Lots of it is worse than that - e.g. being paid a crap ton of money just to show up at events, or "speak," and that money is in reality being paid in exchange for influence; or setting up a "foundation" that generates charitable contributions and that you and your family live out of. I suspect much more blunt straight up corruption than that takes place on a regular basis.RMF5630 said:No issues, these are discussions.muddybrazos said:I wasnt blaming the boomers but if you look at the people in charge Nancy, Joe, Mitch, Mitt, the BUshes, Clintons etc they are all boomers. It started in the 90s with NAFTA sending our middle class manufacturing base out of America. All of these politicians have profted by selling us out to China and now we are a shell of what we were in the 90s. 20 years of wars, heroin coming in from the Afghan poppy fields, record debt, homeless everywhere and open borders. Forgive me if I DGA F about the Ukrainian civil war bc we have bigger fish to fry over here. There were no weapons of mass destruction, we solved nothing in Afghanistan and I really dont think Vlad Putin is any worse than Bush or Obama,.RMF5630 said:That is not a new occurrence! That is as old as politics itself. To say that it is the Boomers is disingenuous. They just happen to be the ones in the barrel at this point in history. Even Ike ended up being a millionaire after serving in the military and public office his whole life. Truman is the only one I can think of that was under a million (500k)Robert Wilson said:Pretty much this. Ask yourself how we have so many elected officials who make $200k/yr but are worth high 8 or 9 figures. Some inherited or earned it before, but plenty did not.muddybrazos said:
It's fun to blame the boomers and libs but the entire system is garbage. I had to pay more in taxes than the average person earns in a year and what do I get in return? Runaway inflation,wide open borders, increased crime and record level debt. We need to have an overhaul of our congress so they have term limits and a balanced budget amendment. They shouldn't be allowed to pass these trillion $$ spending bills that nobody has read that are full of garbage that just waste money. NO more of these wars for somebody's democracy in the 3rd world. These wars arent for the "democracy" theyre just for wasting money on military contractors. Our governement hates us and it's obvious that we the people are just a vehicle for those in govt to get rich off of.
This is the current batch, but there has always been this issue with elected officials. Is it moral, no. But, it is a fact of life.
Just having access will make you money, through Board of Directors positions, information for investments or even jobs after. You may do nothing wrong, but make a lot of money through better information.
I blame the Boomers
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Nancy Pelosi; not a Boomer. Joe Biden; not a Boomer. Mitch McConnell; not a Boomer.muddybrazos said:I wasnt blaming the boomers but if you look at the people in charge Nancy, Joe, Mitch, Mitt, the BUshes, Clintons etc they are all boomers. It started in the 90s with NAFTA sending our middle class manufacturing base out of America. All of these politicians have profted by selling us out to China and now we are a shell of what we were in the 90s. 20 years of wars, heroin coming in from the Afghan poppy fields, record debt, homeless everywhere and open borders. Forgive me if I DGA F about the Ukrainian civil war bc we have bigger fish to fry over here. There were no weapons of mass destruction, we solved nothing in Afghanistan and I really dont think Vlad Putin is any worse than Bush or Obama,.RMF5630 said:That is not a new occurrence! That is as old as politics itself. To say that it is the Boomers is disingenuous. They just happen to be the ones in the barrel at this point in history. Even Ike ended up being a millionaire after serving in the military and public office his whole life. Truman is the only one I can think of that was under a million (500k)Robert Wilson said:Pretty much this. Ask yourself how we have so many elected officials who make $200k/yr but are worth high 8 or 9 figures. Some inherited or earned it before, but plenty did not.muddybrazos said:
It's fun to blame the boomers and libs but the entire system is garbage. I had to pay more in taxes than the average person earns in a year and what do I get in return? Runaway inflation,wide open borders, increased crime and record level debt. We need to have an overhaul of our congress so they have term limits and a balanced budget amendment. They shouldn't be allowed to pass these trillion $$ spending bills that nobody has read that are full of garbage that just waste money. NO more of these wars for somebody's democracy in the 3rd world. These wars arent for the "democracy" theyre just for wasting money on military contractors. Our governement hates us and it's obvious that we the people are just a vehicle for those in govt to get rich off of.
No doubt, not down playing illegal activities. I think they should be prosecuted.Robert Wilson said:Lots of it is worse than that - e.g. being paid a crap ton of money just to show up at events, or "speak," and that money is in reality being paid in exchange for influence; or setting up a "foundation" that generates charitable contributions and that you and your family live out of. I suspect much more blunt straight up corruption than that takes place on a regular basis.RMF5630 said:No issues, these are discussions.muddybrazos said:I wasnt blaming the boomers but if you look at the people in charge Nancy, Joe, Mitch, Mitt, the BUshes, Clintons etc they are all boomers. It started in the 90s with NAFTA sending our middle class manufacturing base out of America. All of these politicians have profted by selling us out to China and now we are a shell of what we were in the 90s. 20 years of wars, heroin coming in from the Afghan poppy fields, record debt, homeless everywhere and open borders. Forgive me if I DGA F about the Ukrainian civil war bc we have bigger fish to fry over here. There were no weapons of mass destruction, we solved nothing in Afghanistan and I really dont think Vlad Putin is any worse than Bush or Obama,.RMF5630 said:That is not a new occurrence! That is as old as politics itself. To say that it is the Boomers is disingenuous. They just happen to be the ones in the barrel at this point in history. Even Ike ended up being a millionaire after serving in the military and public office his whole life. Truman is the only one I can think of that was under a million (500k)Robert Wilson said:Pretty much this. Ask yourself how we have so many elected officials who make $200k/yr but are worth high 8 or 9 figures. Some inherited or earned it before, but plenty did not.muddybrazos said:
It's fun to blame the boomers and libs but the entire system is garbage. I had to pay more in taxes than the average person earns in a year and what do I get in return? Runaway inflation,wide open borders, increased crime and record level debt. We need to have an overhaul of our congress so they have term limits and a balanced budget amendment. They shouldn't be allowed to pass these trillion $$ spending bills that nobody has read that are full of garbage that just waste money. NO more of these wars for somebody's democracy in the 3rd world. These wars arent for the "democracy" theyre just for wasting money on military contractors. Our governement hates us and it's obvious that we the people are just a vehicle for those in govt to get rich off of.
This is the current batch, but there has always been this issue with elected officials. Is it moral, no. But, it is a fact of life.
Just having access will make you money, through Board of Directors positions, information for investments or even jobs after. You may do nothing wrong, but make a lot of money through better information.
Doc Holliday said:A lot of people think rationally like this, but it's much more complicated.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:
Run better candidates win more elections and start winning. Dont blame the officials, dont blame a generation, blame yourself for not running good candidates. Run honest electable conservative candidates that can show leadership and pull America closer to the middle. Or keep up the status quo and ***** after the loss.
Campaign finance and the systemic nature of government makes whatever leadership, integrity, honesty that exists, absent. If you make the decision in government for the betterment of the people, you're going to get blacklisted and lose any ability to make a change. Whips and leaders will end you for not going along with the corrupt status quo.
The status quo is the problem. What we all agree on is normal is the problem.
Maybe you provide examples of good honest men that wanted what was best for the majority of the people that got blacklisted. We have gone down the road of crappy politicians so long that it may seem impossible. And it probably is if we keep getting crappy choices. We need good honest intelligent men step up and do what is best for our country.
I have found theres only two ways to go:
Living fast or dying slow.
I dont want to live forever.
But I will live while I'm here.
Living fast or dying slow.
I dont want to live forever.
But I will live while I'm here.
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
Excellent point. Now let us go kill some dissonances. There have got to be some people out there thinking for themselves. . . Comrade.Shippou said:RMF5630 said:How come there is always an answer for why the suggestion, that other generations used, won't work for the current younger people??Doc Holliday said:A lot of people think rationally like this, but it's much more complicated.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:
Run better candidates win more elections and start winning. Dont blame the officials, dont blame a generation, blame yourself for not running good candidates. Run honest electable conservative candidates that can show leadership and pull America closer to the middle. Or keep up the status quo and ***** after the loss.
Campaign finance and the systemic nature of government makes whatever leadership, integrity, honesty that exists, absent. If you make the decision in government for the betterment of the people, you're going to get blacklisted and lose any ability to make a change. Whips and leaders will end you for not going along with the corrupt status quo.
The status quo is the problem. What we all agree on is normal is the problem.
No matter how many alternatives, suggestions, solutions we put out, there is always a reason why it can't work.
Life sometimes takes time - I went to the Texas Panhandle for my first 28k a year job from Florida! You think I wanted to do that?
My first house was bought out there and I made 5 k when I sold it, but the 5k helped me buy my next house when I got a better job in Florida.
It took 15 years to crack 90k working damn hard. Now, I am supposed to give up my better paying job after 30 years of work or feel guilty???
My wife and I did not fly on a vacation for the first 20 years of marriage because we had kids and couldn't afford it.
Maybe your expectations are screwed up. You want a house, serve in the military and get the VA mortgage. That is how I did it.
You didn't even listen to what he said and basically said "I suffered and worked myself to the bone and you should to dammit."
And even with a VA home loan you're still taking out life changing debt, have you seen housing prices in most of the country recently?
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I blame the soccer moms that truly believe the 1980s democrat party is still the 1980s democrat party.
Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
I didn't say crazy pronouns are the reason, I said the crazy pronoun people that are screaming they/them are responsible. They're liberals and the liberals are in chargeBaylorJacket said:Pronoun politics are not the cause of rising taxes and inflation lmao...Rawhide said:
I blame the liberals and the democrats. Sure, some of them are boomers, but all the crazy about transgenders, they/them, him/her, me too, etc... isn't coming from the majority of people born from 1946-1964 and certainly not from the conservative side of the boomer bunch.
If people need someone to blame, you can look directly at these woke liberals and the democrats that pander to them.
Hate to break it to you, but it's only going to get worse. You cannot, never, not in a million years replace sound policy with social justice and have it be successful - unless the goal is to kill America.
BOTH parties are to blame. They suck ass, and do not have the Lower & Middle Classes best interest in mind when making decisions.
So, the Boomer Presidents are:Osodecentx said:
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
Clinton
Bush Jr
Obama
Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
TrumpRMF5630 said:So, the Boomer Presidents are:Osodecentx said:
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
Clinton
Bush Jr
Obama
But when did Boomer control Congress?
When did Boomer become the controlling vote in elections?
Trump was born in 46, one year in. I guess because they don't like him and this is a negative conversation he is included. Don't tell me Obama doesn't really count...Osodecentx said:TrumpRMF5630 said:So, the Boomer Presidents are:Osodecentx said:
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
Clinton
Bush Jr
Obama
But when did Boomer control Congress?
When did Boomer become the controlling vote in elections?
Obama countsRMF5630 said:Trump was born in 46, one year in. I guess because they don't like him and this is a negative conversation he is included. Don't tell me Obama doesn't really count...Osodecentx said:TrumpRMF5630 said:So, the Boomer Presidents are:Osodecentx said:
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
Clinton
Bush Jr
Obama
But when did Boomer control Congress?
When did Boomer become the controlling vote in elections?
Rawhide said:I didn't say crazy pronouns are the reason, I said the crazy pronoun people that are screaming they/them are responsible. They're liberals and the liberals are in chargeBaylorJacket said:Pronoun politics are not the cause of rising taxes and inflation lmao...Rawhide said:
I blame the liberals and the democrats. Sure, some of them are boomers, but all the crazy about transgenders, they/them, him/her, me too, etc... isn't coming from the majority of people born from 1946-1964 and certainly not from the conservative side of the boomer bunch.
If people need someone to blame, you can look directly at these woke liberals and the democrats that pander to them.
Hate to break it to you, but it's only going to get worse. You cannot, never, not in a million years replace sound policy with social justice and have it be successful - unless the goal is to kill America.
BOTH parties are to blame. They suck ass, and do not have the Lower & Middle Classes best interest in mind when making decisions.
Who in hell let the liberals take over?
I have found theres only two ways to go:
Living fast or dying slow.
I dont want to live forever.
But I will live while I'm here.
Living fast or dying slow.
I dont want to live forever.
But I will live while I'm here.
Japanese are far above average in intelligence and self discipline .ilbb990912 said:How do you explain Japan ? A country of 127 million crammed into a country half the size of Texas - with almost no natural resources... They are the world's largest creditor nation and a great model of success....Canada2017 said:
Over population.......in a relatively small ecosystem of finite resources.
Conditions are going to get worse.....much worse.
Currently have one of the lowest birthrates in the world .
World wide its the idiots doing most of the breeding .
You've got my vote.RMF5630 said:Ok, guys time to take responsibility for your own lives. It is not some age group responsible for you not being able to find a job. Time to look in the mirror.CHP Bear said:Baby Boomers, the me too gang, millennials, etc., brings to mind "no matter how much things change they stay the same." Who's going to turn it around? Socialist Liberals or Social Conservatives? I think not. Each generation has contributed to the race for the bottom. I'm for turning the clock back to Viking time. Rape, pillaging, death, and destruction. Wait why go that far back? Today we just turn on the news and watch reckless social-indulgence.Osodecentx said:A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America Hardcover March 7, 2017 by Bruce Cannon Gibneyatomicblast said:
Seriously thread after thread of just feeling disgusted with today's world. Boomers are fully in power and causing every bit of it. The generation that was given the world on a silver platter with little effort has done everything to muck it all up and is definitely leaving the world in a much worse position than they were given. I sincerely wish each of you realize that inflation coupled with terrible job salaries has effectively killed it for the everyone that is after you all. ****ing boomers.
Publisher's Summary
What happens when a society is run by people who are antisocial? Welcome to baby boomer America.
In A Generation of Sociopaths, Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity. A former partner in a leading venture capital firm, Gibney examines the disastrous policies of the most powerful generation in modern history, showing how the boomers ruthlessly enriched themselves at the expense of future generations.
Acting without empathy, prudence, or respect for facts - acting, in other words, as sociopaths - the boomers turned American dynamism into stagnation, inequality, and bipartisan fiasco. The boomers have set a time bomb for the 2030s, when damage to Social Security, public finances, and the environment will become catastrophic and possibly irreversible - and when, not coincidentally, boomers will be dying off.
Maybe the problem the younger generations have unrealistic expectations of what "normal" is! They seem to want their parents ability to pay for a lifestyle 3 years after graduating college. When in reality it took the "Boomers" a lifetime of work to get there.
I am sick of people saying Socialism or some other Government based entitlement is the "right way" to do things.
Societies that don't at least hit replacement birth rate have their own big problems.Canada2017 said:Japanese are far above average in intelligence and self discipline .ilbb990912 said:How do you explain Japan ? A country of 127 million crammed into a country half the size of Texas - with almost no natural resources... They are the world's largest creditor nation and a great model of success....Canada2017 said:
Over population.......in a relatively small ecosystem of finite resources.
Conditions are going to get worse.....much worse.
Currently have one of the lowest birthrates in the world .
World wide its the idiots doing most of the breeding .
Sorry to the limited iq doofus. But I can't read your reply as you've been on my ignore list for quite awhile.
Osodecentx said:
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
I don't think you give Boomers enough credit.
Many went to schools you would never think of attending.
Many worked jobs most younger generation would say are beneath them.
Many got degrees in areas that paid based on economics, not because it was there internal calling.
7% of those drafted evaded. Less than 0.01% of the 27 million. Less than 1% went to Canada. 2.7 million served.
The opportunities that the WW2 generation and Boomers left today's generations are immense compared to what existed before. They get a bad wrap.
You can make numbers say whatever you want. Accurate statistics does not tell the whole story. That book is BS. No different than those trying to get reparations out of future generations.
Boomers aren't to blame, but rather liberals of all generations.
With this current young crop of liberals coming up, it's going to get way worse.
With this current young crop of liberals coming up, it's going to get way worse.
That book was written by someone whose generation is saddled with $30 trillion of debt, mostly for the benefit of Boomer.RMF5630 said:Osodecentx said:
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
You can make numbers say whatever you want. Accurate statistics does not tell the whole story. That book is BS. No different than those trying to get reparations out of future generations.
Boomer got his reparation up front.
So, I guess you and the younger generations were not around, you all just showed up in 2020? You didn't use public schools or any of the programs that maintained roads, commerce, public health, and R&D? None of it, your age groups has not used anything, took no stimulus, voluntarily paid in more on your taxes because you just didn't agree with low taxes. Do not own cars that use gas or eat subsidized food, no milk, no grains. All the extra spending was for every one else. Still victims...Osodecentx said:That book was written by someone whose generation is saddled with $30 trillion of debt, mostly for the benefit of Boomer.RMF5630 said:Osodecentx said:
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
You can make numbers say whatever you want. Accurate statistics does not tell the whole story. That book is BS. No different than those trying to get reparations out of future generations.
Boomer got his reparation up front.
Americans such as yourself.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:Rawhide said:I didn't say crazy pronouns are the reason, I said the crazy pronoun people that are screaming they/them are responsible. They're liberals and the liberals are in chargeBaylorJacket said:Pronoun politics are not the cause of rising taxes and inflation lmao...Rawhide said:
I blame the liberals and the democrats. Sure, some of them are boomers, but all the crazy about transgenders, they/them, him/her, me too, etc... isn't coming from the majority of people born from 1946-1964 and certainly not from the conservative side of the boomer bunch.
If people need someone to blame, you can look directly at these woke liberals and the democrats that pander to them.
Hate to break it to you, but it's only going to get worse. You cannot, never, not in a million years replace sound policy with social justice and have it be successful - unless the goal is to kill America.
BOTH parties are to blame. They suck ass, and do not have the Lower & Middle Classes best interest in mind when making decisions.
Who in hell let the liberals take over?
Nobody should have to apologize for the race they were born or the year they were born. I will certainly not. I had no say in either.Osodecentx said:That book was written by someone whose generation is saddled with $30 trillion of debt, mostly for the benefit of Boomer.RMF5630 said:Osodecentx said:
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
You can make numbers say whatever you want. Accurate statistics does not tell the whole story. That book is BS. No different than those trying to get reparations out of future generations.
Boomer got his reparation up front.
"Stand with anyone when he is right; Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong." - Abraham Lincoln
And you paid for none of it. Younger generations will in a few more yearsRMF5630 said:So, I guess you and the younger generations were not around, you all just showed up in 2020? You didn't use public schools or any of the programs that maintained roads, commerce, public health, and R&D? None of it, your age groups has not used anything, took no stimulus, voluntarily paid in more on your taxes because you just didn't agree with low taxes. Do not own cars that use gas or eat subsidized food, no milk, no grains. All the extra spending was for every one else. Still victims...Osodecentx said:That book was written by someone whose generation is saddled with $30 trillion of debt, mostly for the benefit of Boomer.RMF5630 said:Osodecentx said:
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
You can make numbers say whatever you want. Accurate statistics does not tell the whole story. That book is BS. No different than those trying to get reparations out of future generations.
Boomer got his reparation up front.
Do you think the tab will ever come due? If so, who will pay for it.
Looking at those at the very top of the food chain.Rawhide said:Perhaps you missed the part where I said Liberal. The conservative boomers aren't ruining America, rather it's the liberal onestrey3216 said:Are many of them not the professors in the bastions of liberal think tanks that pushed a lot of this to the forefront of society? Enacted laws in Congress?Rawhide said:
I blame the liberals and the democrats. Sure, some of them are boomers, but all the crazy about transgenders, they/them, him/her, me too, etc... isn't coming from the majority of people born from 1946-1964 and certainly not from the conservative side of the boomer bunch.
If people need someone to blame, you can look directly at these woke liberals and the democrats that pander to them.
Hate to break it to you, but it's only going to get worse. You cannot, never, not in a million years replace sound policy with social justice and have it be successful - unless the goal is to kill America.
Biden- Older than boomers
Pelosi- Older than boomers
Turtle- Older than boomers.
There is no age cut off for people being able to **** stuff up. This overgeneralization is also
a major part of the problem. When you stop looking at individuals as individuals and start clumping
them into tribes, then you become the problem.
Apparently they think we weren't taxed before 2020, either.
How many took COVID stimulus, all on the top of the debt. I know I didn't get a penny, as I made too much. How much of the 27 trillion is COVID payouts? 4 or 5 trillion?Wangchung said:
Apparently they think we weren't taxed before 2020, either.
I am sick of people saying that Social Security won't be there because the Boomers are taking more than they put in. The SS Trust Fund is having problems because interest rates are at historically low rates and the investment income is not there. Even if the "Trust Fund" is depleted in 2034, over 75% is funded by payroll taxes and more workers are coming on line.
Maybe that is the issue. The younger generations don't want work or pay in like the earlier generations. Maybe the issue is if the younger generations stepped up and took their place in society like adults, not over-entitled adolescents looking for a lottery ticket to never work again, things would function as designed. But, I have little faith, I hear too many willing to complain and "change" things so it is easier for them than actually keep the trains on time.
That was my way of agreeing with and adding to this post. My bad.RMF5630 said:So, I guess you and the younger generations were not around, you all just showed up in 2020? You didn't use public schools or any of the programs that maintained roads, commerce, public health, and R&D? None of it, your age groups has not used anything, took no stimulus, voluntarily paid in more on your taxes because you just didn't agree with low taxes. Do not own cars that use gas or eat subsidized food, no milk, no grains. All the extra spending was for every one else. Still victims...Osodecentx said:That book was written by someone whose generation is saddled with $30 trillion of debt, mostly for the benefit of Boomer.RMF5630 said:Osodecentx said:
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
You can make numbers say whatever you want. Accurate statistics does not tell the whole story. That book is BS. No different than those trying to get reparations out of future generations.
Boomer got his reparation up front.
We are good, I am just adding to the rant...Wangchung said:That was my way of agreeing with and adding to this post.RMF5630 said:So, I guess you and the younger generations were not around, you all just showed up in 2020? You didn't use public schools or any of the programs that maintained roads, commerce, public health, and R&D? None of it, your age groups has not used anything, took no stimulus, voluntarily paid in more on your taxes because you just didn't agree with low taxes. Do not own cars that use gas or eat subsidized food, no milk, no grains. All the extra spending was for every one else. Still victims...Osodecentx said:That book was written by someone whose generation is saddled with $30 trillion of debt, mostly for the benefit of Boomer.RMF5630 said:Osodecentx said:
We balanced budgets until Boomers ran the show.
Boomers didn't fight WWII, went to Canada to avoid Viet Nam, and then claimed to be victims. It was a felony until boomers became a significant % of the vote and Carter commuted it.
Boomers have made SS & Medicare a sacrifice free perk for themselves and are loading the debt of the kids and grandkids.
Boomers led the charge that created the Great Recession & then demanded to be bailed out financially because they were too big to fail.
Out of wedlock sex used to be risky. Boomers demanded abortion for unwanted pregnancies and penicillin for unwanted STDs.
Boomers have let our infrastructure deteriorate to a state where it will take trillions of dollars to fix it. Guess who pays? Not Boomer.
College was affordable for Boomer because the Greatest Generation paid for it. Now that Boomer has his degree tuitions sky rocket and Boomer want kids to go into debt for the teaching degree.
You can make numbers say whatever you want. Accurate statistics does not tell the whole story. That book is BS. No different than those trying to get reparations out of future generations.
Boomer got his reparation up front.
Mothra said:Americans such as yourself.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:Rawhide said:I didn't say crazy pronouns are the reason, I said the crazy pronoun people that are screaming they/them are responsible. They're liberals and the liberals are in chargeBaylorJacket said:Pronoun politics are not the cause of rising taxes and inflation lmao...Rawhide said:
I blame the liberals and the democrats. Sure, some of them are boomers, but all the crazy about transgenders, they/them, him/her, me too, etc... isn't coming from the majority of people born from 1946-1964 and certainly not from the conservative side of the boomer bunch.
If people need someone to blame, you can look directly at these woke liberals and the democrats that pander to them.
Hate to break it to you, but it's only going to get worse. You cannot, never, not in a million years replace sound policy with social justice and have it be successful - unless the goal is to kill America.
BOTH parties are to blame. They suck ass, and do not have the Lower & Middle Classes best interest in mind when making decisions.
Who in hell let the liberals take over?
I refused to vote for McCain Romney or Trump. You accept crappy candidates that lose. Keep it up. Instead of blaming your team for losing you blame the winners. I didnt vote for Biden but I know several people that voted for him as a vote against Trump.
I have found theres only two ways to go:
Living fast or dying slow.
I dont want to live forever.
But I will live while I'm here.
Living fast or dying slow.
I dont want to live forever.
But I will live while I'm here.
Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:Mothra said:Americans such as yourself.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:Rawhide said:I didn't say crazy pronouns are the reason, I said the crazy pronoun people that are screaming they/them are responsible. They're liberals and the liberals are in chargeBaylorJacket said:Pronoun politics are not the cause of rising taxes and inflation lmao...Rawhide said:
I blame the liberals and the democrats. Sure, some of them are boomers, but all the crazy about transgenders, they/them, him/her, me too, etc... isn't coming from the majority of people born from 1946-1964 and certainly not from the conservative side of the boomer bunch.
If people need someone to blame, you can look directly at these woke liberals and the democrats that pander to them.
Hate to break it to you, but it's only going to get worse. You cannot, never, not in a million years replace sound policy with social justice and have it be successful - unless the goal is to kill America.
BOTH parties are to blame. They suck ass, and do not have the Lower & Middle Classes best interest in mind when making decisions.
Who in hell let the liberals take over?
I refused to vote for McCain Romney or Trump. You accept crappy candidates that lose. Keep it up. Instead of blaming your team for losing you blame the winners. I didnt vote for Biden but I know several people that voted for him as a vote against Trump.
So Obama, Clinton and Biden are better candidates??? You sure showed us....
Like I said, Americans such as yourself.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:Mothra said:Americans such as yourself.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:Rawhide said:I didn't say crazy pronouns are the reason, I said the crazy pronoun people that are screaming they/them are responsible. They're liberals and the liberals are in chargeBaylorJacket said:Pronoun politics are not the cause of rising taxes and inflation lmao...Rawhide said:
I blame the liberals and the democrats. Sure, some of them are boomers, but all the crazy about transgenders, they/them, him/her, me too, etc... isn't coming from the majority of people born from 1946-1964 and certainly not from the conservative side of the boomer bunch.
If people need someone to blame, you can look directly at these woke liberals and the democrats that pander to them.
Hate to break it to you, but it's only going to get worse. You cannot, never, not in a million years replace sound policy with social justice and have it be successful - unless the goal is to kill America.
BOTH parties are to blame. They suck ass, and do not have the Lower & Middle Classes best interest in mind when making decisions.
Who in hell let the liberals take over?
I refused to vote for McCain Romney or Trump. You accept crappy candidates that lose. Keep it up. Instead of blaming your team for losing you blame the winners. I didnt vote for Biden but I know several people that voted for him as a vote against Trump.
For the record, I didn't vote for McCain, Romney or Trump in the primaries. When I realized my candidate of choice didn't win, however, I voted for the most conservative candidate as between the two. But that's because I am an actual conservative, and not someone who just pretends to be one on an internet message board.
I guess you'll just keep holding out until your perfect candidate runs and then blame the pragmatists when liberals get elected.
You're a hoot!
Pearls before swine.RMF5630 said:Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:Mothra said:Americans such as yourself.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:Rawhide said:I didn't say crazy pronouns are the reason, I said the crazy pronoun people that are screaming they/them are responsible. They're liberals and the liberals are in chargeBaylorJacket said:Pronoun politics are not the cause of rising taxes and inflation lmao...Rawhide said:
I blame the liberals and the democrats. Sure, some of them are boomers, but all the crazy about transgenders, they/them, him/her, me too, etc... isn't coming from the majority of people born from 1946-1964 and certainly not from the conservative side of the boomer bunch.
If people need someone to blame, you can look directly at these woke liberals and the democrats that pander to them.
Hate to break it to you, but it's only going to get worse. You cannot, never, not in a million years replace sound policy with social justice and have it be successful - unless the goal is to kill America.
BOTH parties are to blame. They suck ass, and do not have the Lower & Middle Classes best interest in mind when making decisions.
Who in hell let the liberals take over?
I refused to vote for McCain Romney or Trump. You accept crappy candidates that lose. Keep it up. Instead of blaming your team for losing you blame the winners. I didnt vote for Biden but I know several people that voted for him as a vote against Trump.
So Obama, Clinton and Biden are better candidates??? You sure showed us....
Mothra said:Like I said, Americans such as yourself.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:Mothra said:Americans such as yourself.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:Rawhide said:I didn't say crazy pronouns are the reason, I said the crazy pronoun people that are screaming they/them are responsible. They're liberals and the liberals are in chargeBaylorJacket said:Pronoun politics are not the cause of rising taxes and inflation lmao...Rawhide said:
I blame the liberals and the democrats. Sure, some of them are boomers, but all the crazy about transgenders, they/them, him/her, me too, etc... isn't coming from the majority of people born from 1946-1964 and certainly not from the conservative side of the boomer bunch.
If people need someone to blame, you can look directly at these woke liberals and the democrats that pander to them.
Hate to break it to you, but it's only going to get worse. You cannot, never, not in a million years replace sound policy with social justice and have it be successful - unless the goal is to kill America.
BOTH parties are to blame. They suck ass, and do not have the Lower & Middle Classes best interest in mind when making decisions.
Who in hell let the liberals take over?
I refused to vote for McCain Romney or Trump. You accept crappy candidates that lose. Keep it up. Instead of blaming your team for losing you blame the winners. I didnt vote for Biden but I know several people that voted for him as a vote against Trump.
For the record, I didn't vote for McCain, Romney or Trump in the primaries. When I realized my candidate of choice didn't win, however, I voted for the most conservative candidate as between the two. But that's because I am an actual conservative, and not someone who just pretends to be one on an internet message board.
I guess you'll just keep holding out until your perfect candidate runs and then blame the pragmatists when liberals get elected.
You're a hoot!
I believe most true conservatives are like you, vote for the best option based on policies. Trump has always been distasteful, but his policies were light year's better than Clintons or Bidens. So, you do the adult thing and vote for Trump. Does not make you a Trumper.
It is the rest of our feelings based Nation and liberals that are the problem. This i don't get what I want, so I am going to take my ball and go attitude is killing this Nation.
What scares me is the left owns the media and education, that is close to a checkmate.