I can identify with that; $2 a lawn and the elderly lady thought I was ripping her off. Newspaper delivery every morning for the princely sum of eight cents a week from each of the dozen or so subscribers. Although the meager proceeds went to a good cause, a Winchester 69A for $32 as I remember and I still have it. In the days when a 13 year old boy could walk in to a hardware store and buy one.
My yard money gun is a Stevens 410 single shot - dad didn't want me using a 22 that close to town (it was 2 miles!). Still have that one and it will go to my grandson.
THIS!I'm a boomer and a luddite. I make no apologizes for either.
Remember that a chunk of that $37 trillion went into allowing gen. X Y whatever to go to school without a penny to their name, sit on their @$$ playing games as a child instead of working and helping out, feeding, housing, medical care "for those who can't afford it", and propping up the world. Then when we try to stop it, everyone, including younger generations, are screaming bloody murder. Not defending the debt however, I don't recall anyone complaining when that $$$ was spent on them. Don't put that crap on my shoulders.
Boomers are classified as anyone born between a particular time span. Among those include good and bad people, smart and dump people, and a variety that range from First Responders to Murderers. We are all different. That's why I object to a classification based on a dubious criteria.
Depends on who you voted for...
You hit on some of my favorites. Lets add the climate fanaticism the youngsters have embraced, and the protests resulting in the defunding of PD's across the country, or how fast they are surrendering all responsibility for their kiddies when .gov offers to take care of it for them, or their complete lack of any historical perspective...they think a DEI dumpster fire established a few years ago was floated across the Delaware by Washington and ending it is an existential threat to democracy. I take back a previous comment...7 out of 10 are complete dolts.Remember that a chunk of that $37 trillion went into allowing gen. X Y whatever to go to school without a penny to their name, sit on their @$$ playing games as a child instead of working and helping out, feeding, housing, medical care "for those who can't afford it", and propping up the world. Then when we try to stop it, everyone, including younger generations, are screaming bloody murder. Not defending the debt however, I don't recall anyone complaining when that $$$ was spent on them. Don't put that crap on my shoulders.
$37 trillion and counting, your grandkids are not going to look back favorably when they have to pay it back.
All true, but who other than we "boomers" had the best chance to curtail and stop that waste? Our grandkids, and theirs, are not going to be happy when they have to pay back the trillions we allowed to be borrowed and spent.Remember that a chunk of that $37 trillion went into allowing gen. X Y whatever to go to school without a penny to their name, sit on their @$$ playing games as a child instead of working and helping out, feeding, housing, medical care "for those who can't afford it", and propping up the world. Then when we try to stop it, everyone, including younger generations, are screaming bloody murder. Not defending the debt however, I don't recall anyone complaining when that $$$ was spent on them. Don't put that crap on my shoulders.
I don't mind being called a senior citizen, but it really annoys me when someone who is obviously 20 years younger than me calls me "young man" or something else along those lines!
You need to spend some time actually researching the subject. When Reagan reduced tax rates our total tax revenues INCREASED! When Trump reduced tax rates our total tax revenues INCREASED! These are simple facts, easy to verify if you're more interested in the truth than in the propaganda that you seem to have been fed.
But not in the amount of the tax cut. Tax revenues increase as populations increase and with economic growth, but not enough to cover the cuts and spending increases.
Sounds like a broken record. As a boomer yourself, then you must share the blame. Why didn't YOU stop the waste? I tried, but my vote was canceled by others that voted the other way.
In my state, the 2017 Tax & Jobs Act resulted in flood of cash to the state coffers...massive surpluses. The problem is the people in charge blew it faster than it came in...and that is the underlying problem. They can't separate need from want...I'm very generous when it comes to need, not so much when it comes to want...a 99.99% tax rate will never be enough to support the want.
And I was hoping to help you understand why the younger generation may feel as it does. That you choose not to accept that explanation is fine, but makes it no less true.
No I did not. He is 10 years later than I was.
