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>"I don't have any children, why do I have to pay property tax to fund my towns schools? I'm being ripped off!"

We hear a variation of this in FL all the time from retirees. Their children are grown and they've already paid for schools in their previous state!

Ok, thanks for moving here, then.

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But they're perfectly content to bankroll their incarceration down the line.

And they will be having their care bills paid in 10 years time by ... the same teenagers going through school now.

What goes around should come around.

I think you correctly identified the symbiotic relationship. If seniors expect their benefits to be fulfilled, they need to invest (jobs, education, etc.) in very people who are paying their entitlement.

Stan Druckenmiller gave a talk about this very subject called "Generational Theft":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbgIiAnpcPc

The chart from that talk showing the reversal of investing in the young vs the old:

http://www.businessinsider.com/stan-druckenmiller-on-generat...

If only it were symbiotic. It's parasitic.

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