Originally Posted by
Allvest
You know, kids are the ones who will carry our future. I think we are seeing adequately well in Europe at the moment what happens when adults and society in general are too self absorbed in getting ahead to have and take care of kids.
Parents need to be given a break here, not the selfish childless single career freaks who think money for retirement will grow on trees.
For those who say that everyone should pay their own way, I say, do NOT, ever, expect my kids to pay for your social and retirement benefits unless you have at least as many kids as I do. Fair enough?
The thing is, many posters are not "childless, single, career freaks" but also have and fly with their children.
Perhaps as suggested above, this is some ridiculous piece of data that came from focus groups for the upcoming election, where every party tries to find constituencies they can win over.
IMHO, it has nothing to do with some of us not understanding that children are our future. And I understand your view about not wanting your kids to pay for others. But given that we live in Canada, which most days runs as a giant "group-benefit plan", we are all paying something for someone else.
This issue is about learning how to buy a ticket and how the choices one makes in buying that ticket has implications on others.
Allvest, I'm sorry if you see this debate as a battle about the merits of children. It is absolutely not, for me at least. It is either the rules apply to everyone, or to no one.
AC spent time and money and caused no shortage of stress with their red bag tags and other adventures. I am quite sure someone there is clever enough to figure out a better solution.
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