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Maybe we need to re-think this "Greatest Generation" business.
Yeah, they survived the Depression and won WWII, but then they turned around and raised the Boomers.
Not much to brag about there, is there?
I think it was the excess of the post war boom that created the baby boomers behavior. They got used to astronomical growth, so they feel that they can have whatever they want, whenever they want it, and that darned government is just getting in their way.
I think it was the excess of the post war boom that created the baby boomers behavior. They got used to astronomical growth, so they feel that they can have whatever they want, whenever they want it, and that darned government is just getting in their way.
The instant gratification generation more accurately describes Ys and, to an extent, Xs, not boomers.
We're the ones who had to have 20% down to buy a house or to buy a car. The ones who didn't have guaranteed student loans or scholarships for having a mole on our ass. And oh yeah, most of us had to have the draft in the back of our minds. The ones who didn't knock up their girlfriends and "forget" to take responsibility. We had to get married, no abortions yet, either.
The instant gratification generation more accurately describes Ys and, to an extent, Xs, not boomers.
We're the ones who had to have 20% down to buy a house or to buy a car. The ones who didn't have guaranteed student loans or scholarships for having a mole on our ass. And oh yeah, most of us had to have the draft in the back of our minds. The ones who didn't knock up their girlfriends and "forget" to take responsibility. We had to get married, no abortions yet, either.
WHAT?
The quote that describes the baby boomer generations is
"Greed is good" - Gordon Gecko
People in their 30's and 20's are saving money, buying smaller houses, and cutting back. Its the baby boomers who are crying about their taxes being raised, not paying for two wars, and talking about cutting my government retirement help, and not their own.
Baby boomers are all about greed and instant gratification.
The quote that describes the baby boomer generations is
"Greed is good" - Gordon Gecko
People in their 30's and 20's are saving money, buying smaller houses, and cutting back. Its the baby boomers who are crying about their taxes being raised, not paying for two wars, and talking about cutting my government retirement help, and not their own.
Baby boomers are all about greed and instant gratification.
That may be because we've been working, and paying into Social Security, for the better part of 50 years (41 and counting for me) and you younger whiners (yes, whiners) are now saying that we don't "deserve" to receive it.
When you come close to my 47% total tax load come back and talk to me.
Please tell me about your "smaller" houses. Do you mean the ones that were built around me that started at 3000 sq. ft. and went up that were bought and occupied by 25-35 year olds using a no money down mortgage? Those ones? I guessed I missed the boat with my 1500 ft, 100 year old house.
That may be because we've been working, and paying into Social Security, for the better part of 50 years (41 and counting for me) and you younger whiners (yes, whiners) are now saying that we don't "deserve" to receive it.
When you come close to my 47% total tax load come back and talk to me.
I've been paying in for over a decade myself. If no one is going to get benefits, no one should get them. What do you expect me to continue to pay for your retirement, and not have any myself?
When you come close to my 47% total tax load come back and talk to me.
I'm in the Federal 35% tax bracket (that's numero uno on the pyramid, for the record). I put max contributions into things like Social Security (which I'll never see a dime back on) and Medicaid (which I have no interest in), etc. My dear old Uncle Sammy literally takes home more of my money each pay period than I do, and that's in spite of the fact that I live in a state (Washington) with no state income tax.
So I'll talk to you. I think the poster you're responding to is pretty much dead on. My generation is the one that's going to have to shoulder the load of paying for the last round of Ponzi schemes that were doomed from the start (pensions and Social Security)
I think it was the excess of the post war boom that created the baby boomers behavior. They got used to astronomical growth, so they feel that they can have whatever they want, whenever they want it, and that darned government is just getting in their way.
Generation Y is a product of the even greater excesses of the 1980s and 1990s. Most of them have not had to work due to the fact they've received everything they wanted from their parents. After their idealism fades post-college I think they will end up much like the boomers. There will be a reality check when they enter the workforce, and especially when they have to pay off those student loans working a job that pays much less than what was promised to them growing up.
I've been paying in for over a decade myself. If no one is going to get benefits, no one should get them. What do you expect me to continue to pay for your retirement, and not have any myself?
More greed.
Actually totally I'm close to 40% now.
And who is it exactly that is saying you'll get no benefits? That is some sort of phantasm you guys say. You do understand how SS works (and yes I know the problems with the way it was set up so don't try to "school" me in them)? Today's workers pay for today's retirees. Your kids will pay in for you. Unless all of you suddenly, as a group, decide to become Shakers and foreswear carnal relationships. Now, I do have to agree that a large number of your generation should have been an act of fellatio.
And who is it exactly that is saying you'll get no benefits? That is some sort of phantasm you guys say. You do understand how SS works (and yes I know the problems with the way it was set up so don't try to "school" me in them)? Today's workers pay for today's retirees. Your kids will pay in for you. Unless all of you suddenly, as a group, decide to become Shakers and foreswear carnal relationships. Now, I do have to agree that a large number of your generation should have been an act of fellatio.
Oh I've heard Republicans saying it.
Just this morning Mike Pence said that "all options are on the table" for those who are under 40. All options means, no social security. I be damned if I'm going to pay in for you, and I get nothing to show for it. If they are going to end it, end it, no one gets anything else.
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