Christopher~QN 5!!! /(@o@)\ "To what extent should the Singapore government be responsible for taking care of the elderly?"

The government may be expected to be responsible in taking care of the elderly when they do not have the well-being of staying in the workforce and are unable to financially support themselves. This is because the government is expected to provide help for each citizen to give them an average standard of living. Since the elderly are no longer working, they do not have income and thus have may have lost the ability to support themselves, having to depend on other sources of money for their day-to-day life. For example, applying for grants from the government to support themselves. The government then will allocate some money for these elderly so they will be able to pay for their daily necessities. However, this is only limited to those elderly with no savings or little savings, or those without children to support them. Without any other form of support, the elderly then has to turn to the government for help. As most people around the world do have some form of savings throughout their career life, it is unlikely that the elderly do not possess any amount of savings to support themselves after they retire. Most elderly have a pension or savings account that they contribute to throughout the years, thus accumulating a substantial amount of money for retirement. In this case, they may not need to depend on the government for financial support as they are most likely capable of supporting themselves with their own hard-earned money. Moreover, the elderly with children have another source of financial support as their children, being filial in most cases, would repay their parents' love and care over the years by supporting them throughout their retirement years. Thus, the government does not need to intervene in these situations. The government should only intervene when the elderly do not have much savings or children to support them after retirement as financial support for the elderly is most likely not needed if the elderly have substantial savings or filial children to pay for their living costs.