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Click for proposal. The only way out is to reduce spending. They faced economic hardships related to the Great Depression and Treaty of Versailles as unemployment rose to nearly 40%. We have systematically taken more out of our economy and society than we have put back, looting it for our comfort, convenience, and self-indulgence. Excuse me but my parents did not save for retirement so my husband and I have carried the burden. But as one commentator remarked centuries ago, we get the government we deserve. Poor Broder. [25] Living members of this generation are either in their 90s or are centenarians. Laurence Kotlikoff, an economist and fiscal expert who with Scott Burns wrote the excellent and scary book "The Coming Generational Storm," calls this "fiscal child abuse.". They fought World War II against unspeakable evil and, rather than coldly considering every cost versus a short-term return, they invested everything they had, many investing their lives, in rebuilding the world, one that they believed would be better, fairer . The Greatest Generation, also known as the G.I. Generation and the World War II generation, is the Western demographic cohort following the Lost Generation and preceding the Silent Generation.The generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927. The baby boom has been described variously as a "shockwave" and as "the pig . Only 16% of those asked recognize it in its original context as a "veterans memorial day". The study found that the government faces a present value "fiscal gap" -- the excess of expected payments over expected revenues -- of $51 trillion. The average Australian feels they are treading water or going backwards. A public pension can be run responsibly. And yes, Ive made some plenty smart cracks about people on Social Security who milk it to the last degree. A person earning $80,000 who cannot afford a home pays taxes to support an aged pensioner in a $3 million family home . stamped U.S. Treasury Bond. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. But that same year, Medicare took effect to provide medical care for the elderly, and Social Security adjustments steadily reduced poverty among them. This Montana Senior Nailed It! In fact, Simpson, who called Social Security "300 million tits on a cow," says his critics are members of the "greediest generation." Simpson told the hometown rag, the Casper Star-Tribune: "I've never had any nastier mail or [been in 43 years ago, I made enough money on silver and gold minicontracts to afford a getaway A-frame in the woods AND to pay for my ex-wife's law school . This button displays the currently selected search type. Blurry dividing lines. [8] The first half of the generation, born between 1901 and 1914, are sometimes referred to as the Interbellum Generation. RGDS! And since the biggest voting block of the last 30 years and more has clearly been the boomers, the fault is ours. She also tells it like it is! 1. In comparison, the official debt held by the public is only $9 trillion. Simpson caught plenty of flack for the comments at the time. Now the people who made those promises are long gone from office, or at the very least, approaching retirement. The same is true of defense spending, although we can no longer afford endless wars we cant win. As a group, we baby boomers have made no comparable sacrifice. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin defended the filibuster, claiming getting rid of it "would be the end of the Senate as it was originally . Letter to D!ck Durbin D!ck Durbin, a Senator from Illinois calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security " to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. Credit:Louie Douvis. Since the letter reproduced above isn't credited to any particular person (other than an "unknown fellow in Montana"), and a number of different people have claimed authorship, there is no particular attribution for us to verify as correct or incorrect. NOW, you and your shill commission is proposing to move the goalposts YET AGAIN 5. During the past few months, economists Thomas R. Saving of Texas A&M, Edward P. Stringham of Fayetteville State University, and I have been working with IT developers at the California-based PJ Institute to develop a Web-based application we call the Personal Financial Impact Projector. Neither can I. . Are the Baby Boomers the greediest generation ever? The solution is not to force the elderly to get by on cat food again. Baby Boomers: The Greediest Generation. If you have some better suggestions about how to stabilize Social Security instead of just babbling into the vapors, let me know. The Chinese government offered to spend $100 million on building an "ornate Chinese garden" at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., and the project "thrilled local officials," according to a CNN report. 38.8% were volunteers, 61.2% were draftees, the average length of their service was 33 months, and total approximate casualties were 671,278 (killed and wounded). Then came the Cold War and the Space race. Few of us realize it, but with our acquiescence, Uncle Sam has spent decades running the worlds largest Ponzi scheme, taking ever-larger sums from each young generation and handing them to the old in the form of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits. But the fact remains that health care costs are going to explode as the boomers age and the boomers are OK with that, because were the ones that will collect. A 2012 report, produced for the Republicans of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, estimated the unfunded pension liabilities of 49 state governments alone at $2.8 trillion dollars. But we didnt know! Not true: the boomers didntwantto know and did want unreasonably low taxes, and voted that way. Our deficit in 2016 is estimated at $37.1 billion. We provide a Senior's Health Card, which excludes from its means test any untaxed income from superannuation. Not surprisingly, many of the debt commission's draft proposals to cut the debt by nearly $4 trillion by 2020 from raising the retirement age to 69 by 2075 to bringing in $1 trillion more in tax revenue have won strong opposition from liberals and conservatives alike. Dick Durbin, a Senator from Illinois calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security" to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. We were suitably embarrassed that old people were eating cat food or scavenging garbage cans for food, so we reallocated resources to the elderly. When the war in Europe began, millions of British citizens joined the war effort at home and abroad. They did it!. I think she is a little ticked off! Here's a response in a letter from PATTY NYE from Illinois . [34], Members of the World War II generation in Germany came of age following World War I and the German Revolution of 19181919. Traditionally in America, the people most likely to be poor were the elderly. [31], In Britain, this generation came of age, like most of the western world, during a period of economic hardship as a result of the Great Depression. An early usage of the term The Greatest Generation was in 1953 by U.S. Army General James Van Fleet, who had recently retired after his service in World War II and leading the Eighth Army in the Korean War. 2. "Hey Dick, let's get a few things straight!! 2) Alan Simpson left Congress at the age of 65. As the lady asked, please share this with every senior citizen you know. Anyone can read what you share. Not surprisingly, the Bush administration took a look at the study, blanched, and declined to publish it. If that happens, we boomers will see our retirements vaporize, together with our kids livelihoods. (I know, since Im the editor responsible for the column.). Congressional Research Service. Op-Ed Columnist E-mail: nicholas@nytimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/opinion/the-greediest-generation.html. As of 2003, the share of elderly below the poverty line had fallen by two-thirds to 10 percent -- representing a huge national success. Over 9 in 10 (91%) of this age group are registered to vote and 90% voted in the 2000 presidential election. Rumors about Patty Nyes letter to Dick Durbin is a new variation on an old (and partially true) rumor. Instead, were most likely going to enact relatively modest tax hikes (some have already been made) and slowly trim Social Security and health care benefits. Illinois resident blasted U.S. The Environment. Because you incompetent bastards spent our money so profligately that you just kept on spending even after you ran out of money. We called up Blyth to talk about what alt-work means for the future economy, his thoughts on universal basic income, and whether the Baby Boomers are officially the greediest generation in human . Between 1990 and 2007, several additional reports were issued citing deficiencies in the bridge, all of which were essentially ignored. No; they were just more than eight times greedier. Every year on Veterans Day, we baby boomers look around and see fewer and fewer members of the Greatest Generation . 22 They spank their kids. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. The aged pension costs us $42 billion a year and is estimated to grow at 6 per cent a year over the next 10 years far higher than any predictions of inflation, GDP growth and real wage growth. Despite the hardships, historians note that literature, arts, music, and cinema of the period flourished. [3]This is one estimate of the amount of assets held by the SSA that will have to be redeemed to keep its operations financed. But I fear that we'll be remembered mostly for grabbing resources for ourselves, in such a way that the big losers will be America's children. It is you and they who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream from millions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Don't expect any sympathy, Trumpy. The Great Depression also greatly influenced literature and witnessed the advent of comic books, which were popular with members of this generation with such characters as Doc Savage, The Shadow, Superman and Batman. "Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates." Durbin, a Senator from Illinois calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security " to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. 3. Dick Durbin, a Senator from Illinois calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security " to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. But, he added, if the boomers insist on getting theirs, were going to take everybody down, including ourselves., This is a BETA experience. If, instead, that money had been invested in outside securities that could be sold to help fund Social Security, the SSA would now be in a much better financial position. 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