A great point, but I don’t think those policies should go after the (relatively tiny) wealth that boomers et al currently hold. As another commenter alluded to, the money is going to have to come from much bigger fish; there’s literally nowhere else to get it from!

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philipov 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Parents and Grandparents might not be interested in starting families, but they're interested in their (grand)children starting families. Ideally, that's where their wealth would go, except that it's being completely obliterated by retirement and end-of-life care.

	▲	midtake 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If that were true, US policy and trends would reflect that. Instead, as groups, we are seeing earning potential decreased in the young and wealth increase in the old. This is a dysgenic shift. Coupled with AI, which when viewed as a force against labor is a product that reduces the earning potential of the young cohort as a group, this is not sustainable. The lack of stability and opportunity for young people is the sort of stuff that leads to revolution.

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co_ent 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>(relatively tiny) wealth that boomers et al currently hold

Their wealth is not liquid, but it's not relatively tiny.

>$93 trillion in assets[1]

>Total wealth: $167.26 trillion[2]

[1]https://investor.visa.com/news/news-details/2026/Visa-Resear...

[2]https://smartasset.com/financial-advisor/wealth-by-generatio...