I’m not going to play the Lefts game of class, race, sex or generational warfare.
What you say is partly true. Much of that increase is inflation, though.
We need a two pronged effort. One is to cut government by dollar cost, size and scope and stop it from growing too big again.
Two is to grow the pie. There isn’t a reason why the United States cannot grow at 6%/year, other than that our government restrains it, not just on the federal, but the state, county and local level.
The Boomers, so called, are the largest demographic cohort and you can expect that politicians will try to please them. We can’t blame every one of them for today’s debacle.
What am I supposed to think as a young man trying to enter the workforce when these same unionised pensions are unavailable to new hires?
Why should my taxes go to pay their benefits when they are unwilling to extend those same benefits to us? It makes no sense.
They have broken the social contract, and are perfectly willing to destroy our future for goodies today.