Posted on 02/07/2016 7:54:04 AM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
Social Security became law in 1935. WAY before any Boomers were even born, before some of their parents were born.
The oldest Boomer was born in 1946. The voting age at that time was 21, which means the very oldest Boomer could not vote until 1967 .
The vast majority of boomers did not become eligible to vote until the late 1970’s.
Wow! That seems quite a figure. Are you sure of it? Of course, many of those were smokers, so that could account for a lot. I smoked for most of my time in service, especially in Vietnam. But was lucky to have survived a flu I got in early 73 that had me laid out for 8 or 9 days, and afterward realized I hadn't smoked for that long so I needn't ever look back.
At age 40 I declared that I felt I could live at least that much longer. Of course, everyone dies sooner or later. But I hope I make it to that earlier estimate.
Those are some interesting stats you cite.
Medicare, Medicaid, and the disastrous immigration law of 1965 were put in place by pre-boomer generations. No boomer could vote in 1965.
Great post!
And unconstitutional social security was instituted by “the Greatest Generation.”
I believe JimRob is a Boomer. He served in the Navy from 1965-69.
You may have dug yourself a bigger hole than you thought.
And who voted for all those evil “liberal democrats”? Did we import them from the old USSR?
This is the statistic I found most interesting: 2,709,918 Americans served in Vietnam, this number represents 9.7% of their generation, so 90% of our generation found some other place to be instead of Vietnam.
And yes, I too smoked cigarettes in Vietnam and it was there that I could go for months where the only fun I got out of life was from either smoking cigarettes or scratching my crotch rot.
As for the statistics, they came from:
http://www.nationalvietnamveteransfoundation.org/statistics.htm
I won’t change my tune because it was wrong then as it is now. Your argument is emotional and not based in principal. Wishing the same misfortune or malfeasance upon others wrong. Perpetuating and supporting it is worse. I’ve never stolen anything or had anyone steal anything of substance from me. I still know that theft is wrong. Its wrong when the government does it on your behest. I’m old enough to know that, whats your excuse?
Work hard, you are paying for my Social Security. Just like I worked hard. Remember, we are Boomers and we vote, and we are the higher percentage of the population. If you dont want to pay for our SS, then pay us back . If that is considered “stealing” from you, then I will steal. I am willing to bet most Boomers will agree with me. If you want to avoid this trap that Boomers are now facing, then your generation should push for private retirement accounts, after you have paid for our SS. We may all be dead by the time you reach age 50, go for the private accounts when you are 50, and do not receive SS. That gives you 15 years to save up before 65.
LOL, you poor reprobate
I won’t be poor, I will be collecting SS from you. And when you are my age, and have given away hundreds of thousands of dollars of your pay checks into SS , I am sure you will be more morally right than me. Please give up all that money for the common good, because you do not believe in stealing. Get back with me on this when you are 65.
Yep. And I relish all the moments I spent with the folks who were born in the 1880s-1910s. Talk about a much heartier, and vastly more sane worldview. There’s almost a day-and-night division, culturally and mentally, with that demarcation point that occured with the baby-boom crowd. Not that I put a great onus of blame on them, as they were cultivated by all sorts of technological, demographic, and social trends. But we’ve been turned into a screwball nation of self-absorbed headcases ever since, getting worse with every passing year.
You should move to Greece. You’d fit right in.
As cowardice is one of the more obvious dishonors; shouldn't your name be PossumAfterDishonor?
You can't have it. It isn't there; it has all been spent. Mine, too. All of it. I have been paying "Social" "Security" "Taxes" for 30 years. I don't expect to see a penny of it. "Social" "Security" was a scam from the beginning.
Bernie Madoff: federal penitentiary
Politicians: federal gravy retirement
Even if you work for Megacorp.com, you still pay the full amount of socialist insecurity and mediscare taxes. It all comes out of the pot of money your employer has available to cover payroll.
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