I most definitely appreciate and agree with Linca's point as well. There are many things wrong with the "ahh, old people will make us bankrupt" argument. And thus many assumptions to challenge. Anyway, it is my opinion that we seem to suffer from some bad over consumption/production as a society, visible in environmental and energy questions. However, in a 'growth first' society, this is not a point that is easily made. This is why I like to make a distinction between 'quality of life' and 'quantity of lifestyle'. Whereas the former can include such things as more time to spend with friends and family, the latter is clearly only a measure of the amount of consumption of fashionable goods one can afford.