Some folks,  like you, may have the retirement resources to pay the "little extra" while others may simply decide they will have to forego some of the services and goods.  Unfortunately, as John Lively pointed out teenage jobs, where many of us learned the self-respect that comes from earning your own money, not getting it from mom or dad, will probably never have that chance in Oregon.  A grand experiment by the State of Oregon, unfortunately, it smells like Cover Oregon.