling things that don't cause any bodily harm with the same term.
- notch898a 4y agoQuestion: if I stop paying my taxes will the sheriff come with guns and toss me out? How many people want to find out? This happens with social security and other taxes too, just usually takes a bit longer and they wait until you owe a lot more. The violence is there, it's just under the polite veneer of pay up or get got.
- wins32767 4y agoDepends on the kind of taxes you pay. They can put a lien on your house, garnish your wages, etc. Eventually, sure they may put you in prison, but generally they aren't going to hurt you doing it unless you try to hurt them. You're just renaming coercive measures violence.
- ROTMetro 4y agoAnd this is super abused by older people that didn't even bother adding their own children to society. Childless and less expenses their whole life, then the same societal benefits provided in old age as provided to people that contributed to society via childrearing.