Reply #62: Uhm, Korean War Generation [View All]

[sandnsea]

Don't believe me? Think about the 75 year olds you know. They're the ones who had their own issues as children of the Depression, who fought the forgotten war, who lost their own jobs in the 70's as unemployment and inflation skyrocketed. Not all of them, but many decided Democrats had screwed it all up, they were ripe for the right wing message.

The children of the 60's tolerated the insanity of Reagan-Bush, and after that Newt Gingrich. Some kids today think they have it rough - but they don't know what it is to deal with 10% unemployment and 15% home mortgage rates. We did the best we could to get control away from these right wing idiots, but there were an awful lot of Reagan babies who started popping up, who believed all this bootstrap economics too.

We're also the first generation to agree to pay for our own SS retirement, who put the environment over our income which is why you don't see rivers on fire, who implemented a national immunization program for all children, health care for almost all children, senior citizens centers in every town, and a whole lot more that nobody had even dreamed of in the 60's. We did an awful lot for the generation behind us and our kids too. In fact, the South Park generation might want to take a look at themselves and their own selfish ideas before they go critizing boomers.