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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/21/entitlements-retiree-benefits-taxpayers-borrow/
Anche in questo caso anziani che hanno beneficiato di servizi e welfare infinitamente superiori a quanto hanno versato mentre i giovani oltre ad essere vessati in proporzione maggiore riceveranno (e più tardi) minore forme di welfare a cominciare dalle pensioni.In other words, even under relatively generous assumptions, the typical elderly American has not fully “paid for” their benefits, despite widespread perceptions to the contrary. (At best, they paid for their parents’ benefits, which were much less generous.) Going forward, the gap between what Americans are scheduled to put into the system versus draw out will only widen, a consequence of rising health-care costs and new health services (in the case of Medicare), as well as rising real wages (in the case of Social Security).
That may be great for these lucky individuals, assuming the programs continue as currently structured. But it’s also the fundamental challenge that clouds our long-term fiscal outlook. Medicare and Social Security alone have already accounted for the majority of domestic spending growth in recent decades, according to calculations from Eugene Steuerle, one of the co-authors of the Urban Institute report.
Votanti anziani che fanno il bello e cattivo tempo, vogliono tutto e subito e dopo di loro venga pure il diluvio.In fact, perhaps the only area of bipartisan agreement in Washington these days is that none of these fixes are worth pursuing. Each, after all, might inflame voters — especially older voters, to whom these unsustainable benefits were promised, and who don’t even seem to realize a fix is needed. Many are unaware of the enormous wedge between what they will receive and the taxes they’ve personally paid — which is perhaps understandable given the opacity of our tax and benefits system.
Stesso identico copione italiano.American society long ago committed to ensuring minimum living standards for the elderly — whatever the cost. What, I wonder, would it take to secure the same sort of commitment to the young?