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Originally Posted by Sirtel
The lifetime of the author. Anyone can die early, not just authors. Why should their dependents get special treatment? When a street cleaner dies early, will his dependents get financial support for the next 25 or 50 years? Is the street cleaner's job less important than the author's? Do the street cleaner's dependents deserve financial support less than the author's dependents?
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I would agree with this except for one proviso. There are still many traditional marriages where the wife never worked. If his sole source of income is his writing then if he dies before she does she would be high and dry. But his offspring shouldn't be sponging off of his work.