Reply #12: I appreciate the thoughtfulness behind that post

[Malva Zebrina]

but, indeed, it would seem that the survival of the group, (baby boomers and those coming up behing them) does indeed depend upon the elders using up the money the baby boomers are currently contributing. Is that not true? Is it not true that many boomers believe that they are sending out their money to seniors who are indeed "using it up" on frivolous pursuits such as heart surgery and the like, when the money should be better spent. or saved for those who are currently "contrtributing" today. Nevermind that the seniors also contributed over their lifetime -- they no longer have the confidence of that system because, well because they have lived too long and now they need, actually, some open heart surgery to enable them to live, and it will allow them to live another ten years.

Well, excuse me, but is that worth it?

Do they deserve this for an extended life period of say, ten years, when others are not sure they can receive anything that will prolong their lives, in spite of their lifelong contributions?

There will come a time when people, human beings, will need to face , realistically, their relationships with other human beings. Do we help the elderly fade away peacefully or do we fight them as enemies because we sense that we are contributing, but that we are not getting anything from that contibution. What, exactly, is the teaching of Christianity when it comes to thy mother and thy father?