The great wave of inflation, hitting us with an intensity we no longer remember, compels us to be concerned with providing the purchasing power of the most disadvantaged, those who may fall into extreme need and even physical starvation. And, as always, we find two weak groups: retirees who no longer have the capacity to exert pressure or have a strong voice to make themselves heard, and those who have not yet adapted to the labor market, and in many cases the youngest. They do not have family shelters that can afford and protect them.
And again the dilemma arises: Does it make sense for only retirees to see their income updated with the CPI?
The answer accepts the nuances. On the one hand, it is clear that a healthy society cannot structurally worsen the living conditions of the passive who deserve a decent retirement without loss or shock. Without prejudice to the gradual narrowing of the salary gap to raise minimum pensions to at least the minimum wage, the guarantee of stability must be absolute.
On the other hand, a differentiated social and financial treatment of youth will be required, with integration tools that allow young people, rather than monetary aid, to enter working life, gain autonomy and start a professional career with greater certainty than the current situation. In short, society should turn its solidarity to both ends, without creating competition between them and with all the necessary intensity, so that life does not throw off the road neither those who set out nor those who set out.