re: #923 reine.de.tout

And all of would be better somehow, with benefit systems that don’t have anyone paying into them during their working years?

The majority of people pay taxes during their working age years. When working, they pay taxes that go towards benefit programs, and when not working, they benefit from them. In that sense, I don’t see any difference between those entitlements and Medicare/Social Security. The point I’m making is that it’s hyocritical to claim that some benefit programs are ‘deserved’ and therefore excemt from the need for financial austerity, and others are ‘wastefull’ or go towards the ‘undeserving’.