No. Of course not. I do not want any one to have a poor standard of living. That said, it's unfair to burden the working generation at a rate that holds them back significantly. Public policy is about compromising between different interests. Social Security and Medicare may not be able to support the coming retirees in its current form. Bankrupting social security or unfairly taxing the working generation should be seen as just as big as priority as ensuring the living standards of retirees. We need to look at the situation currently and say how can we provide benefits to retirees with the resources that are going to be available at the time. As the replacement rate of the population slows down we have less productive workers providing the same benefits for a larger proportion of retirees. Changes will have to be made.