But does the generation of your youth have the attitude?
Bluntly put: Would they give up claims on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social-Security if it meant the current and future generations would not be saddled with that debt?
Medicare and Social Security we have paid into all our working lives. Do I think those have to be improved, yes I do. Privatize social security and medicare, might be the way to go.
That is an interesting question. Those programs were imposed on me the day I got my first real job. Over my working life I have contributed around $300,000 if not more, while the results of all that money being invested for the past 45 years would be in the Millions of dollars.
Do I have access to those contributed funds and the resulting investments? Of course not, it's been spent.
Now add to that my personal situation. Diagnosed with Leukemia at age 52. Chemo, Remission, Chemo, sort of Remission, next who knows. I was told to expect to live anywhere from 10 to 15 years after my Diagnosis at age 52.
I am halfway through the best guess and will not be able to collect SS for another three years taking the lowered age 62 (penalized) benefit amount. I am hoping to live long enough to get at least one check. Talk about a Bucket List.
If you are asking if I should give up the money stolen from me to protect future generations, I say no. There are plenty of Programs where the Beneficiaries didn't contribute one thin dime to their funding. Time to start culling the herd with the Makers being the last to sacrifice after the Takers stop taking from them.
Then again, I guess I'm just a bitter clinger who wants his money back from the Obama loving Commie Bastards, which is exactly what the Takers amongst us are.
As my dear Mother always said, you help people that can't help themselves, not people who won't help themselves.