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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Current old people & near retirees can go fuck themselves. They are the richest quintile of the population, they voted for Regan (twice), and if they blew all their money on SUVs and monster houses expecting to be able to suck off the public teat when their income dried up, well they can just fuck off and die old, alone and eating cat food. Of course, we also know that I am the queen of the "fuck the oldsters" routine.
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I think the fuck the oldsters approach should be modified -- you are, for the most part, talking about separate sets of oldsters. I will talk about them, if you will, as two groups -- your parents (the people who can fuck themselves) and my parents (the people who need and deserve social security). No offense, please, and no similarity to actual people is intended (except that my parents really are my parents).
Your parents are the middle and upper middle and filthy rich oldsters who voted for Ronnie, spent money on big houses, and are now left with (i) big house, fully paid for, (ii) a fat 401(k) that they don't want to draw down too fast, and (iii) little income, all blown. For them, social security is a safety net, but they have alternatives.
My parents worked hard their whole life, voted Democratic, lived in a rural pit where house prices never did really appreciate, and ultimately retired on a small pension, some IRA money put aside over time, a little inheritance from one grandparent that was enough to finish off the mortgage, and social security. Social security is about 60% of one parents income, about 35% of the others (they are divorced).
Don't screw my parents. If we have to screw someone, make it your parents -- stick some kind of means testing on it that gets to that big ole house.
If we screw your parents, they have to let out the spare bedroom.
If we screw my parents, they have to move in to my spare bedroom.
I will pay royally to keep my parents out of my spare bedroom.
