“The Greatests also took us to Vietnam, which gave the young boomers a reason to create a counter-culture and reject Christian morals.”
Blaming moral laxity on Vietnam is an excuse.
“If you want to pare back entitlements now, you better be prepared for civil war.”
There’s simply no other option. There are not enough of us to pay for everything that is being given. This means that entitlements need to be pared back, starting with public employees. If you want to look at blame, start with abortion and contraception. The whole Ponzi scheme only works with perpetually increasing demand.
“I’m not saying that we can’t do it. I agree with you that its essential to our survival, but we are all to blame for this and we’re all going to have to give up something to move forward.”
Agreed. I have enough problems fighting with MY generation, let alone annoying Boomer hippy idiots. Makes my job a difficult and lonely one when I get undercut by them. I have no problems doing without entitlements. I agree that pension benefits need to be scaled back.
However, what we are seeing is the consistant response of cutting wages and benefits for new hires only. What does that tell me? The entitled boomers will do all they can to hang onto their benefits and damn everybody else.
Everybody has to give up something. Not just young folks. Boomers too.
Don't you mean that the Ponzi scheme (Social Security, entitlements, etc.) only works with perpertually increasing SUPPLY?
As more and more age to take their SS, the supply must keep up - and it hasn't. Because more and more people are taking at younger and younger ages (entitlements) and the rest are aborting the supply pool.