Posted on 11/10/2005 1:22:46 PM PST by qam1
"What programs could be funded by a sell-off of federal land west of the Mississippi?"
Some of it is good land. But a lot of it is mountain and deserts. You can't build a house on a 30-degree slope and not everyone wants to live where it is 105 fahrenheit and there is no water. In many places out there, there are no jobs.
Greedy? You damn right I am and proud of it. I earned it. I expect it. I paid for the WWII generation. The X'ers will pay for mine. Get over it.
It’s not just capital gains. I earn money. I pay income tax on that money. I die – and any money I haven’t spent (if enough of it) is again taxed as a “death tax”.
In my case I was the oldest of nine, the money just wasn't there. I find it disturbing to hear how these xers whine and blame us for their lack of direction. I've raised five (19-31) and they'd all laugh at some of these kids (Well four of them would but hey, four out of five ain't bad).
Well said! Thank you. Some of us also busted our a$$es sitting in missile silos, on alert, on submarines, in the air flying, in early warning stations, etc. 24 hours a day, seven days of the week so these whiny ungrateful twerps can blame us for all their problems.
You should take your SS payments and party, you and hubby earned it with them...that's what I'm going to do.
Me too! :-)
"Anyone who wasn't a liberal at 18 had not heart, and anyone not a Conservative at 30 had no brain".
In other words, you have been painting with too broad a brush.
To hear you tell it, a person's beliefs, tastes, and character depend on his birth date. That is complete rubbish. Every large group of people will have its share of sinners and saints.
The whole idea of a "generational war" is akin to the old Marxists doctrine of "class warfare." Both are attempts to grab political power by dividing people and setting them against each other.
By the way, in your rush to demonize the so-called Baby Boomers, you seem to have overlooked some facts. For instance, the Social Security time bomb was ticking long before any of Baby Boomers were born. Likewise, the Great Society and the welfare state were in place before most of the Boomers could vote. And come to think of it, the Supreme Court that brought us Roe v. Wade was not composed of Baby Boomers either. Why do you blame the Boomer "generation" for these disastrous policies?
It will be forced euthanasia for the generation which approved abortion. All those dead babies could have been financially supporting the old.
I believe the same. However, the people that come for me aren't going to die a natural death, either. BLOAT.
...but you're definitely not a feminist. Uh huh.
Those who fought the Vietnam War were part of the so-called "Baby Boom." Is that not heroic enough for you?
Whereas we miserable slobs can fix our own computers...
Um, your end of the conversation is equally self serving. "Quitcher whining and cough up my social security, before I knock you out of your high-chairs and take it! Whippersnapper!"
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And don't forget all the drugs we did, causing a generation of idiots to be born.
Sadly, that won't happen until after they stop voting, which is when they die. Or even later, in the case of democrats.
As far as I knew growing up I came from a Conservative family. My stepdad even voted along Republican lines. Imagine my surprise in 2000 when I found out he was voting for Al Gore. Why? He was concerned about his Social Security and disability benefits. During that whole election fiasco his response was, "Since he's complaining about it, they should just give the presidency to Al Gore and be done with it."
No problemo! There's nothing to get over, except the surprise at discovering another nest of socialists on Free Republic.
I still cannot fix my computer but oh well can't do everything..
Reg: your other post..No not a feminist because I was not ever, NEVER into labeling myself...
Always thought for myself like to DO MY OWN THANG as they say..
Made mistakes, accomplished some, but I like who I am and what I am about and most people I know do too, so I say I am okay..
George Bailey said it all to me:
No man is a failure who has friends...
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