OK, so my parents pay thousands into Social Security for 40 + years.
*We* also pay thousands into Social Security.
Then we have to pay our parents bills.
At the same time we have to support our own children and set money aside for our own retirement because we’ll never see a dime of Social Security for ourselves.
Am I getting this right?
At what point are our parents responsible for themselves? At what point does the government have to uphold it’s promise to give back the money our parents “invested” in Social Security?
It’s really hard for me to swallow the fact that my father ditched and left my mother to raise me by herself in poverty, then (after working my a$$ off to overcome that childhood) I’m somehow supposed to crap the money to provide a better life for them than they provided for me.
My mother has a nice home with her sister, food and reliable medical care. When I was a kid, we ate out of dumpsters. My husband and I are *rockin’* Dave Ramsey and are living our lives responsibly. We’re not counting on Government assistance and are setting ourselves up for a good retirement. Please explain to me why I have to pay for my parents’ (or *anyone’s*) poor life choices?
> Please explain to me why I have to pay for my parents’ (or *anyone’s*) poor life choices?
Because, in the case of your Parents, it is the right thing to do. Because it is an unselfish act of love (and in your case, forgiveness) that you can do for members of your family. Because it fulfills a wider obligation to look after the elderly, the weak, and the ill — and your parents may be all of those things one day — which is something that all good, honorable and decent people do, irrespective of their culture. That is what Jesus would want you to do. That is how Christians behave. It is a Biblical principle. It pleases God when we do these things, and angers Him when we do not.
Why should I have to pay for your parents' poor life choices?