The good news is that the American people seem to realize this. Social Security: Congress' piggy bank. Published Apr 30, 2019 + Follow by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. This is typical of the kinds of decisions that boomers have made: spend money on what we want right now, and to hell with the consequences later. I don't know exactly when the "Greatest Generation" ended, but I know we are in a new one and it's not the greatest. Here's a response in a letter from PATTY NYE from Illinois .. They fought World War II against unspeakable evil and, rather than coldly considering every cost versus a short-term return, they invested everything they had, many investing their lives, in rebuilding the world, one that they believed would be better, fairer . Authors William Strauss and Neil Howe later popularized the G.I. Sen. Richard Durbin says that "Social Security does not add one penny to our debt.". 2) Alan Simpson left Congress at the age of 65. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Why? And this is not to imply that other generations are or were angelic in comparison to the boomers, because thats not true, either. But my guess is that the world will start dumping the dollar and U.S. Treasuries far sooner. Per TPM: "We had the greatest generation," Simpson said. Click for proposal. In Kotlikoff's view, the chairs of President Obamas deficit commission, hailed and pilloried for proposing radical changes earlier this week, havent gone nearly far enough to attack the long term fiscal imbalance. How could you do this?'". If that happens, we boomers will see our retirements vaporize, together with our kids' livelihoods. Meanwhile, most cities in North America have underinvested in water and sewage systems for decades, and are now having to pony up big-time to repair ancient, leaking systems. 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. Weisman, Jonathan. RGDS! 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. Following the war, the Allies began the denazification and demilitarization of a post-war Germany. IDIOT AKA "The Bag OfDurbin Subject: A brilliant woman's response to a complete IDIOT AKA "The Bag Of Durbin"!!!!!] And an open letter by a woman identified as Patty Myers from Montana began to circulate in 2011. The term Generation Jones was first coined by the American cultural commentator Jonathan Pontell, who identified the cohort as those born from 1954 to 1965 in the U.S., who were children during Watergate, the oil crisis, and stagflation rather than during the 1950s, but . The city of Toronto had, in the 1960s, a rapid transit system that regularly won awards for being the best in North America. Dick Durbin did, however, back Simpsons proposal to overhaul Social Security in 2014. My parents were the Greatest Generation. "[5] The initials G.I. Maybe I should have added a question mark, he said. The book expresses the belief that this generation is the greatest ever produced by society. A person earning $80,000 who cannot afford a home pays taxes to support an aged pensioner in a $3 million family home . [38], The World War II generation of Japan came of age during a time of rapid imperialism. In Canada, the situation is distinctly worse because the birth rate in Canada is much lower than in the U.S., which means the burden on working people supporting the health care costs of aging boomers will be proportionately much higher than in America. You promise them big pensions and retirement benefits at some distant, later date. And yes, Ive made some plenty smart cracks about people on Social Security who milk it to the last degree. The monies collected from payroll taxes (called contributions) were handed to the provincial governments in exchange for their worthless IOUs, which could never be successfully cashed because it would have created a financial and political crisis. 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. The study found that the government faces a present value "fiscal gap" -- the excess of expected payments over expected revenues -- of $51 trillion. Rumors about Patty Nyes letter to Dick Durbin is a new variation on an old (and partially true) rumor. In the same ad, it points out Wagner called seniors citizens the "greediest generation" in an interview with PennLive's editorial board in 2016. Thats not likely to happen. Yet today Torontos traffic gridlock is rated as being among the worst in the developed world, even worse than that for New York City or Los Angeles. Remarkably, it was then reformed: contributions were raised to a sustainable level, and the monies collected were invested in the open markets by an independent agency, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, with the result that the CPP is today one of the worlds best examples of how a government pension scheme should be run. [8] The first half of the generation, born between 1901 and 1914, are sometimes referred to as the Interbellum Generation. This week the secretaries of the Treasury and the Department of Finance have spoken on expenditure restraint in unusually blunt terms. November 28, 2012. Letter to D!ck Durbin D!ck Durbin, a Senator from Illinois calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security " to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. Otherwise, we boomers may earn a place in history as the worst generation. As a career politician, you have been on the public dole (tit) fifty years. We provide a Senior's Health Card, which excludes from its means test any untaxed income from superannuation. 24 November 2010. I am now 63). They were part of what is called "the greatest generation." My generation is, I think, is the "greediest generation." My parents, as did the parents of many of my generation, wanted a better life for their children. The cost of aged care and ageing is more than $13 billion a year and is estimated to increase at 7.5 per cent a year over the next 10 years. Even today arguing against taxes is a good way for politicians at any level of government, and in every jurisdiction, to get elected, from Tea baggers in America to Mayor Rob Ford in Toronto. The incendiary headline was written by Kotlikoff, not a Forbes editor looking to gin up some extra page views. Critiques about generations often begin by noting the lack of agreement around birth years. She also tells it like it is! And we need to do it yesterday. Durbin, a Senator from Illinois calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security " to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. He also tells it like it is ! They will not thank us for it. We tested Wagner's theory: Baby Boomers, or the most recent cohort of state retirees, come back as the Greediest Generation, according to Google. Both arguments are flawed and self-serving. But we didnt know! Not true: the boomers didntwantto know and did want unreasonably low taxes, and voted that way. [34], Members of the World War II generation in Germany came of age following World War I and the German Revolution of 19181919. [3]This is one estimate of the amount of assets held by the SSA that will have to be redeemed to keep its operations financed. She also tells it like it is! Wagner, a likely 2018 candidate for governor . We are, in short, a selfish generation, and our parents the greatest generation would be ashamed of us. 17 February 2010. As a baby boomer myself, I can be blunt: We boomers won't be remembered as the "Greatest Generation." The boomers are responsible for all of this, and more, yet we are trying to duck out, hoping to leave the bill for the generations that follow. 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. There is no growth in real wages and inflation is at record lows. I think she is a little ticked off! This career politician's comments illustrates the entire . "Hey Dick, let's get a few things straight!!! Instead, we have sacrificed our children and their children so that we can have a better life. The only way out is to reduce spending. She says they've earned the title of the "greediest generation . THIS SENIOR CITIZEN NAILED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2.9 million members of this generation served in the war, and there were 384,000 casualties. The Greediest Generation. When bridges start falling into rivers and onto other roads, when tunnels start collapsing due to inadequate inspection and repair, and water costs start skyrocketing due to large, unseen leaks below-ground, you have no choice but the pay the piper. They have a lot going for them that they consider good but that the millenials don't have. Baby Boomers are considered to be the greediest generation, and its time make the environment better. I think he is a little ticked off ! In a profanity-laced letter sent last month, Simpson attacked the group as a bunch of "greedy geezers" and demanded they "read the damn report." Several news . To add insult to injury, you label us "greedy" for calling bullshit on your incompetence. Following the war, this generation produced children at an unprecedented level. 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. NOW, you and your shill commission is proposing to move the goalposts YET AGAIN 5. This is the European model, which has been a massive failure. 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.". "Hey Dick, let's get a few things straight!! On the other hand, the proportion of children below the poverty line is still 18 percent, the same as it was in 1966. Higher taxes are not the answer as they will threaten the very investment and jobs growth we so desperately need and disadvantage the young. How big are these promises, and how much will they cost? In practice, though, all of this money has been spent by Congress, and the SSA has been left with worthless IOUs. Sarah Dunant owns up to being a member of the greediest generation - the baby boomers. 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. Generation term in their 1991 book Generations: The History of America's Future.[6]. Heres the excerpt: Anyway, have a look at it and if you should choose, you might communicate with me. In last week's election the voters made it very clear that they want spending brought under control. Once we recognize the crushing burden the current system will place on our kids and grandkids, well see that reforming government spending programs (including entitlement programs)on our backs, not on our kidsis the only way to go. "I really believe that there are more patriots in America than selfish, selfish people," he said. An interview with Alan Simpson on the subject of Social Security can be found here. 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. Blurry dividing lines. 1. Nor can we inflate or borrow or tax our way out of it. Our rate of domestic investment was also in the 10 to 15% range in the 50s and 60s. We have systematically taken more out of our economy and society than we have put back, looting it for our comfort, convenience, and self-indulgence. Henry Kissinger Comments on Trump: 'He Puts America First'-Mostly Fiction! 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. [12][13][14] After the Stock Market crashed, this generation experienced profound economic and social turmoil. In theory, it has been invested in U.S. Treasury bonds and bills, backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. It used to be that each generation sacrificed so that their children would have a better life. I grew up in the shadow of what Tom Brokaw called " The Greatest Generation .". commission, calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he. The dates, the demographic context, and the cultural identifiers may vary by country. Japanese cities, towns, and villages were devastated by Allied bombing campaigns. Not surprisingly, the Bush administration took a look at the study, blanched, and declined to publish it. He argued that these men and women fought not for fame and recognition, but because it was the 'right thing to do Neither can I. The book says that the Treasury Department commissioned a study by two economists of the United States' long-term liabilities, for inclusion in the 2004 federal budget. . It is you and they who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream from millions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers. 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 Nor can we inflate or borrow or tax our way out of it. My generation is the Greediest Generation. Alan Simpson spent half a century in government service, including three terms as a senator representing Wyoming in the U.S. Congress. ! The Greatest Generation, also known as the G.I. In that book he said, it is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced. He argued that these men and women fought not for fame and recognition, but because it was the right thing to do.[1]. The sad truth is that there are not nearly enough bridges to nowhere in the budget to close the fiscal gap. In an effort to prepare for the assumed Allied invasion, the Japanese government prepared to submit this generation to "Operation Ketsugo", in which the Japanese population would fight a war of attrition. Business employs 80 per cent of the workforce and is the only true generator of wealth and jobs. Few of us realize it, but with our acquiescence, Uncle Sam has spent decades running the worlds largest Ponzi scheme, taking ever-larger sums from each young generation and handing them to the old in the form of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits. For 2009 it would be negative 1.5% were it not for investment in the U.S. by China and other countries. For modern Russians, the conflict continues to provide the population with a nationalistic rallying call. People I've known, relatives [saying], 'You son of a bitch. 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. They faced economic hardships related to the Great Depression and Treaty of Versailles as unemployment rose to nearly 40%. We hated our parents as children. You know em too. Simply warning them that fiscal catastrophe looms may not be enough to bring them around. [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. We recommended the superannuation preservation age and the age pension age be adjusted in line with greater life expectancy. She also tells it like it is! One member of this generation, Hirohito, would become Emperor in 1926, when Japan was already one of the great powers. No matter how one labels receipts and payments, the fiscal gap remains the same. And have seen a lot of consensus leaning towards the "baby boomers are the greediest generation in history" mentality and noticing that the majority of baby boomer generation can afford homes that cost half-a-million-plus homes, retirement, and other seemingly basic luxuries that most of the "middle class" see as unobtainable due to the middle . [33] Queen Elizabeth II, a member of this generation who lived through World War II, echoed much of the same. Durbin said Social Security . You know it, we know it, and you know that we know it. The annual costs of this largesse will total close to $4 trillion! She also tells it like it is! The means test for aged care does not include the full value of the family home. 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. Simpson's remark became the basis for a caustic anonymous rebuke that was widely circulated on the internet: 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. We can't grow our way out of this mess. My eyes got squinty and my face got red. August, 2010.". 3. Congressional Research Service. by senior futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. He didnt, however, say that senior citizens were the greediest generation ever (at least in the email). Canadas will do so sooner, and more spectacularly. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin defended the filibuster, claiming getting rid of it "would be the end of the Senate as it was originally . [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. The Social Security System in the United States is a ticking time bomb, underfunded, and overly generous. 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. . I cannot vouch for its accuracy. None of these is politically or financially feasible, but eventually either choice 1 or 2 will have to be made. Every year on Veterans Day, we baby boomers look around and see fewer and fewer members of the Greatest Generation . Spread the love. The International Monetary Fund recently computed a similar sized fiscal gap. The veins in my temples throbbed. With boomers about to retire, I'm afraid that national priorities will be focused even more powerfully on the elderly rather than the young -- because it's the elderly who wield political clout. 2. . The Social Security mess was created by the Greatest Generation and the Boomers were left holding the empty bag.. It was politicians of that same generation who added on Medicare to burden the so-called social security trust fund while profligately plundering that same fund to provide more entitlements to that generation. In 1935, Hitler instituted military conscription. Of course we should ensure people and business pay their taxes. 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 Call when you get honest work! We need to do the sameindeed much morebecause we are in far worse shape than any of those countries. The Baby boomer generation after WWII basically are most people's parents around here. To the contrary, everything I've seen since then merely confirms my earlier conclusions. (You can read all the comments here.). He said, First shoot the lawyers. He should have said, First shoot the accountants.. 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. [3] This cohort is also referred to as the World War II generation. 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. It surprises and frankly angers me that a well respected journal like Forbes would endorse a column in their pages entitled Are Baby Boomers The Greediest Generation. 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. Bill, this generation moved their families into the suburbs and largely promoted a more conservative mindset as the country faced the threat of the Cold War and a Second Red Scare, while some were again called to service in the Korean War alongside the Silent 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. Retirement in America is no longer feared as a time of destitution, but anticipated as a time of comfort and leisure. 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? May 1, 2005; Send any friend a story. 1. The men and women of this generation continue to be honored in the U.K., particularly on V-E Day. Wyoming Capitol Journal. 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. France, the United Kingdom, Greece, and other countries are making the painful choices needed to protect their young people and their economies. This button displays the currently selected search type. We always had enough while they were getting their's. The Greediest Generation. Alan Simpson, the Senator from Wyoming calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security " to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. This is a short review of the . By Nicholas D. Kristof. He must have thought I was about to rip off his head and spit down his . "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. By 2020 the federal debt, which is now 60% of GDP, will exceed the 90% level, which economists Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart view as the critical value needed to spark a financial crisis. But President Obama has proposed $250 for every . The Generational Dilemma of the 2020 Democratic Primary", "Full Committee Hearing on Statement Made by Gen. James A. , calls senior citizens the greediest generation - the baby boomer generation After WWII basically most. 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