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Dear GAA Reader, 

A good friend of GAA, Tarek Shuman, alerted us to the issue of reciprocal relations between generations as a possible “human right” for older persons.  On GAA’s FACEBOOK page, Tarek asked whether our readers believe that parents who have supported children’s education should be assured that their children will support them in old age as a “human right,” that would be, we assume, enforced by the national government.

If you are interested in this debate and are a FACEBOOK member, please weigh in.








Please click here to read the summary of the US Department of Agriculture’s study, “Expenditures on Children by Families,” that presents facts about the US experience.

 

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