Reply #84: It's not a matter of doing your share. [View All]

[Xithras]

First, your generation outnumbered the WWI generation, so you're "share" is much smaller than my generations share. We'll have to shell out far more money to care for your generation than you did for your parents.

Second, it's not my generations fault that the government that YOUR GENERATION elected spent the money that should have been saved for your retirement. I was in diapers and couldn't vote, protest, or rally to protect your SS. You could have. That money is now GONE, and it's not the fault of my generation.

You don't seriously expect Xers to slap themselves with 70+% taxes to keep the government running and fund your retirement, do you? The money doesn't exist in SS to pay you, so...as I said in the post above...the money has to come out of the general budget. That means sweeping cuts to programs across the board.

Personally, I kind of like the idea floated by one of the other people here. We can create "Old People Communes" around the country for the boomers. If done properly, they can provide all of the services that SS was supposed to for a fraction of the cost.