In a wealthy, first-world Democracy pride is taken
in the social welfare safety net whereby those who
struggle to live with the barest minimum of necessities
and yet cannot, can depend on the gracious wisdom of
empathetic governing bodies supported by general taxation
to give aid and comfort through a monthly stipend so
the indigent can manage to feed themselves and their
children. In such countries the divide between wealth
and poverty is stark and wide. In such countries the fortunate
are advised by wealth managers and daily newspaper
financial sections post examples. As for instance
a couple contemplating retirement concerned with
the need to make certain no economic pain awaits them
in the expectation of income reduced from their current
$10,000 monthly income so their lifestyle will not be
disrupted. Details reveal an independent adult child
with disabilities whom they occasionally gift with top-ups
to the government disability cheque. And one wonders
when is parental obligations to one's own discharged and
no longer a concern other than that of the taxpayer?
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