Sheesh. And they call
my generation crybabies. You X's and Y's win the title.
First, you can thank the GG that you aren't goosestepping and speaking German and Japanese. That war was a real threat (the
last real threat to the U.S., btw) and had we lost it, you would have really known the meaning of
screwed. The GG grew up during the depression, fought and won a World War (FDR got us through it, and Truman finished it), came back, built homes, raised families and created the most prosperous middle class in the history of the world.
As a result, my generation didn't experience fear or want. The GG gave us
everything, largely, I think, because they grew up with so little. Neither did X's and Y's experience fear or want; only prosperity, like us.
I assume all of you live indoors, eat regularly, drive good cars, and have money to spend on cheapazz Chinese crap, right?
Don't bitch to me about SS, 'cause I can't fix it for you. You're adults, go out and change the law(s) so that you can invest your own money, rather than giving it to the government to continue to squander.
So you think that all of us Boomers, after working for 40+ years and paying trillions of dollars into the system, should just relinquish our claim on the promised benefits? At this point in our lives, when we're 60+ years old? Rather than insult you, (which I'd really like to do), I'll just say that's unreasonable of you. How dare you come along at this point in our lives and demand what is ours.
We've kept our part of the bargain with the government. It's now their turn to give us what they've promised. If you have a problem with that, take it up with them. A deal is a deal, and that's the way life is. Grow up.