None of this happens in a vacuum. Their contributions multiply our income.
If we work with someone on a project, we don't expect them to work for free do we?
Well, look around. The machinery of society was not, and is not free. "Your income" is the product of many people over a sustained amount of time.
Doing it all on your own looks very different.
That said, the only reason pensions are under discussion is the very wealthy take too much value and are not required to help fund the system.
In the US, the cap is something over 100k. Raise that and the funding problem goes away. That cap should be raised because everyone benefits from the labor products and fertile society we live in today.
Those of us who end up with huge benefit and who do not contribute in like kind are literally diluting the future for those to come for arguably self serving in the now. I have no problem with self serving choices either. Work hard, play hard, change the world.
All good.
This is about net good, and talk of ending retirement is talk that completely ignores why we have Social Security and work until we drop is as negative as child labor is.
Some of us may choose to do that. I might!
But to make excuses for what is basically unbridled greed and largess impacting so many other people unnecessarily?
Not all good.