Perhaps you’ve noticed… an increasing number of notable bloggers are yelping about how unfaiiiirrr it is that we Boomers refuse to retire, purportedly keeping the unemployment rate high as a result, and some news sites are now jumping on the whine wagon.
Then, there’s Congress, bemoaning our life expectancy as ruinous to Social Security; if we’d just die sooner all would be solvent! By the way, this one would be laughable given that a majority of Congressfolk are Boomers, except they don’t have to rely on SS so they really don’t care…
Hmmm…. so unless we head on down to FL for early bird specials, or better yet, head on up to that big early bird special in the sky, we’re (fill in the blank):
- greedy
- selfish
- uncaring
- unscrupulous
- thoughtless
- all of the above
Well, kids, bloggers, pundits, Congress, and news folks, here’s another take for you to ponder…and write about if you’re feeling generous:
- over 60% of Boomers are supporting their grown children in one form or another…you sure you want us to stop working?
- If you paid as much into the SS system as we did over the last decades, just to have the fund raided by Congress year after year, which is the only reason it’s not solvent (back in the ’80′s President Reagan even made sure that preparations were made for the influx of Boomers he knew to be coming…), and then be told that you really ought’n to expect the return you paid for, you would no doubt really be whining
- oh, and keep complaining….that’s the way to get an inheritance….or our vote.
We’re here.
For many a year.
Working without fear.
Get used to it.
Nora Hall (@NoraRetired)
/ January 4, 2012A great argument that Congress (and a lot of other people) should read