"because they are stubborn obstinate old bastards that are concerned only for their own welfare"
Yeah, we need to be clear. It's not all older people. Many older people are the most generous members of our society.
But it reminds me of something that happened to me recently. I was at the airport on the Big Island of Hawaii, in the rental car bus. A group of 3 older people got on the bus, with massive amounts of luggage. Made the driver carry their bags all over the place, and didn't give him a tip (like all the other passengers did.) And, while on the bus, they were complaining about the service at their four-star hotel (the Fairmont Orchid), the service on United Airlines, their property taxes, and how they voted for George Bush and now he's going to cut their Social Security benefits. These are people departing from a $300/night hotel in Hawaii. If that's not a greedy, uniformed "geezer", I don't know what is.
Didn't say all of 'em are....I am approaching oldness and my constant prayer to God is to keep me from becoming a true geezer, and to die suddenly.