In the statement you quote, though, when I say 'benefits they got,' I'm not just including SS. I'm including the vast unfunded Great Society expenditures Boomers have benefitted from as their Social Security was robbed to pay for `em. They will receive BOTH those benefits AND Social Security (i.e., CERTAINLY more than they put in).
I'm also qualifying this. Though there are PLENTY of Boomers here who were smart, and earners, and saved outside of SS, there are also the vast majority of free-rider types who don't save, depend on government SS, and will want back 'what they put in' plus want it for the rest of their actuarially nightmarish lives.
Again, I don't fault Freeper Boomers, who have certainly tried to fix things, and been smart about their own retirements. But (not speaking to you here, Torie) I'm not about let my entire generation be insulted as whiners and slackers for saying that the situation is really crappy, particularly for us, or hearing that it is unreasonable and judgmental for us to expect most Boomers will demand more they deserve when it all comes to a head. Not all of you, probably not even many of you Freepers, but most Boomers will do exactly that.
And no question the GIs get far less than their share of the blame. They got this whole fiasco started.
And no question the GIs get far less than their share of the blame. They got this whole fiasco started.
Sadly, the whole 'who started it' debate is largely irrelevant. The real problem is that for years anyone of the electorate who actually took the trouble to look at the data knew that we were in trouble. Most ignored the data. Sadly, too many from each of the generations continued to re-elect the same pandering politicians who have spent is into oblivion. Our elected representatives of both parties should be ashamed. Sadly, we will all pay the price of this largesse. And it will not be pretty.