Open Letter to the Babyboomer Generation
Apparently my brother's mother in law and her generation are just waking up to what those of us 20 years behind them have known for decades, social security and medicare are empty promises, just vehicles to loot that generation's pockets to pay for pork barrel projects in Congress's home districts, or pay for bloated military spending. Personally, I'm a fan of teh military, but I'm a realist first and fomost.
I hat edoing political nonsense but here it is.......
They stole your money and spent it on the Star Wars Program, the MX missle Program, Trickle Down (which worked if Congress had had any fiscal responsibility), etc., etc., etc. Now they have run out of time and they are scrambling because IOUs in the kitty don't spend well. They soon won't have enough payers in the system to continue paying for what you have already spent 50 years paying into.
Its a pyramid scam now, and has been since 1983. A Ponzi scam to be technical, only the perpetrators have CYA'd their own interests. They can get thier healthcare in prison, which is where they would be if they were ever held accountable, for fraud, like Madoff. Same scam and he got 150 years.
My generation never believed for even a second that we would ever get social security or medicare, so we aren't pissed about being ripped off every paycheck. Its just a tax for us. We never believed the "promise" of care in old age. Still don't. But now we have you guys to care for and kids going to college to take care of, simultaneously. Our plates are full. This isn't our fight. Its your generation's fight. The dust will be settling by the time we get to "retirement age", which none of us ever really expect to ever be able to do.
So, now its up to you to march, to protest, to confront those who victimized you. Its time for your generation to scream so loud that the heavens are shook, God loses his footing, and Congress learns to fear the anger of the American people again. Your generation holds that banner of righteous discontent, what Thoreau called the right of self determination of free men (and women) everywhere in a free society. It won't be easy because the Patriot Act has significantly eroded the Bill of Rights and Congress has no retirement or healthcare worries.
They do fear being outed for their indemic corruption though. Witness the hue and cry when the FBI was going to search their offices....Offices that are owned by the taxpayer, filled with materials owned by the taxpayer, on equipment owned by the taxpayer, containing data and work product owned by the taxpayer. They have absolutely no legal expectation of privacy from their employer, the Taxpayers.
Thats a good place to start your Crusade. If you are unequal to the task, then your generation has condemned itself to the future outlined by healthcare rationing, means testing, needs testing, because the money you paid in just is not there and never will be now. No time to refill those coffers, the Game is on, NOW. Its beyond politics, morality, anger. Now its into the cold world of cost accounting. The only variable with uddles of cash readily available is military spending, the way the budget was balanced in the late 90's. Its a tough choice. Big Stick to the world or the healthcare and retirement benefits you have already paid for, but thats reality, not political rhetoric.
It'll be interesting to the rest of us to see what you guys are made of.
Hugs,
The next generation after you guys....
"Dreams are only the realities of yesterday waiting to happen"