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In reply to the discussion: Holy shit... Ann Coulter is one bitter, old spinster... [View all]procon
(15,805 posts)In an era when more women choose not to have children, its mendacious to tar them as friendless, lovelorn, or selfish. WTF!!! They do not lead empty and desperate lives just because they do not want children. Don't judge.
You allude to children paying Social Security and Medicare taxes that benefit old people, as if that was a one sided burden. However, you omitted to mention that those old people also fund schools and hundreds of other social programs for kids and families as part of our shared social compact. That's a good and needful thing, yeah?
There is no law that forces children to support or care for their elderly parents, so having more of them is no guarantee of an old age secure in the bosom of our dear offspring. Better that everyone share the same equitable tax break as given to parents so we can all retain some measure of dignity throughout our lives, or just blow "every darn penny on booze or women or movies," like Grassley said.