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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
Helping socially vulnerable, sick people seems more justified than propping up people at the end of their life who couldn’t figure out savings, investments etc.
In both cases it’s just “cheaper” to do it this way than have the govt. work on a case by case basis I guess
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If the alternative is hundreds of homeless seniors fighting in my alley for the cans in my recycling then let's have CPP because I can't drink enough pop to keep them housed. (FWIW, housing the homeless is cheaper than making them live on the streets)
Of the people who depend on CPP/OAS/GIS I wonder how many are in that situation b/c of mismanaged finances and how many are there b/c they simply never made enough money to have savings. I'm betting it's more of the latter than the former and by a lot too.
At the very least folks who receive CPP are getting it b/c they paid into it - this is not a handout (at least in theory).
OAS and GIS are handouts though but both are indexed such that not everyone gets it.