Posted by
Dave Kooker on Friday, February 20, 2009 12:15:51 PM
I am a Generation X'er and I work in the corporate environment with fellow Baby Boomers and up and coming Generation Y'ers. Lately I have been hearing complaints by my fellow Baby Boomer colleagues that they will not be able to retire as planned or that they may never be able to retire as they watch their retirement accounts whither away in the financial markets. Sorry if I do not break out my violin and shed a tear as America's financial markets tumble and try to correct themselves from the unrealistic government mandated Ponzi scheme the Baby Boomers tried to push onto mine and the future generations. You Baby Boomers had it coming and I am glad that you also got caught in this financial tyranny that you tried to pass onto others. Let's just call it what it is, Generational Theft.
In your adolescent days Baby Boomers were too busy protesting the Vietnam War, advocating for perceived social injustices, demanding war on poverty by expanding Socialized government programs on your parent's nickel, experimenting with drugs, and tearing apart the moral fiber of this Federal Republic. (SInce the passage of the 'Stimulus Package' bill, America can now be defined as an actual Socialist nation.)
In your prime income days Baby Boomers became surprisingly conservative and your voting patterns were in align with your depression era parents to halt the growth of government expansion. Ronald Reagan was at the right place and at the right time to stop the Liberal parasitic growth of the Great Society. This allowed you to acquire wealth and possessions far beyond your parent's dreams. If you Baby Boomers felt so strongly for Socialized government programs, how come you did not enact these programs in their current benefits strength during your prime income days when you could of contributed more?
When it came close to your retirement, you Baby Boomers broke voting ranks from the conservative Depression generation and decided to revive the Liberal movement and demand government services to cater to your age bracket so that your retirement account would not be consumed by your living needs like prescription drugs. It is easy to be a Liberal (Socialist) when you are on the receiving end of the government entitlement. The last two years of a human life typically cost more than all other years of one's life accumulated. Good luck trying to receive those precious last two years of life with rationed Nationalized health care. Thanks to Nationalized health care you are going to experience an exit from this Earth like Terri Schiavo.
As a Generation X’er, I am irritated that the good time party hardy check from the Baby Boomers generation has been sent to me and my children plus with past due interest. I do not understand the selfish and narcissistic mental process of the Baby Boomer generation that they feel entitled to enact Government entitlements that benefit one generation but places the majority of the fiscal responsibility on the next generation as a government mandated Ponzi scheme? Don’t mind me working long hours to pay for your retirement check, medical bills, and prescriptions while I also scrimp to pay for my basic needs.
My generation (Generation X) seems to have some concerns about what happens if the Baby Boomers do not retire and their chances of moving up the corporate food chain. Personally I am not convinced or concerned that my career path in Corporate America will be hindered if the Baby Boomers decide to delay their retirement. As long as our economy is not completely Nationalized, economies and companies will expand and jobs will be created. It is not a zero sum economy. The expansion will also accommodate Generation X and Y Corporate career growth.
From my opinion, the economic collapse was good timing. It is justice served to the Baby Boomers for the Ponzi scheme you tried to pass on. As long as the Baby Boomers are working, America will not have to import a foreign work force and it keeps the Baby Boomers out of my wallet screaming for more Federal entitlements. I hope this experiment of Socialism in America shows the absolute tyranny against personal & financial control and will teach a lesson to three generations simultaneously the actual tyranny of Socialism.
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