[–] anoncastillo 2 points 2 points 4 points (+4|-2) ago
I hate Social Security and Medicare. There are 1.5 times as many retirees per worker today as there were 50 years ago and we all have to work harder to take care of those lazy SOBs because of it. Retirees are responsible for more wage stagnation than the increase in wealth disparity.
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[–] Redditgodie 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Not that I disagree, but vet/OAP welfare is still a socialist policy, people are just so used to it that they no longer notice it.
[–] Imadumbass 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Exactly. Canadian here with a buddy in the reserve army. It's a social program for people who can't get their shit together and live in the real world. He's as conservative as they come. The irony is lost on him.
[–] anoncastillo 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Except that it makes more sense to invest in future workers than people who will never work again. Workers' wages haven't risen in 45 years while the number of retirees per worker is about 1.5x as high as it was 45 years ago. And old people bitch about young people going glbt and not having kids when our generation can't fucking afford kids because we're paying people to change grandma's diapers instead.