That's because seniors have power and children....

....well children are just these powerless midgets.  Want to know where the money flows in the fascist state?  Figure out who has the power.  That's where the looters will be.

The problem is that there are two periods of economic dependence in life — late and early. A healthy society not only cares for its elderly but also cultivates its children. Biggs estimates that the federal government now spends $6 on seniors for every $1 it spends on children, even though the poverty rate of children is much higher.