I'm surprised Hanky hasn't chimed in yet. He must be busy with a lady or man friend.

Guilty by association. I'm a babyboomer ('48), and I agree that at a minimum a simple majority of the boomer generation has been and is personally and politically irresponsible, even though I've never had a parents' basement to smoke doobies in. I've benefited immensely from the policies of the Greatest Generation (GG) in terms of public education, but when it comes to pissing away all the benefits of those policies - as alleged by No Warranty - an objective look reveals that the Greatest Generation fully participated in plundering the benefits. How so? Look at the major US entitlements. The GG paid pennies into both Social Security and Medicare, and they take out thousands for far more years than they were expected to survive, thanks to the miracle of modern medicine. And in order for the GG to do so, boomers like myself have paid in thousands of $$ per year for decades now, since the GG retired and slightly before. And it remains to be seen if we boomers get even a fraction of that back in our own SS and Medicare benefits. If there's a question to debate on this issue, it's about how much worse off the succeeding generations X and Y will be burdened than the boomers already are.

I take no pride in the fiscal performance of the age of aquarius boomers, who learned from the GG that they could vote themselves benefits and kick the can down the road as far as paying for them goes, ignoring that the can gets bigger with each passing year. Unsustainable living is what life in America is all about, and far more than a simple majority are in abject denial.

Sg

Yes. That.

Sg,
As the baby boomers came of voting age, it seems like the country veered left and have been trying to make the U.S. into a big commune. Our cradle to grave entitlements are unsustainable.

F4B this is the wrong thread for Evo’s childhood home videos.

A couple of things...

#1. F4B must have his board view set up to show oldest threads first. I don't think he's ever posted in a thread that's not at least 3 years old. I don't know if he has the memory of an Elephant or just randomly jumps into his Darkside time machine, but whatever he does, it's uh....interesting?

#2. His search engine history must be absolutely horrifying. He probably has to wear a positive pressure suit just to sit down and type. In fact, I'm surprised the "Authorities" even let him have access to electronic devices.

#3. Investigate his machine as the source of the Corona.

Evo and Spoonie go for a ride.

lol