Posted on 04/23/2006 11:43:48 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Retirees ARE the government . Dream ON !!
Me Too!! Which way you went ??
Ain't life great . Retired at 55 three years ago . Do whatever I want to do(along with my wife of 35 years ) . Fill up the SUV and the boat without a fret !!
We spoiled them, pure and simple. We wanted, so bad, for them to have what we did not have and we spent our productive years busting our butts to get it for them .
Looks like we over-did it and now a lot of them think they are entitled to everything without having to earn anything.
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I don't mean to brag, but, I have forgotten more than most youngsters will ever know about car motors, tractors, lawn mowers,heat exchangers, tube radios, generators, guns, women, boats and booze. I have had a good life!
True, my youngest brother is in his 20s, and while he manages to entertain himself, his experiences, and knowledge are so limited compared to mine at that age.
I'm a boomer!
And I just retired from Boeing..........!
Do you mean my generation's "skill" at bonehead political posturing, or our "knowledge" that every form of technology more advanced than windmills and chicken manure would be too dangerous to ever contemplate? Now that we're in the process of being replaced by Indian doctors and Chinese nuclear engineers, our children can finally look forward to the day when the $4 gas they're paying for, and the Boomer science policy that was reponsible for it, will be a memory as faded as the pictures of Woodstock that we bequeathed to them. Good riddance to us!
Bullcrap...
...we're right here waiting to move into those jobs as soon as they finish kicking the bucket.
Their skills and knowledge are already already obsolete -- and they don't want to learn new ones.
Instead, they all want to be promoted to educational administrators or editors/professors emeritus, whereby they can maintain their delusions that they are the "progressives" in society, rather than the Luddites they actually are.
What the hell is that? (/sarcasm)
Since it all runs downhill, whatever happens to the "boomers", happens to us by default. We'll be lumped in with them from here on out.
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Of course, I am a war baby and I have already seen articles talking about how "the first baby boomers" are starting to draw social security. The truth is that no baby boomer is yet old enough to draw social security and won't be for another year or so. I was born in 1944 and am just old enough to apply on my birthday this year. It is amazing how many people think the baby boom includes those born during world war two.
I'm not worried about my kids . My wife and I are both Conservative . Both the boys are Conservative ( 26 and 23 ). They both have a college education and have secured jobs with strong USA companies . They are contributing to the max in Roth and 401 K's . for the future in which Social Security will be non-existant . \There is always a time when people get stupid and vote for a Democratic administration but, the country usually comes back to its senses and returns to the Capitalist paridigm . I told them if it gets really bad after dad and mom are gone , get their generation to have another Civil War and kill all the Dem bastards . Everybody is crying wolf and the Dow will probably set a record tomorrow
I have to agree with you here...I was born at the end of 1945, and technically, I am not a 'boomer', tho just on the edge...I cannot even file for Social Security until the very end of 2007..
It's not a transfer of wealth. The "boomers" retirement money is largely from defined contributions. It's money they earned and invested as preparation for retirement. The markets have enjoyed having lots of money pumped in by boomers preparing for retirement. The markets are going to get a good kick in the shins when the time comes to move the money back to the people who earned it. Exacerbating the problem is the way ERISA forces retirees to extract money so the government can tax it. The policy forces disbursements even if the retiree has no immediate need for that money.
Teddy Kennedy has been in the Senate since the early 60's. He is not a boomer, but he is the kind of leftist/commie who believes is government funded healthcare. He also pushed the 1965 immigration bill that filled this country with illegals. He is part of the "Greatest Generation" who have been legislating socialism and destroying our country. Lyndon Johnson bears significant responsiblity as well.
The boomer generation supervised the dumbing down and politicization of our educational institutions--schools and colleges alike. So it's not unlikely that those Indian doctors and Chinese nuclear engineers will be served by the children of American boomers at the supermarket checkout counters and MacDonalds.
At least you don't have scars on your butt from rice grains. You would have to run for President.
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