“Anyway, we all know that SS will come to an end. And in practice it will mean most parents will have to move in with their children, which will probably be a good thing. It’s the way it was done for generations before the government stepped in.”
LOL.
Old people were rare.
People died in their 30’s on average up until the 19th century. Life expectancy in 1900 was only 47. Retirement was set at 65 for SS because the vast majority of people wouldn’t make it.
-— Old people were rare. -—
And children weren’t. Those who deliberately chose to have a minimal number of children may live to regret it.