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In reply to the discussion: Excellent rant from a Millenial to GenX and Boomers [View all]SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)for ourselves..and bolstering the shortfall for our elders.
The people in charge of congress (and the dems who put SS into the "general fund", and promptly started blowing it like a drunk at Happy Hour) were NOT Boomers. They werer the ones who HAD pensions, and who got a reprieve from all the money we Boomers tossed into the pot...for DECADES..
We were NO surprise, and we paid EXTRA for all of our working lives (most of us without pensions, and many who arrived at the downsizing era at just the very time when we should have been at peak earning years). We saw our 401-k's pillaged, our homes (for most the only thing of any value) made worthless, and had our kids & grandkids return to suckling from the family teat all while many Boomers are still tending to VERY aged parents who outlived their means..
For many Boomers, life is a shit sandwich, and we are the shit.
There are many Boomers who will sort of welcome the exit.. It may be the only rest we'll be getting anytime soon.