Suddenly, everyone's turning against us Baby Boomers

Richmond Times Dispatch ^ | 9/14/04 | RAY MCALLISTER

[skeeter]

OK, so add humor-impaired to the list of shortcomings.

[Night Hides Not]

Not that it changes your point, but I think that Roe v Wade was decided in 1973, when I was 19.

Thanks! The actual year that Roe was decided ranks low on my list of dates to remember. What a despicable court decision!

[JPJones]

Not me. As a lice ridden boomer leftist once said, 'peace man'.

Far out!

[Hi Heels]

I have an announcement. The Boomers are the LARGEST generation in the WORLD. We vote. When we are seniors, we will STILL vote.

So, guess what?

[Trust but Verify]

Politicians pander to people who vote, not to people who don't. People who vote in large blocs tend to get what they want, right or wrong. The federal bureaucracy and liberal establish do not have power in and of themselves, they have the power bestowed by voters who think it's someone else's responsibility to take care of them.

[Darnright]

>Exactimundo, Cricket. I was born in '54 as well and have, as I've gotten older, bemoaned the awful legacy our self-absorbed, narcissitic, unborn children-killing generation has left behind. <

Gee whiz, '54 was a popular year. Ok you guys, do you remember, in school, learning that "the population of the world was exploding" and that we should not have more than 2 children? That having large families was the only way to save humanity from future famine and destruction?

Note to people reading this. This was to be accomplished with birth control, not so much with abortion (remember, kids born in '54 for the most part were out of high school in 1972, a year BEFORE Roe v Wade).

I think this brainwashing had a distinct effect on many, many of our generation. We were made to feel selfish if we wanted large families. We were made to feel like it was our duty to limit the size of our families.

The problem was, of course, that no matter how few kids we had, the people in 3rd world countries still were gonna reproduce like bunny rabbits, and they were still going to experience famine and disease.

Ultimately, we ended up shooting ourselves in the foot, and the leftists are sure having the last laugh.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Well, for starters, a lot of baby boomers turned out to be anti-war activists. No wonder the surrounding generations don't like them.

[skeeter]

Crap. I fell in anyway...

[GOP_1900AD]

Yep! Go W!

[ETERNAL WARMING]

If you have any kind of useful degree, you can make a whole lot more than 60K a year right out of college or graduate school (especially grad school)

What planet do you live on? I want to move there.

[tortoise]

We scattered our seed to the wind and produced your generation, the most conservitive in generations

Umm... We aren't conservative because our parents were or taught us to be. We tend to be conservative because we saw first hand how screwed up liberalism was with our parents as star examples and decided not to repeat those mistakes.

So yes, our parents "taught us" to be conservative, but that wasn't the result our parents intended nor did they realize the lesson they were actually teaching.

[Marie]

We're not that hard to pick out; we're the ones who can spell. And add more than two single digit numbers in our heads.

Wasn't there a post earlier in the thread how us Xers need to be grateful for the education Boomers provided for us? ...something to that effect...

[ETERNAL WARMING]

It WON'T go two ways for us. There will be nothing left for us. Our ability to save for our own retirement will be hampered by the Big Boomer Suck that will happening just when we most need to be putting aside for our futures. I have YET to hear from ANY Boomer that they're concerned about the future of their offspring.

HUH? It won't go "two ways" for us either! It will be broke before we get to collect 1% of what we've paid in. And incidentally...we managed to raise you kids and PAY all the bills, too.

[My2Cents]

I'll join you. I had the same thought the other day.

[Cyclone59]

Wow! What a coincidence, I was just talking about this very subject, except that we were slanting it form the hippys of the 60'2/70's rebelling against the establishement. Now that they are the establishment they absolutely hate it when rebelled against.....

[Night Hides Not]

Many of us will never get to retire in the first place. If we don't have a "right" after paying in for 50 years, who does?

I took care of my "retirement" two years ago, when we welcomed son # 2 into the world. By the time he finishes high school, I'll be pushing 70!

Winning the lottery and working part-time at Luby's are two major planks of my retirement program!!!

One major issue has not been discussed with the pending retirement of boomers: the unemployment rate is going to vanish, and there will be too many jobs to fill.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Winning the lottery and working part-time at Luby's are two major planks of my retirement program!!!

LOL I'll probably end up as a "Greeter" at WalMart. LOL

[texastoo]

Nobody owes anyone a retirement or healthcare.

Tell that to GW Bush. I have read most of this thread and see alot of disagreement between the Gen x, Gen y and boomers. The thing I don't see is any mention of The Totalization Treaty with Mexico.

This treaty was signed by Jo Anne Barnhart on June 29, 2004 and is now before congress. It has 60 working days before it automatically becomes law. Congress doesn't even have to vote on this.

Mexicans will only have to work 6 quarters while Americans have to work 40 quarters to collect SS. Illegals are also covered in this bill so that they can go home to Mexico and will be guaranteed a monthly check from our government. This will also cover the illegals dependants.There is a bill in congress trying to stop this but it is not getting much support as more people are worried about Dan Rather than the country.

[stuckinloozeeana]

Hey, some years back hitlery said that the first six months of life and the last six months were the most strain on our health care system. She went on to say that we had some hard choices to make!

[JPJones]

Bluntly, I think it was a desire to get laid.

This is the most honest statement yet on this thread.