[familyop]

Agreed. I’m a Baby Boomer, and I say, “Cut ‘em off!” Simply shut down Social Security and all of that. You’ll have that chance after the big default. Just make sure that you abolish the anti-competition zoning laws against small manufacturing operations, so that rebuilding will be possible.

[Oceander]

Agreed. And considering that the union puppet-masters are now pushing for the fascists, I mean democrats, to seize all private pension/retirement arrangements, forget about using a 401(k) or other tax-advantaged arrangement to save for your retirement years, it's time to go back to doing it the old-fashioned way, the way that the greatest generation, and their parents, did it - scrimping and saving and buying blue-chip stocks bit by bit and holding on to them for the long, long, long term (no tax until disposition, at least). They managed to do it, and so can we.

In the meantime, the grim reaper will, ultimately, solve the "problem" of the baby-boomer generation for us (no insult to you as an individual intended - there is a definite distinction between individuals who happen to be in the same age cohort as the baby-boomer generation and the generation itself, as typified by the individuals who "speak" for the generation qua generation).

[OneWingedShark]

>I’m a Baby Boomer, and I say, “Cut ‘em off!”

Ah, a sane one!

>Simply shut down Social Security and all of that.

Not only that, replace the progressive income tax with an across-the-board individual income tax (the IRS could then be disbanded and/or folded into the FBI). (No corporate tax.) Disband the Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Labor, Dept of Transportation (actually DOT could be re-chartered to EXCLUSIVELY enforce the interstate commerce regulation clause; depriving Congress of that rationale). Start going through the [Federal] lawbooks and throw out EVERYTHING that isn’t specifically authorized by the constitution. Make it legal for duels in Federally controlled districts/’properties.’ (This will solve the “term-limit problem”... if the Constituents are determined enough.)

As you can see, I have no hope of ever being elected.

>You’ll have that chance after the big default.

We shall see.