[Lurker]

Bite Me is such a grown up way of expressing yourself.

It seemed an appropriate response to someone who accused me of having no honor. I have other responses for anyone who is unwise enough to say such things to my face but they don't work well over the internet.

You are very wrong. My generation wasn’t promoting SS or Medicare.

Then why are we still saddled with them? You may not have promoted them but it doesn't look to me like y'all had much trouble cashing all those checks.

And in my last wheezing breath..if you would like to cut me a check for my contribution into the system,

I'll tell you what. You write the SS Administration and they'll send you an accounting of your 'contributions' to it over your working life. Then you figure out what you've gotten monthly, times 12, times the number of years you've been drawing it. Then do the same thing for Medicare. If that is less than what you put in over your working life I'm all for you getting every nickel you paid into it back in a nice lump sum check.

If it's not, then I expect you to shut the hell up and say thank you to the younger generation who is now making up that difference every single month of your life. Because it's for damned sure that people my age aren't going to get anywhere near whay your generation did.

I'm sorry you got screwed, Pops. I really am. But just because you got screwed doesn't mean that every single generation after you needs to get screwed, too. The time to stop this foolishness is now before the entire country is dragged into bankruptcy and ruin.

[beelzepug]

You DON’T have any honor. Or class, either, for that matter. So wipe the snot off the end of your nose, tough guy. It’s past your bedtime.

And oh, yes, bite me.

[berdie]

I would respond to you in person the same way. Trust me. You have no honor. Unless, if it is true that you plan to take care of your elderly parents and disabled brother, aunt or other relative. If this is the case...you have honor. Even though a sizable amount is being deducted from your check, to do the things families aren't willing to do. If that is your intent, you have my sincere apology.

Bite me is juvenile and detracts from your very valid and well thought positions.

#1.I am not of the age to draw social security or Medicare. But I respect the fact that others were forced to pay into this Ponzi scheme.

#2. We are saddled with this because nobody in the government has the guts to tackle.

#3 I get an annual statement from SS. Since I am not drawing SS or Medicare..I expect that you will send me the check you promised earlier.

#4 Shut the hell up and say thank you to the younger generation. Are you serious???

Why don't we join together to fix the problem? It will take the oldsters as well as the youngsters to fix this problem.