[maxwell]

I don't know how I'll be able to afford CA housing costs, private schools for pre-college kids, college costs, braces ... AND aging parents, PARTICULARLY if I'm being crushed by hiked FICA taxes.

Simple. Don't live in CA. Don't have kids. Put as much $ under the mattress as possible. Invest in pill companies and Harleys. That's this Gen-Xer's life plan.

[NeoCaveman]

Simple. Don't live in CA. Don't have kids. Put as much $ under the mattress as possible. Invest in pill companies and Harleys. That's this Gen-Xer's life plan.

You are very wise. Except we need to have lots of kids to outbreed the libs (which won't be hard thanks to abortions and civil unions)

[FITZ]

Don't have kids.

You should have a lot of kids ---- that way if things go from bad to worse and you were half way nice to them, one might let you use a room out back and the rest might chip in $10-20 a week or so for you to eat.