The myths of social welfare: Most people are familiar with, and indeed accept with little question, the problems allegedly created by social welfare; budget deficits, moral decay, laziness, obstruction to economic growth.
由此可見，如果我們不盡早規劃，在可以預見的將來，老人問題將成為社會的重大問題。社會福利的迷思多數人對社會福利可能造成的弊端，如：財政赤字、道德敗壞、懶惰、阻礙經濟成長… … 等，都耳熟能詳，甚至堅信不疑。