I never blamed the Baby Boomers for the SS/Medicare mess. I blame them for having enough vocal and active members that were able to change the course of the country in the 60s. Also, I blame the “Greatest Generation” more for that. Like Dennis Prager says, they had great morals but failed to pass them on to their children.
HOw many posts before this thread turns into the typical FR war zone of “I earned my Social Security and Medicare and I’m taking every penny” vs. “You’re a greedy old moocher”??? Pass the popcorn.
The economy was destroyed by the Dems attempt to make home ownership an entitlement.
There is a deeper truth behind these charts.
What happened to the boomers? To varying degrees they were subjected to an educational system, purposely corrupted by Cultural Marxism. The political class was subjected to it much earlier than the rest.
There is no recognition of the hundreds of billions illegals cost NET each year.
There is no recognition of the $20,000 NET per each immigrant household who works at low wages cost each year.
There is no recognition of $~71,000 million blown annually on foreign aid to those who hate us regardless.
There is no recognition of $~25,000 million blown annually on the DOE.
There is no recognition of $~46,000 million blown annually on the HUD.
There is not mention of the $~10,000 million blown annually on the EPA.
There is no mention of the $900 Billion in easily identified medicare/medicaid fraud that IBM offered to fix for free. The offer was rejected more than once.
yada, yada, yada
Nor any recognition of the damage done to our economy and job opportunities by the so-called ‘Free Trade’ agreements that up to recently were somewhat hidden by enhanced government statistics and access to cheap credit.
http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc_22_4/tsc_22_4_fletcher.shtml
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