Re:Extreme Saving: A Man, His Van and Five-Figure Debt
by rayiner on Thursday May 30, 2013 @06:02PM
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> As much as I like and dislike my parents I'd sooner move to the otherside of the world than help them though old age.
This is a common mode of thinking, but I personally find it bizarre. The modern American generational structure is senselessly inefficient. We impose large taxes on workers so their parents don't have to live with them, and then those workers turn around and pay huge amounts for child care because their parents don't live with them.
>Having a kid is very robust against something like hyperinflation, lol.
While I don't know what the statistics are I don't like the idea of having children in part because of the assumption that they would want to help care for you later in life.
As much as I like and dislike my parents I'd sooner move to the otherside of the world than help them though old age.