The WWII generation left us with a free country, but the Boomers?
I have no issue with the WWII generation. My grandfather lied to get into the Navy when he was 17. Before there were SEALs he was putting bombs on the bottom of Japanese ships with a pair of flippers and a mask/snorkel.
I get that generation, and they made massive sacrifices so that their kids wouldn’t have to do what they had to.
The boomers squandered that and put the cost of it onto their kids, grandkids, etc.
My issue is that boomers aren’t in a position to criticize X’ers or Millenials.
As for the country being free, you really buy that right now? You think we are as free today as we were when the WWII generation handed the keys to the boomers? I think reasonable people would disagree with that assessment of ‘free’.
This is the boomer’s show right now. They’re in charge. I think the jury is out on whether what we are going to be left with when they are finally out to pasture is going to be something a reasonably prudent person would call ‘free’.
“This is the boomer’s show right now. They’re in charge. I think the jury is out on whether what we are going to be left with when they are finally out to pasture is going to be something a reasonably prudent person would call ‘free’.”
Typical. Waiting around to see what you’re going to be “left with.” The mindset of your generation and mine is poles apart. The definition of “free” is a whole other thing for you than it is for me. Instead of waiting around to see what grandma and mama and daddy “leave” you with, why don’t you get started on making this country what you want it to be instead of whining about what’s going to be “left” to you. As for being “put out to pasture” I should be so lucky. I took care of my mom and dad for ten years before they passed. If it’s up to the selfish, sniveling, spoiled and perpetually adolescent youth of today, I’ll be euthanized instead as a matter of law. Obama’s death panels are getting that ball rolling rather well.
As for Boomers; they certainly have a lot to answer for. They produced critical thinkers such as yourself.