“At least then I can collect some dissability before the boomers suck it all out of the system. Right?”
Way to buy into class warfare. The demographics of this has been clear for 40+ years. You can’t act surprised. Generations of government traitors are the ones that deserve your scorn. They cheated us all while making sure that they and their union cronies are set for life.
Sucker.
My apologies to those offended. I absolutely do not buy into the class warfare and do not blame boomers individually, certainly not fellow FReepers.
However, just as with crime Vs minority statistics, if we take the generational voting gaps and the huge block of voters that are in the Baby Boomer Generation over the last 40 years, statistically, the voting Boomers have had the numbers to significantly influence the election of politicians that pushed policies of dependents and deficit. They either started out as establishment politicians or slowly grew into those positions under the watch of American voters.
In 2001, my father 62, actually apologized to me for the way his "activist generation of Baby Boomers" (his words and he is a life long republican) had driven this country since the 60's when they started voting. I disregard from which generation a president came from because it was the citizens that elected them.
The blame for the whole unraveling of our constitutionally protected freedoms and economic stability is rooted in "progressive/liberal" ideology dating back to the New Deal. Until about 2007, Americans have been largely asleep at the wheel, apathetic. There seemed to be a brief awakening in the late 1970s early 80s. That gave us Reagan. But we seemed to hit snooze about the time Clinton was elected. Now that the house has been burning for almost 5 years, America seems bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Unfortunately, we are now hoping to begrudgingly elect an establishment republican instead of a true conservative to start to fix the mess.
I don’t believe the Greatest Generation did very well to pass on the values, history, traditions and American Exceptionalism to their kids that they themselves significantly restored from the days of the Revolution.
The Greatest Generation pulled through the depression and volunteered to fight in WWII. They also voted for the politicians that pushed the New Deal, the source of many of our woes today.
I am making sure my kids are proud and knowledgeable Americans. My 10 year old knows the rich history of American values dating back to the Revolutionary war. She understands many of the details that spurred the Revolution and why the citizens were so upset with the King. She understands the good, bad and ugly about the civil war, war of 1812,...WWII, Cold War, Korea, Vietnam War, Gulf I, Afganistan, Gulf II, etc. My 5 year old knows who wrote our national anthem, where, when and why (He’s a work in progress).
I want my kids to love what America is supposed to stand for and where our roots and history has worked for and against us. I want them to be good Christians and successful participants and contributors to a freerer America using the talents God gave them and ethics we have instilled in them.
My hope is that they do not take for granted, as generations before them have, what individual freedom is and what it costs. We the People not voting, not following or participating in the governance of our nation is taking freedom for granted in my opinion. And that is primarily what has been are largest failing as citizens and owners of our government in the past 40 years.