TheRealMafoo said:
That my friend, is a fucked up idea. It's now the responsibility of the rich not only to pay for the management of this country, but for everyones retirement as well. wow. |
Yes...because the rich have nothing to gain from people having their basic needs taken care of when they are no longer able to work. People who don't have the resources to survive and cannot provide for themselves will typically commit crimes to get money/property. Rich people's property would be in danger if a large segment of the population had a greater need to commit crime. They would in the end have to pay more for police to arrest these people, prosecute them, put them in jail, and feed them while they are in jail.
Nobody comes out ahead when a large segment of the population is simply indigent. Poor people who don't have the resources to survive will steal and even kill to get what they need. And the people covered by Social Security are typically those who CANNOT work and have no source of income.
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