If a government program of retirement assistance involves the young supporting the old, perhaps it is best to view it as embodying a larger and accepted principle about mutual respect between generations.

• 如果政府的退休金计划包括了年轻人供养老年人，那么最好是将其看作一种代表了更大范围的被认可的原则，一种有关两代人之间相互尊重的原则。