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What if children were forced to pay for parents social security pension (and not by strangers)?

The geriatric population is the most represented demographic in Washington (AARP)... ...not to mention, bio-medicine is invested heavily because of geriatric demand (instead of improving quality of life for all ages); Life-span will inevitably increase--b/c of the bio-tech industry geared towards the ever expanding geriatric population--leaving younger generations to carry the burden of Social Security longer; for every one senior citizen, eventually it'll take one younger person to support them rather than five (talk about pressure)... ---------------------------------- With all that said, what if legislation geared social security to be paid directly by the old folks' kids (and not by strangers)? It would shift the social structure of the American family; new couples would want to have--AT LEAST--two kids AND successfully raise them... Single people or couples who can't have kids will have the duty of being very professionally productive in society than ever before in order to support themselves--independently--into old age (since they don't have kids who can support them)... ...or become successful enough to enjoy a sustainable geriatric lifestyle. And as for vagabond couples who have relationships for the sake of having a child to support them into old age, the required contribution of the child for the parent growing into old age is based on a percentage of the child's future income... ...this would force parents to raise their kids successfully for the sake of receiving MORE pension based on their kids success! Another potential benefit is that because of more mothers joining the workforce and lessening the birth rate, people would be encouraged to have at least two kids (in order to have a sustainable lifestyle for the kids' two parents) ...and IF this law is abused, by parents irresponsibly giving birth to TOO many kids, those parents won't get a dime unless they rear their kids into success stories (as opposed to having too many kids today strains the overall intelligence and chance for success for modern day uber-families i.e. trailer trash) * 3 minutes ago * - 4 days left to answer. Additional Details oh, and with increasing advances in extending life span through bio tech medicine, insurance companies will see a demand for the tech by the ever-increasing geriatric population... ...and inevitably the insurance companies will force old people to live super healthy lives in order to secure those life span extending treatments. If--and inevitably, it will--this is the case, maybe university post grads and America's young, fit, capable workforce will find themselves illegally immigrating to other countries (and not the other way around)! how do you 'force' anyone to pay their taxes? social contract that ensures civility and order is a right we pay for through tax (unless private contractors take over most civil services like policing, fire, hospital etc). The social contract to pay into that right is still their...I'm just saying, shake up the society (otherwise how people are organized) that enters the contract.

Public Comments

1. How do you "force" children to pay for parent's upkeep? The Federal Income Tax? It seems like somehow using FICA to target particular workers and not others would be difficult from a management point of view. Interesting question/comment.