[mongrel]

I'll agree with your point as soon as I see boomers develop as powerful a lobbying group as the AARP to accomplish social security reform.

Instead, boomers are joining in droves, whether they agree with the lobbying or not, to get the benefits.

Social security is the third rail in politics because no significant group of retirees or almost retirees will stand up to the others in the mostly selfish generation.

Painting with a broad brush is helpful in understanding trends. I don't think anyone on here is oversimplifying and saying that all members of a generation are the same. So the simplistic childish response (to use your words, BTW isn't that a form of generational animus?) is to discount larger trends and pretend they don't exist.

[metesky]

IMO, the SocSec thing is a neat little trap that the Rat's in Congress (with Pubbie help) created for many of us.

We all hate it, but at the same time we've paid in a small fortune over the years (45 years for me).

I'd take my chances without the piddling SS if it freed later generations from the onerous taxes that future years will require. They can even keep what I've paid in, I'd find money somewhere.

By the way, I despise the AARP. I think they keep sending their crap to me just for the entertainment value of my scorching replies.
;O)

[T.Smith]

"Instead, boomers are joining {AARP} in droves, whether they agree with the lobbying or not, to get the benefits."

So true!! My father, a hardcore conservative, is a member of AARP. I have tried and tried to explain to him the damage that group does, but all he will do is mumble about the benefits and change the subject. WTF?!?