Posted by
Dave Kooker on Thursday, September 06, 2007 1:35:41 PM
Yesterday evening I was visiting my local cigar shop on the Westside of Jacksonville Florida. Lately I have been forced to buy from brick and mortar cigar shops since JR Cigars on the Internet keeps disappointing me with defective cigars with no customer service.
I bought several cigars and decided to enjoy one of my purchased cigars in the store and enjoy the A/C since it was still too muggy to enjoy a cigar outside.
The cigar storeowner was in a spirited debate with a young woman on the topic of illegal immigration. The cigar store owner was for illegal immigration and the young woman was against it. The cigar store owner made a statement that almost made me drop the cigar out of my mouth. “I do not care who lives in this country and how they live, as long as they contribute taxes toward my Social Security and it does not run out before I am done”.
I was at an absolute loss that someone was more concerned about his anticipated government entitlement payments when he hits the magical Social Security age than how he handed the condition of this Federal Republic to the next generations of Americans. What is the collective mental process of the ‘Baby Boom’ 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 similar to a ponzi scheme?
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 income glory days when you could of contributed more? But I forgot, you people were too busy protesting war and perceived social injustices, experimenting with drugs, and tearing apart the moral fiber of this Federal Republic. Now your youth is gone and you have your hand out expecting something for just being an American citizen. It is easy to be a liberal (Socialist) when you are on the receiving end of the entitlement.
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 plus past due interest. 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.
Also you ‘Baby Boomers’ really made it difficult for me to raise a son it this world as a good and decent self-sufficient adult by tearing apart the social norms that built this country into a world power up to the 1940’s and 1950’s.
You ‘Baby Boomers’ left a great legacy of moral rot. As you view your grand-children’s pictures in assisted living facilities appreciate your grandchildren’s tattoos & nose rings, single-family arrangements, drug use, and lack of respect for mankind. What do you care, as long as the next generation and illegal aliens are contributing to your Federal Entitlements?