[sarasmom]

"spare me the"We won the Cold War" attitude, most of the people that did that are worm food now"

I am not yet 50, and see no worms munching on my body.
BTW, that "We won the Cold War" attitude is one I have.
Because I did participate in that one, for eight years.
It was an all volunteer force, at the time.
And no, I do not consider myself in the same category as any combat veteran of any war, past or present.
But let me clue you in on something, just so you do not insult me and my fellow veterans unintentionally.
If you think the USSR folded on a "bluff", you are dead wrong.
"We" were not bluffing.We knew the price, and prepared ourselves to pay it every day.That was our life.That is how I spent my young adult life.
And although the DOD denied me the opportunity to wear a uniform and "do what I did best" one more time,I and my peers, are still milling about, amongst the general civilian population.Lurking, for want of a better word.
I invite you to look closely into any of our eyes, and tell me/us we have no right to be proud that we "Won the Cold War" .
Especially around Veterans Day.
And as to the thread topic, the generational Social Security argument...
Make the cutoff date the day before my birth, and I will call all the taxes I have paid, sunk cost, and we will be done with socialism.
Better that I absorb the price of injustice, than pass it on to my child.
I, and all my "Cold War Veteran" peers, are supremely qualified to make that call.

[CompSciGuy]

Once again, I meant no disrespect towards Veterans. I humbly apologize if I've given that impression. I've been hearing these comments off and on all day, perhaps because it is Veteran's Day tomorrow. (You'd be amazed at what counts for "Military Service" these days, amongst some people.) My post was merely a response to the "Gen X slacker" attitude that comes out on these posts. A lot of Gen X'ers are out there now doing what needs to be done to keep us safe from the likes of people that blow up weddings.

V/R,
CSG

[CSM]

"Make the cutoff date the day before my birth, and I will call all the taxes I have paid, sunk cost, and we will be done with socialism.
Better that I absorb the price of injustice, than pass it on to my child."

You have my full support for this, I to am willing to consider all my SS payments a sunk cost if I could be exempted from the system.