“For every tax dollar that goes to those under age 16 there’s $6 that goes to those over 65.”
I think you mean federal tax dollar.
A 14-year-old kid probably hasn’t paid much federal tax.
If older people weren’t favored by the benefits system, older people would bolt the USA(or UK) as soon as they reached retirement age, or way before.
*If older people weren’t favored by the benefits system, older people would bolt the USA(or UK) as soon as they reached retirement age, or way before.*
Fine. They move to Thailand and put up with the heat. A lot easier to get laid too. Women? They’d like it there if there was no reason to be afraid. Send their SSI checks there. Live like kings and queens.