People change...

[_subgenius]

...they get worse if you let them, and they take others with them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/world ... anted=all&

Denmark’s long-term outlook is troubling. The population is aging, and in many regions of the country people without jobs now outnumber those with them.

Some of that is a result of a depressed economy. But many experts say a more basic problem is the proportion of Danes who are not participating in the work force at all — be they dawdling university students, young pensioners or welfare recipients like Carina who lean on hefty government support.

“Before the crisis there was a sense that there was always going to be more and more,”

“In the past, people never asked for help unless they needed it,” said Karen Haekkerup, the minister of social affairs and integration, who has been outspoken on the subject. “My grandmother was offered a pension and she was offended. She did not need it.

“But now people do not have that mentality. They think of these benefits as their rights. The rights have just expanded and expanded. And it has brought us a good quality of life. But now we need to go back to the rights and the duties. We all have to contribute.”

....

"“The system is wrong somehow, I agree,” she said. “I wanted to work. But she was a little bit: ‘Why work?’ ”

(emphasis above mine)

[_Brackite]

Seasons change, People change...

[_cinepro]

I suspect any plan for the long-term sustainability for Social Security will involve means testing (i.e. if a person doesn't need it, they don't get it).

A few weeks ago, my wife visited another ward and their Gospel Doctrine class was on the Law of Consecration. The teacher had some great handouts showing the different versions of the LoC practiced over the years. But the most interesting point he made was to say that the LoC didn't work because it "contradicts the laws of economics."

True, but surprising to hear something like that said in a Church meeting.