Seniors get what they deserve for failing to breed enough
by digby
Here’s your last honest Republican:
Those seniors created this mess. They were born into the most affluent and productive society on Earth, they had their fun in the 1960s and 70s, and they didn’t have enough kids to leave a strong work force to support them. But no, we certainly can’t talk about limiting benefits. That’d be unfair and shocking!
Now that’s telling it straight. The dirty hippies of the 60s and 70s (of course we were mostly just kids) failed to breed properly so we deserve to starve when we’re old. That’s actually the first thing anyone’s said that has any real logic behind it all day. Heartless and cruel, but logical.
Unfortunately, it’s also true that the baby boomers like me have been pre-paying into the system for decades (it’s called the Social Security Trust Fund) so that we wouldn’t overly burden the next generation. Not only that we were such foolish youngsters we thought that since we were a big bulge in the population (though no fault of our own — we didn’t ask to be born) we should also delay our retirement until we are 67. I remember it being sold to us at the time as the only fair thing to do for our future children. Apparently, we were fools. Not the first time.
But then so are the kids coming up behind who support these changes. It’s only going to get worse for them. I know. I’ve been there. They’ll screw you too.
*By the way, breeding isn’t the only way you solve a demographic problem. There’s a little thing called immigration that works quite nicely. Unless you’re concerned about “bloodlines” or some other medieval bullshit.
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