My father is the quintessential baby boomer: he’s retired and lives off of a federal pension and Social Security, and he’s a three-time Trump voter. When I said in a recent call that I wondered if they would go after his pension or Social Security, his response was basically that his income is safe because he’s already collecting on it.
He didn’t have to say that he didn’t care about anyone else: it was implied. I doubt he cares if anyone younger (including me) can ever can draw on the system we’re paying into, because he got his.
It’d be one thing if it was confined to one generation, but it’s not. I saw the “Greatest Generation” saying the same kinds of things to boomers and Gen X.
During Covid, I saw lots of people online in their teens and up to Gen X, at least, saying that they should not be restricted in travel or having to wear a mask or to get vaccinated, because THEY were healthy, eating right, getting sunshine, not overweight, had no preconditions, and most importantly, weren’t OLD, so fuck everyone else.
So the selfishness is coming from all directions…every generation has people wired for extreme selfishness at the expense of everyone else, including people in their own generation.
He’s on Medicare, not Medicaid, but I agree. Trump doesn’t need their votes anymore, and Musk never did.
He watches a lot of Fox News, so he thinks he’s informed, but he’s really just full of propaganda. At least at this point he knows better than to debate politics with me, so it’s pretty civil when I visit or call. But also on the rare occasion he decides to press a matter, he knows he can never win. I will bring receipts.
My father is the quintessential baby boomer: he’s retired and lives off of a federal pension and Social Security, and he’s a three-time Trump voter. When I said in a recent call that I wondered if they would go after his pension or Social Security, his response was basically that his income is safe because he’s already collecting on it.
He didn’t have to say that he didn’t care about anyone else: it was implied. I doubt he cares if anyone younger (including me) can ever can draw on the system we’re paying into, because he got his.
Gotta love the fucking selfish boomer…
My stepmother said in front of her daughter “I’ll be dead, I don’t care about stopping climate change at all. Not my problem.”
So don’t dare inconvenience the boomer, to hell with what happens to their kids… So gross…
I know it’s not all boomers, but it sure is a lot of them.
It’d be one thing if it was confined to one generation, but it’s not. I saw the “Greatest Generation” saying the same kinds of things to boomers and Gen X.
During Covid, I saw lots of people online in their teens and up to Gen X, at least, saying that they should not be restricted in travel or having to wear a mask or to get vaccinated, because THEY were healthy, eating right, getting sunshine, not overweight, had no preconditions, and most importantly, weren’t OLD, so fuck everyone else.
So the selfishness is coming from all directions…every generation has people wired for extreme selfishness at the expense of everyone else, including people in their own generation.
I mean, there’s a reason baby boomers were labeled the Me Generation in the 1980s, when they were in their 20s-40s.
If he really thinks they won’t come for his Medicaid, Social Security, and federal pension, he hasn’t been paying attention.
Not to mention economic uncertainty can eat into that money in other ways (like increased prices from tarrifs).
He’s on Medicare, not Medicaid, but I agree. Trump doesn’t need their votes anymore, and Musk never did.
He watches a lot of Fox News, so he thinks he’s informed, but he’s really just full of propaganda. At least at this point he knows better than to debate politics with me, so it’s pretty civil when I visit or call. But also on the rare occasion he decides to press a matter, he knows he can never win. I will bring receipts.