Okay, so I’m 51 and intend to have no more children. But less children mean the burden on those alive now will increase as I age. So, what “cost cutting” measure will save taxpayer dollars when I’m 85?
There is a flipside to this argument that nobody cares to mention either.
Today people are selfish for not wanting a lot of kids.
But back 100+ years ago when there was no state welfare and most people were agrarian, they had a lot of kids because they needed help, and they needed someone to take care of them when they got old, and having lots of kids ensured help, and care for themselves because many would survive to make it to adulthood and be able to care for the parents. It’s just as selfish a reason to have them if that’s a contributing factor in your reasons to have kids.
“So, what ‘cost cutting’ measure will save taxpayer dollars when I’m 85?”
Simply put: Forced Euthanasia. That’s what will very likely come to the fore as a result of this global aging problem.
When you’re 85, and most likely long before then, you’ll simply be too much of a financial burden on those paying for your food, medicine, etc., and you’ll have to check out. That’s about as basic a “cost cutting measure” as you can get.