The boomers are truly the most selfish generation that exists, I tried explaining to a boomer the other day that if they shut down social security and did a buyout (paid you back what you paid in) they would make more money than they will ever receive from SS. They immediately became defensive and said “they paid into it for years so they deserve it”. Second round of buyout explanation ensues. The next sentence was “well I’d have millions if I’d invested it myself”. Cool story, we can’t undo you being dumb and voting democrat your entire life, but you can unfuck the social security clusterfuck for every other generation. “But I need it now”. Then third round of trying to explain the buyout. “But I could have more money if it was fixed when I was younger”. You should have voted for it. Then they shut down the conversation. They truly are the TV generation where their entire thought process came scripted and curated, they can’t even comprehend ending a horrible policy because they were told it would give them more money. Same with the infinity immigration they pushed because more money. Same with the intentional housing scarcity. On and on. There’s not one single brain cell that doesn’t operate on “well I’m going to get mine” even to their own detriment.
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My favorite is the boomers that are very well off still collect social security even though they have no need. I've known legitimate millionaire boomers who still collect social security every month because, "well, I paid into it".
I don't blame them. The government has explicitly said that it is not a welfare program. The justification for holding it out of our paychecks was that the government would hold on to it for us so that it would be there when we are older.
The government should just convert them over to individual retirement accounts for each citizen, like they do with the TSP for federal workers.
You'd decline it? They paid way more into it than they'll ever collect. I don't blame them one bit.
What am I going to do with a few hundred dollars a month when I'm a millionaire? That's a drop in the bucket.
Donate it if you don't want to keep it, but whatever you do it'll be more valuable than letting the government waste it.
Boomers have been taught that the best thing would be to die at the moment they've spent and enjoyed every dime on their own hedonistic pursuits with nothing left over for their progeny.
It's honestly pathetic how thoroughly an entire generation was brainwashed into mindless consumerism.