Baby boomers are what’s wrong with America’s economy

Boomers soaked up a lot of economic opportunity without bothering to preserve much for the generations to come. They burned a lot of cheap fossil fuels, filled the atmosphere with heat-trapping gases, and will probably never pay the costs of averting catastrophic climate change or helping their grandchildren adapt to a warmer world. They took control of Washington at the turn of the millennium, and they used it to rack up a lot of federal debt, even before the Great Recession hit.

If anyone deserves to pay more to shore up the federal safety net, either through higher taxes or lower benefits, it’s boomers — the generation that was born into some of the strongest job growth in the history of America, gobbled up the best parts, and left its children and grandchildren with some bones to pick through and a big bill to pay. Politicians shouldn’t be talking about holding that generation harmless. They should be asking how future workers can claw back some of the spoils that the “Me Generation” hoarded for itself.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/11/05/baby-boomers-are-whats-wrong-with-americas-economy/

Post #406,059 by lincoln 11/6/15 2:14:27 PM Reply	Baby boomers are what’s wrong with America’s economy Boomers soaked up a lot of economic opportunity without bothering to preserve much for the generations to come. They burned a lot of cheap fossil fuels, filled the atmosphere with heat-trapping gases, and will probably never pay the costs of averting catastrophic climate change or helping their grandchildren adapt to a warmer world. They took control of Washington at the turn of the millennium, and they used it to rack up a lot of federal debt, even before the Great Recession hit. If anyone deserves to pay more to shore up the federal safety net, either through higher taxes or lower benefits, it’s boomers — the generation that was born into some of the strongest job growth in the history of America, gobbled up the best parts, and left its children and grandchildren with some bones to pick through and a big bill to pay. Politicians shouldn’t be talking about holding that generation harmless. They should be asking how future workers can claw back some of the spoils that the “Me Generation” hoarded for itself. https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/11/05/baby-boomers-are-whats-wrong-with-americas-economy/ Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous. - - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897
Post #406,060 by boxley 11/6/15 2:38:37 PM Reply	what are you hoarding? Does that whiner live with no heat, a/c or electricity to save climate? you can kill people for America at age 18 but need to be 21 to buy a beer
Post #406,067 by Another Scott 11/6/15 4:30:32 PM Reply	Dunno. The "Greatest Generation" and their kids had a lot to do with breaking the world and the politics now - the politics that prevents us from fixing things... Boomers I know were graduating HS just as the Iranian Revolution hit, oil doubled, the 55 mph speed limit, etc., etc. Seems like things were changing a lot before they entered the workforce and had much to do with politics. Cheers, Scott. ("Every generalization is wrong.")
Post #406,074 by Andrew Grygus 11/6/15 9:06:22 PM Reply	"Every generalization is wrong." And, every generation is wrong. Just ask any member of any other generation.
Post #406,077 by Another Scott 11/6/15 9:56:35 PM Reply	Indeed! :-)

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