I would like to clarify. The older boomers had everything handed to them. They ran up deficits to enrich themselves (inherited much and mortgaged their children's future). The last 3 to 5 years of boomers had a much different experience, We saw what was coming ( books such as "The creature from Jekyll Island" helped us to see) and started talking to our kids and their friends. Many of my kid's friends thought I was a crazy conspiracy theory nut. Many of the late boomers have their eyes wide open and perpetuated the scam because we would be the first to see taxation via high inflation and a greatly diminished social security payment. While the US economy is still the "cleanest dirty shirt", we know it could be so much better with a fiscally response legislator. To be fair, it was some of the older boomers that helped open my eyes when I was young. Not all, but most boomers sold us into fiscal slavery. I continue to teach my grandkids just as my grandmother taught me. At a certain age most people have their eyes open. The only question remaining is, are they willing to sell out the next generation
It's hard to disrupt the cycle when half the families get a government check (including those who work where government contracts are the lion's share of their business).
I would like to clarify. The older boomers had everything handed to them. They ran up deficits to enrich themselves (inherited much and mortgaged their children's future). The last 3 to 5 years of boomers had a much different experience, We saw what was coming ( books such as "The creature from Jekyll Island" helped us to see) and started talking to our kids and their friends. Many of my kid's friends thought I was a crazy conspiracy theory nut. Many of the late boomers have their eyes wide open and perpetuated the scam because we would be the first to see taxation via high inflation and a greatly diminished social security payment. While the US economy is still the "cleanest dirty shirt", we know it could be so much better with a fiscally response legislator. To be fair, it was some of the older boomers that helped open my eyes when I was young. Not all, but most boomers sold us into fiscal slavery. I continue to teach my grandkids just as my grandmother taught me. At a certain age most people have their eyes open. The only question remaining is, are they willing to sell out the next generation
It's hard to disrupt the cycle when half the families get a government check (including those who work where government contracts are the lion's share of their business).