[sageb1]

"if the geezers weren't using 15% of our paychecks as spending money."

And what was the percentage of those geezers' paychecks that went into raising you?

[MineralMan]

"And what was the percentage of those geezers' paychecks that went into raising you?"

Actually, it's their grandparents they're paying that 15% to. Few boomers have retired yet.

But, here's the cry:

"Waaaah....we gotta help support our parents and grandparents when they get old. That sucks. I wanted to buy a new car and a new boat....Waaaah!"

[tortoise]

And what was the percentage of those geezers' paychecks that went into raising you?

I did not force them to, but they certainly are forcing me to. When did I put a gun to the head of the geezers and demand they support me? And even assuming your braindead argument made sense, does voluntarily giving a person money force the recipient into involuntary servitude for life ipso facto? That is some pretty sick morals from a so-called "conservative".

I was actually being generous and ignoring the other 40+% they take out of my paycheck. Even if you argued that I was "indebted", I paid that "debt" ages ago.