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To: SteveMcKing
All I know is that half the boomers were nothing but spoiled brats, and still are today.

They will go down in history as a "wicked and adulterous generation" . They expanded Social Security and are in the process of draining it dry; they expanded Medicare/Medicaid and are in the process of draining it dry ; they expanded union power and as a result manufacturing is done overseas instead of here. Etc. etc.

5 posted on 05/08/2005 9:31:41 PM PDT by ikka
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To: ikka

My husband and I are at the beginning of the baby boom and I would give up any increase in SS in exchange for a tax reduction on our 401k and IRA, and permanent reduction in the capital gains tax.


12 posted on 05/08/2005 9:49:38 PM PDT by Eva
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To: ikka; Fawnn
Those in this generation who will be judged 'wicked and adulterous' will not be judged thus because of Social Security, Medicare or unions, but rather because of their abandonment of morality and God's laws so that they could "do whatever feels good" and "live for today."

And all of us in the boomer generation do not fit into that category.

20 posted on 05/09/2005 7:41:42 AM PDT by ohioWfan ("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
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To: ikka
They will go down in history as a "wicked and adulterous generation" . They expanded Social Security and are in the process of draining it dry; they expanded Medicare/Medicaid and are in the process of draining it dry ; they expanded union power and as a result manufacturing is done overseas instead of here. Etc. etc.

Maybe when you grow up, you'll learn how to count. The "boomers" didn't "expand Social Security'. That was done by "The Greatest Generation" members of congress during as "Social Security Reform" and LBJs Great Society Medicare program. There were no "Boomers" in those Congresses. The "Boomers" are just the ones who have been forced to pay 15.4% of their wages into Social Security & Medicare for all or most of their working lives to pay for higher benifits for the AARP crowd.

You might also figure out that when Boomers started working, one in every 4 private sector jobs were "union" jobs. Today, it's one in 10!

And if you did know how to count, you might just figure out that not a single "Boomer" is currently eligible for Social Security retirement. Not one.

Perhaps the lesson here is that the "Boomers" were the last generation to actually learn math in school.

26 posted on 05/09/2005 12:18:46 PM PDT by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
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