[BitWielder1]

Well, we have to tax the parents and give more money to the basement dwellers so they can buy their own stuff and boost the economy.
I would not be surprised if someone seriously suggests this.

[1rudeboy]

You don’t have to scratch FR very far to find a protectionist.

[21twelve]

That’s a really stoopid idea, when just raising the minimum wage to $25 an hour would solve the problem.

Of course with elderly parents and obamacare, the kids may get to move upstairs shortly anyway.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Bingo, we have a winner.
There will be calls to make government the “employer of last resort”.

[Right Brother]

Of course. It’s like the logic that unemployment pay needs to be extended so that the recipients will buy stuff and feed the economy. Kinda like eating your own flesh to keep from starving.

[silverleaf]

“Well, we have to tax the parents and give more money to the basement dwellers so they can buy their own stuff and boost the economy. I would not be surprised if someone seriously suggests this.”

He has.
it’s called “income inequality” the most serious challenge facing the USA, of Barry’s entire lifetime. Besides finding golf partners every weekend, of course