[blowfish]

I'm doing my best to turn my kids and other young people against the older generations.

Yeah, good idea! Everyone has to pull there own weight. "Sorry, gramps, you're just not cutting it anymore. Have fun living in the cardboard box."

And these are the same people who bemoan the loss of family values and old morality.

[Trust but Verify]

I think you misunderstand my message in its entirety when you focus on one part of it. If young people do not stand up for themselves, the selfish old people (I do not leave my own generation out of this) will see to it they never keep enough of their own money to approach the standard of living we have today.

The government nanny state persists because they listen to voters. And the people who vote in large numbers are the people who have to count on politicians to do things for them, rather than doing for themselves. Young people, if they are not similarly engaged, will be steamrolled. I see that as being as wrong as individuals kicking grandma to the curb.