Maybe, but it’s a scheme. And baby boomers don’t like hearing this, but they’re not the only generation on earth, and inside of their control over the US government nothing has been done to look out for anyone but themselves.
My father and I go back and forth on this all of the time. And I hear many boomers say constantly that “they” are entitled to what “they put into”. What about everyone else when the system goes belly up?
It is the responsibility of each generation to pass off to the next generation a life as good or better. The greats did it, the greats parents did it, and for the first time in American history, the boomers are seeing to it that the trend stops with them. They own the burden placed on the next generation. Social security is a scam which will benefit the boomer generation and no one else. And they largely don’t care
(All of this isn’t directed at you btw, it just burns me up).
As far as the rich paying their “fair share”, it’s a bogus claim laid down by leftist politicians that not only isn’t correct, but is dangerous to lie about. The facts are the facts, 97% of federal income taxes are paid by 50% of Americans. The bottom 50% pay nearly zero. The top 1% pays around 40% of all federal income taxes. The top 10% of Americans pay over 70%. These statistics are directly from the IRS and not debatable. For Pete sake, the top 1% pay the vast majority of FIT. The bottom 50% end up MAKING income off of entitlements, and how the socialist wing has been able to dupe people into believing this farce is beyond me.
Having said that, there are issues with capitalism. The system cannot function when absolute greed is baked into the cake. You have to let live, give, and allow others to prosper. The notion that we must “maximize” profits in order to function is nonsense. We have enough power in this country to relieve some burden but we just won’t do it.
However, to expand on this (and I’m not a member of a party), The left is making a very dangerous play for everyone involved. Historical political science should be mandatory in high schools for this very reason. What they’re doing is simple.
You anger lower classes by using propaganda and by way of absolute democracy (anyone notice who’s been advocating for this more and more - the dismantling of the electoral college? - they rise up and dismantle the system allowing a super party ultimate power forever. In this case it won’t be a super party, but a super “group” of very smart and powerful uber rich men which are using grievance, identity politics, and democracy against everyone.
Even people who peddle in it for short sighted political gains. You will suffer too because there will no longer be D’s and R’s to play tribalism. They’re simply using you because being on the “right side” of “identity politics” shields them unlike the corporate right which everyone is paying attention to.
Instead of what one side of the political spectrum is expecting, what they’ll get instead is a government oligarchy. These powerful people are using the cover of the “party of the poor” in order to bring the system down and rebuild it under their rule.
The history books in 1,000 years, for whomever is the super power, will hold the mistakes of the American people as a testament to what not to do in order to remain a free society.
Anyone who peddles in identity politics at this point should be shunned to the corners of the spectrum and their ideas should be swiftly condemned. If we don’t begin to take this situation seriously the country is doomed within 80 years.
My generation (born in 85) is making massive mistakes in this arena. The one below me are lost forever it seems.
The “Greats” would be absolutely ashamed at their children and grandchildren today, and I don’t blame them.
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