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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Have you even considered that it was far less common for today's senior women to be part of the workforce when they were younger?
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I don't disagree with that. However, if women in the boomer generation could survive and raise a family based on one income at that time, they should be able to do that based on one OAS/GIS when they retire.
I think it's fair that the boomer generation is a one income family, so they draw one OAS/GIS. The X generation is a two income family, so they draw two OAS/GIS. I know it's not going to be this precise but user pay should be the general idea when designing a tax or welfare system.
And I don't believe in free for all OAS/GIS. I know some seniors living with their families, have little to no expenses and they still got full OAS/GIS. What happen is that those OAS/GIS just became the inheritance to their children on eday. Is that what the system was designed for?