To clarify, I don’t at the present time know any childless couples. [When I lived in MA I knew many, but they were moonbats to begin w so their unconcern for debts & deficits had partly to do w no kids & partly to do w being mindless leftists.] What’s even more disturbing, the singles I was alluding to are not self-identifying liberals.
To give you one example. I know a heterosexual, single man of 57. He is Southern Baptist & claims to be a Republican. He’s spent his life trying to make a living at what he loves & never really made a go of it. He has zip put aside for retirement, no health insurance, & is beginning to develop symptoms of some type of physical malady.
The last time this formerly good friend of mine & I spoke, he told me flat out he wants “free” healthcare. He voted for Obama in hopes of getting it. I guess I got a little too excited trying to explain what “free” means in this context. [I.e.: his healthcare probably *will* be ‘free’—for him. The younger generation will be saddled w paying for it. That is, until he moves to the head of the death panel die-list (which given his circumstances, won’t take long).] He hasn’t spoken to me since.
The original point I had in mind is that this man is uninvested in the future. W no kids, he sees only himself. He wants things for “free”. What that does to future generations is none of his concern.
Hope that helps.
Mrs. Don-o: I always love your pings, regardless of subject matter. You are one of my all-time favorite freepers—no time like the present to let you know. :)
I attribute this primarily to his atheism (motivated by his homosexuality) and self-centeredness, exacerbated by being childless.