The Most Selfish Generation

[-Jrabbit]

GenX/Y whiner, always looking for an easy way out and blaming everyone else for not making your life easy enough.

I'm 57. I put myself through college and made my own way in the world.
I put my daughter through college at a significantly higher cost.
I look after my 82-y.o. mother and try to give her a good quality of life.

I didn't ask for social security; it was in place long before I entered the workforce. It's a social contract that was forced on me, and I'm well within my rights to expect delivery of the promised payback for my lifelong contribution. Just like I expect my corporate pension and 401(k) to be there for me.

Conflating the actions of individuals with the government's mismangement of funds, irresponsible imperialism and babying the multinationals as they suck the nation dry is just a convenient crutch.

Get a life and make something of it.

[Tupac Shakur]

Consumption tax on everything.

Pigovian tax on junk food.

[Jon Miller]

Consumption tax on everything but food :b

JM

[Tupac Shakur]

Also, Death to the Boomers!

That's too good for them. Better to replace the income tax with a consumption tax and expropriate the **** out of those bastards' wealth, making them pay off the debt they've run up.

[DaShi]

Darius, think about this for a bit. Without inherited wealth it is a lot harder for society to accumulate capital.

It can be transferred into the form of public works. Or just thrown in the pile, I suppose.

[DaShi]

Selfish or not, any decline in inherited wealth is always a good thing. Meritocracy FTW

Seconded!

Also, Death to the Boomers!

[Kuciwalker]

Selfish or not, any decline in inherited wealth is always a good thing. Meritocracy FTW

Darius, think about this for a bit. Without inherited wealth it is a lot harder for society to accumulate capital.

[Tupac Shakur]

I haven't even been here a year yet. I don't know what it was like when you were able to pull your pathetic "pranks" on people.

[rah]

Screw you. I contributed considerable money to keep this site open over the years. I wouldn't consider a few pranks abuse of power. What the hell did you ever contribute? It certainly wasn't your sparkling personality. Yeah, I know I was trolled for that, but I never need much of a reason to say screw you.

[Tupac Shakur]

But I do miss the days when I could just go in and change somebodies title to forum idiot.

Typical Baby Boomer, more than happy to abuse power.

[Flubber]

Yeah, I prefer the skip post option my self.
But I do miss the days when I could just go in and change somebodies title to forum idiot.

LOLOLOL

[rah]

Yeah, I prefer the skip post option my self.
But I do miss the days when I could just go in and change somebodies title to forum idiot.

[Flubber]

I haven't had anyone on ignore since Agathon left. Like you I just skip posts.

I'm just curious if anyone is choosing to ignore me. I had someone threaten it recently and I was wondering if they followed through

[Cort Haus]

Just curious-- but do you know if someone has you on ignore?

personally I find it all a little silly since I have no problem just skipping posts

I haven't had anyone on ignore since Agathon left. Like you I just skip posts.

[giblets]

I'm just going to throw it out there that constantly talking about who you have on ignore is passive-aggressive and kind of pathetic.

That's nice. Thank you for treating me to some of your wisdom.