[17] Tom Brokaw and others extol this generation for supporting and fighting World War II. And yes, Ive made some plenty smart cracks about people on Social Security who milk it to the last degree. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. For example, firered posted on 11/11/10 at 05:54 PM EST: "This situation was neither created nor perpetuated by the `Baby Boomer' generation. "I really believe that there are more patriots in America than selfish, selfish people," he said. "Al Simpson Speaks Out Against Debt Committee Critics, Political Climate." The Chinese government offered to spend $100 million on building an "ornate Chinese garden" at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., and the project "thrilled local officials," according to a CNN report. MsFitz01 posted on 11/12/10 12:34 PM EST: "A Greedy Generation? Following the war, the Allies began the denazification and demilitarization of a post-war Germany. But a Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid I.O.U. Pew Research Center defines this cohort as being born from 1901 to 1927. They may be reviled for the choices they made, but they wont be the ones that have to face the music, and they wont be the working stiffs that have to pay the majority of the taxes to pay for promises made by the boomers. Weve reached a point now where its like a milk cow with 310 million tits! He's been a senator for more than 40 years, during which, if he's as good at his job as many of his . I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying into Medicare from Day One, and now you morons propose to change the rules of the game. Instead, the finger prints of the so-called . The sad truth is that there are not nearly enough bridges to nowhere in the budget to close the fiscal gap. Select Accept to consent or Reject to decline non-essential cookies for this use. "[5] The initials G.I. The solution is not to force the elderly to get by on cat food again. Our net debt has risen from zero in 2007 to some $279 billion in 2016. Look upon our works and wail. These people are largely conservative on economic (59%) and social (49%) issues, and about one-third of Op-Ed: Placating 'The Greediest Generation' The Social Security Administration will not make cost-of-living adjustments for seniors this year. Of course we should ensure people and business pay their taxes. But, he added, if the boomers insist on getting theirs, were going to take everybody down, including ourselves., This is a BETA experience. The study found that the government faces a present value "fiscal gap" -- the excess of expected payments over expected revenues -- of $51 trillion. Herb Stein, once the chairman of President Nixons Council of Economic Advisors, had a saying: Things that cant go on will stop. What he should have said was, Things that cant go on will stop too late. When the U.S. Treasury bond bubble bursts, we could see a financial collapse that makes 2008 look tame. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Earlier versions of the letter were unsigned, and Myers identity has never been verified.Later, variations of the greediest generation quote and follow-up later emerged. You know em too. [34], Members of the World War II generation in Germany came of age following World War I and the German Revolution of 19181919. To redeem these IOUs, the government would have to: 1) raise taxes; 2) cut spending; or 3) borrow an equivalent amount of money on the open market at a time when U.S. government debt is at the highest peacetime level in history. Alan Simpson, Senator from Wyoming , Co-Chair of Obama's deficit. Business employs 80 per cent of the workforce and is the only true generator of wealth and jobs. Pope Francis Orders White Women to Have Children with Muslim Migrants-Fiction. As it is, the rate of U.S. domestic investment was only 1.9 percent last year! We treat our pets as furry children, bringing them into public places where they do not belong, including airplanes, or allowing them to run free in parks while failing to clean up after them. [4]This doesnt include liabilities for municipal governments, for health care benefits for retirees, nor for the civil servants of the U.S. federal government. Because you idiots mismanaged other parts of the economy to such an extent that you need to steal money from Medicare to pay the bills 6. The majority of politicians opposed to action on climate change are baby boomers, and it will be the millennial generation who will bear the cost of this inactivity. The ones who created the banking and houseing crisis, the ones who are the first generation to have children that expect to do worse then them . Yet, the fact remains that the boomers, as a generation, made promises that they knew (or should have known) could not be kept. ! How much do you pay for YOUR government provided health insurance? So while millennials are often portrayed as the greedy ones, there is a case to say baby boomers are the greediest generation ever. [3] This cohort is also referred to as the World War II generation. And you can take that to the bank, you miserable son of a bitch. The sad truth is that there are not nearly enough `bridges to nowhere' in the budget to close the fiscal gap. "The elderly are retired, and it's easier to get them to go to rallies or write their congresspeople," notes Heather Boushey of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington. In the United States, members of this generation came of age, were children, or were born during the Progressive Era, World War I, and the Roaring Twenties; a time of economic prosperity with distinctive cultural transformations. Well, Captain Bullshit, I have a few questions for YOU 1. One measure of how children have tumbled as a priority in America is that in 1960 we ranked 12th in infant mortality among nations in the world, while now 40 nations have infant mortality rates better than ours or equal to it. We are the greediest generation. Dick Durbin, a Senator from Illinois calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security" to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. We've also lost ground in child vaccinations: the United States now ranks 84th in the world for measles immunizations and 89th for polio. Returning German veterans found their country carved up into four zones of occupation; later becoming West Germany and East Germany. . August, 2010.". I wanted to know . I think she is a little ticked off! But this isn't the first time the "greediest generation" rumor has . Here's a response in a letter from PATTY NYE from Illinois . Until you understand what many have been through, may I suggest you stop referring to us boomers as greedy. As we've aged, age discrimination has become a basis for lawsuits, and the most litigated right has become the right to die. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Higher taxes are not the answer as they will threaten the very investment and jobs growth we so desperately need and disadvantage the young. Whats in a headline? This generation experienced what is commonly referred to as the "Golden Age of Hollywood". Because of Germany's tortured 20th-century history, its struggle to forge policies to support its veterans is in many ways unique", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greatest_Generation&oldid=1140969066, This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 18:10. 3. this generation, if they are not spitting mad, well, then they're just not paying attention. It's not possible to precisely calculate his annual retirement benefits without knowing which retirement plan he selected (among other factors), but if we assume he was covered under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), we could estimate that his annual annuity would be about $43,000. In the west, the Marshall Plan resulted in the "Wirtschaftswunder", an economic boom that caused 185% growth between 1950 and 1963. Since the old, who have shorter time horizons, have larger propensities to consume than do the young, this transfer has fueled a huge increase in personal consumption, reducing our national saving rate (saving as a share of national income) from 10 to 15% in the 1950s and 60s to a negative 1.5% last year. The comment of calling senior citizens the greediest generation was made by Senator Simpson in response to criticism from the opposition of the Simpson Bowles proposal to reduce the deficit and cut spending. Its made no such promises for most of its official Treasury bills and bonds. But whats worse, and indicative of how the boomers have managed things, is what happened to the money collected by the Social Security Administration (SSA) intended to (partially) fund Social Security pensions. Baby boomers, often shortened to boomers, are the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation and preceding Generation X.The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964, during the mid-20th century baby boom. 12 million Germans were refugees and many were forced to settle in the Soviet Union. "We had the greatest generation I think this is the greediest generation," he said. But this is the choice we've made. I have been paying Social Security taxes for 48 YEARS (since I was 15 years old. For the Seniors Health Card we recommended that untaxed superannuation income be included in adjusted taxable income to determine eligibility. And, of course, we expect to be gone when it comes time for succeeding generations to collect on health care. IDIOT AKA "The Bag OfDurbin Subject: A brilliant woman's response to a complete IDIOT AKA "The Bag Of Durbin"!!!!!] 21 February 2008. He spoke to Congress, saying, "The men of the Eighth Army are a magnificent lot, and I have always said the greatest generation of Americans we have ever produced. Countries such as Sweden have rolled back company and personal taxes to encourage investment and jobs in an economy that was going backwards. This is the European model, which has been a massive failure. We called up Blyth to talk about what alt-work means for the future economy, his thoughts on universal basic income, and whether the Baby Boomers are officially the greediest generation in human . Retirement in America is no longer feared as a time of destitution, but anticipated as a time of comfort and leisure. By Nicholas D. Kristof. 11:00 The greediest generation in the world 12:10 Creating anger and volatility among younger people 15:00 Broke and lonely males are the most dangerous cohort 17:30 Need a leveling up for young males 20:45 Solution is viable young men 22:08 Need to double number of freshman seats at universities [25] Living members of this generation are either in their 90s or are centenarians. [36] Surviving members of the German World War II generation would go on to experience the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the creation of the European Union. But the next generation is much smaller than ours, so very soon it will be a case of the few supporting the many. It used to be that each generation sacrificed so that their children would have a better life. Infrastructure is probably the least sexy thing taxpayers are asked to pay for, but one of the most critical. The good news is that the American people seem to realize this. Traditionally in America, the people most likely to be poor were the elderly. The brilliant Harvard professor, Niall Ferguson, describes the traditional intergenerational compact as our most important social contract and one that is being broken in Western economies. The story goes Durbin compared Social Security to a milk cow with 310 million teats and called senior citizens the greediest generation ever for their reliance on it. The generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927. "People I've known, relatives (saying), "'You son of a bitch. The Environment. But we didnt know! Not true: the boomers didntwantto know and did want unreasonably low taxes, and voted that way. Additionally, those alive in 1918 through 1920 experienced the deadly Spanish Flu pandemic. [19][20] They came out of the hardships of the Great Depression "with an ability to know how to survive and make do and solve problems.[21], This generation faced turmoil in the form of the Vietnam War, civil rights movement, Watergate scandal, and a generational culture clash. Federal government has been borrowing money to cover Social Security benefits. We can't grow our way out of this mess. Over 9 in 10 (91%) of this age group are registered to vote and 90% voted in the 2000 presidential election. On cue, the left says simply raise more taxes from business and the rich to pay for the unaffordable. In some respects we became a spoiled generation. Authors William Strauss and Neil Howe later popularized the G.I. . "Alan Simpson, Senator from Wyoming , Co-Chair of Obama's deficit commission, calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security" to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. Every year on Veterans Day, we baby boomers look around and see fewer and fewer members of the Greatest Generation . Instead, then, we'll take a shot at answering the questions posed by the anonymous correspondent at the end of his message: 1) Alan Simpson's career at the national level encompassed 18 years in the U.S. Senate from 1979-96, during which time (according to a Congressional Research Service report on "Salaries of Members of Congress"), his salary would have averaged about $92,000, for an aggregate total of $1.66 million. "Just vicious," Simpson said. This button displays the currently selected search type. Per TPM: "We had the greatest generation," Simpson said. 4. As a career politician, you have been on the public dole for FIFTY YEARS 2. When we boomers fully retire, our kids will need to pay each of us, on average, $50,000 in todays dollars to cover our retirement benefits. As a career politician, you have been on the public dole (tit) fifty years. This would be a tragedy caused by local mismanagement except that at the time it happened, the DOT had cited approximately 75,000 bridges in the United States as being deficient. "Bowles, Simpson to Head Debt Commission." In 2010, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles were appointed co-chairs of President Barack Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, tasked with coming up with a plan to "bring down the federal budget deficit to 3% of gross domestic product by 2015, compared with nearly 10% today, and to propose ways to hold down the surging costs of government programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.". When boomer blood raged with hormones, we staged the sexual revolution and popularized the Pill. The brilliant Harvard professor, Niall Ferguson, describes the traditional intergenerational compact as our most important social contract and one that is being broken in Western economies. My assertion will infuriate many boomers, and I will undoubtedly get nasty messages from people who will cite all the wonderful, selfless things that they or we have done, or how we had no choice but to do what we did. His book, The Coming Generational Storm (written with Scott Burns), was published back in 2004. In so doing, Sam has told each set of young people, Not to worry, Ill more than take care of you when youre old.. We bring young children to fancy restaurants, then dont supervise them, ignoring how they annoy other diners. In 1914, Henry Ford said There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible. Can you imagine any major CEO saying that today? She also tells it like it is! In fact, Simpson, who called Social Security "300 million tits on a cow," says his critics are members of the "greediest generation." Simpson told the hometown rag, the Casper Star-Tribune: "I've never had any nastier mail or [been in Dick Durbin, a Senator from Illinois calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security " to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. And an open letter by a woman identified as Patty Myers from Montana began to circulate in 2011. November 28, 2012. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. "Children can't vote, don't give money and have no power, and neither do their parents. For too long, we have doubted, scoffed at, and chosen to ignore the warnings of climatologists and geophysicists. [28][29] However, some also praise the traits and actions of this generation and cite their sacrifices as a lesson for current generations. Why? [15] The popularity of the radio also became a major influence in the lives of this generation, as millions tuned in to listen to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "fireside chats" and absorbed news in a way like never before.[16]. [6]Were the CEOs of 2010 more than eight times better than the CEOs of 1980? Given the earlier history, these claims are obviously false. ", I chatted today with Kotlikoff (a boomer himself) about the reaction. Unlike the Western allies and the Soviet Union, Germany did not honor its veterans, as the association with Nazism continues in contemporary Germany today. I originally wrote this in 2014, and got roundly flamed for it. They faced economic hardships related to the Great Depression and Treaty of Versailles as unemployment rose to nearly 40%. I urge you to read Kotlikoffs full column, but here's a taste: Herb Stein, once the chairman of President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisors, had a saying: `Things that can't go on will stop. What he should have said was, `Things that can't go on will stop too late. When the U.S. Treasury bond bubble bursts, we could see a financial collapse that makes 2008 look tame. Support for those most in need is threatened by support for those who are more able to look after themselves. "I am writing a book now called The Greediest Generation: Why the Boomers are Screwing Themselves, Their Children, and The Planet.""I started studying tax and social welfare policy and I realized that my generation is squeezing the welfare state so that we get all the benefits and the younger generations pay the taxes. It is you, Captain Bullshit, and your political co-conspirators who are "greedy". Always mean what you say ! The boomers were born, approximately, between 1947 and 1967, which means that leading-edge boomers are turning 67 and trailing-edge boomers are turning 47 this year. By my estimates, the annual cost of health care, per person, by age, remains reasonably steady (with some noticeable blips, as for men at around age 40) until around age 55, at which point health care costs start going up almost exponentially. Recently, just like Lucy & Charlie Brown, you and your ilk pulled the proverbial football away from millions of American seniors nearing retirement and moved the goalposts for full retirement from age 65 to age 67. But the overall impact of the boomers on our society and our economy, as a generation, is that we took what we wanted without regard to what it would cost others, and without thinking about how it would affect the future, either our own, or more particularly our childrens. In July, Baby Boomers should vote for posterity and not for themselves. 22 They spank their kids. Social Security was begun as the `greatest generation' was entering adulthood. And since the biggest voting block of the last 30 years and more has clearly been the boomers, the fault is ours. (You can read all the comments here.). You and yours have bankrupted America for the sole purpose of advancing your pathetic political careers. As recently as 1966, for example, 29 percent of Americans over 65 were below the poverty line, compared with only 18 percent of American children. The men and women of this generation continue to be honored in the U.K., particularly on V-E Day. We were suitably embarrassed that old people were eating cat food or scavenging garbage cans for food, so we reallocated resources to the elderly. But I fear that we'll be remembered mostly for grabbing resources for ourselves, in such a way that the big losers will be America's children. Rather, we'll be scorned as the "Greediest Generation.". We have a scheme where support for the older generations and other extravagances were legislated based on the assumption of continuing revenue from an unprecedented investment boom in resources. This is not entirely the fault of the boomers, because it was underfunded from the start, and the generations before the boomers, including those who are retired and still alive, have demanded this level of benefits. We provide a Senior's Health Card, which excludes from its means test any untaxed income from superannuation. Sen. Richard Durbin says that "Social Security does not add one penny to our debt.". In practice, though, all of this money has been spent by Congress, and the SSA has been left with worthless IOUs. They were shaped by the Great Depression and were the primary generation composing the enlisted forces in World War II. I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying income taxes our entire lives, and now you propose to increase our taxes yet again. The same is true of defense spending, although we can no longer afford endless wars we cant win. The hot issue of the moment is Social Security, and the newest entitlement program is a prescription drug benefit for the elderly. Nor can we inflate or borrow or tax our way out of it. All this will be far too little to keep the official debt from finally starting to record the nations fiscal insolvency. Friday, November 26, 2010 Alan Simpson, President Obusha's hand-selected Cat Food Commission member doesn't suffer critics. Congressional Research Service. Elder followed 167 individuals born in California between 1920 and 1921 and "traced the impact of Depression and wartime experiences from the early years to middle age. The book expresses the belief that this generation is the greatest ever produced by society. But as one commentator remarked centuries ago, we get the government we deserve. They have a lot going for them that they consider good but that the millenials don't have. [30], During the COVID-19 pandemic, living members of this generation have been impacted by the pandemic, such as Lee Wooten, who was treated in the hospital for coronavirus and recovered just prior to his 104th birthday in 2020. And our bad habits dont stop with CEOs. Not surprisingly, the Bush administration took a look at the study, blanched, and declined to publish it. Are we the only generation that has ever been greedy? But for nearly one third of people (31%) it is a "state public event" while for another 31% it is a memorial day for all former Soviet people. C Brewer. They see a deck stacked against them by the greediest generation in Australian history: self-satisfied with its wealth, loath to pay its taxes, happy to saddle the youngsters with eye-watering . Why shouldnt he try? But we are not ashamed of ourselves, which speaks volumes for just how steeped in bad behavior we have become. It is you and they who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream from millions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers. 2) Alan Simpson left Congress at the age of 65. There is a good chance that members of Generation Q will spend their entire adult lives digging out from the deficits that we the "Greediest Generation," epitomized by George W. Bush . I think she is a little ticked off! Our slogan has gone from "free love" to "free blood pressure medicine.". And they have no choice; without water a city becomes a ghost town. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. He argued that these men and women fought not for fame and recognition, but because it was the 'right thing to do Credit:Louie Douvis. You can update your choices at any time in your settings. But that same year, Medicare took effect to provide medical care for the elderly, and Social Security adjustments steadily reduced poverty among them. An interview with Alan Simpson on the subject of Social Security can be found here. And its not just bridges and tunnels that have been neglected. I was born in 1949. And because the boomers vote, and younger generations havent yet started to band together for self-protection, its likely that the boomers will get their way which means unaffordable health care could bankrupt Canadas governments. If that happens, we boomers will see our retirements vaporize, together with our kids livelihoods. 1. Indeed, they are more burdensome, because Congress has, explicitly or implicitly, promised to pay these benefits off in real (purchasing power) terms. This article is more than 10 years old. She also tells it like it is! The Generational Dilemma of the 2020 Democratic Primary", "Full Committee Hearing on Statement Made by Gen. James A. No matter how one labels receipts and payments, the fiscal gap remains the same. The bad news is they think this can be accomplished by slashing discretionary programs. The Greediest Generation is a book about what happened as the largest generation in American history came to power: It shows how "old fashioned" values like saving, underconsuming, and . I guess that makes us greedy. The Baby Boomers should not expect future generations to pay for their current benefits. He must have thought I was about to rip off his head and spit down his . Heres the excerpt: Anyway, have a look at it and if you should choose, you might communicate with me. Baby Boomers. That's right, sir. Neither can I. Here's a response in a letter from PATTY NYE from Illinois . In 1998, former news anchor Tom Brokaw wrote a book called The Greatest Generation. We cant grow our way out of this mess. Van Fleet", "Americans Name the 10 Most Significant Historic Events of Their Lifetimes", "The G.I. 24 November 2010. It was wrong 21 months ago, when Durbin said it once before, and it's . 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