Passage A: Intergenerational fairness requires present decision makers to consider people who cannot vote or contract today but will bear predictable consequences. It does not demand equal spending in every period; it demands that present benefits not be financed by hiding avoidable burdens from the future.
Passage B: A public pension plan could reduce current contributions by assuming unusually high investment returns, leaving future taxpayers to cover any gap. Instead, trustees use a cautious range of returns, publish how each assumption shifts future obligations, and raise contributions gradually while benefits are still being earned.
Which option most accurately describes Passage B's application of Passage A?