> It just moves the problem around so it hits the poorest the hardest.
Could you expand on this? I can’t think of a scenario where that is the case.
> Social security's payout formula should factor in the number offspring.
Ha, how will you track it? I have no offspring in this country (USA) bc they decided things are better elsewhere. But they were born here.
Germany just does it directly: when your kids are little you have to support them (assuming you can); when you are old and decrepit your kids have some responsibility for your wellbeing.
Could you expand on this? I can’t think of a scenario where that is the case.
> Social security's payout formula should factor in the number offspring.
Ha, how will you track it? I have no offspring in this country (USA) bc they decided things are better elsewhere. But they were born here.
Germany just does it directly: when your kids are little you have to support them (assuming you can); when you are old and decrepit your kids have some responsibility for your wellbeing.