I once had a discussion with a white 50 something. The type that complains about blacks and welfare. He also said that he used to make a lot of money selling to the defense industry in the eighties. You know - 600 dollar toilet seats, 200 dollar screwdrivers. He made a lot of money. So how much were the black welfare recipients making in the eighties? Was the 50 year old white guy any different? Oh wait, he wore a tie and went to work. I get it. That's not welfare is it? I agree about a third party Scat. As for moving out west. Forget it. The land from California to Texas will be getting carved up between the Mexican illegals and the invading Chinese Army trying to cash in their US Treasuries. Marc Faber moved to Hong Kong, Jim Rogers moved to Singapore. Those cats know what's going down.
The OP article brings up a lot of points, and I agree with a lot of what he said as well. I'm just showing that everyone is fucked up to a degree, incuding the OP.
By "waaayyy West", I meant across the Pacific. If I were young enough and single, that's what I'd do... especially if I had little in the way of assets... so the US Government couldn't hose me before I left. BTW... I don't believe your generation and the next are going to be saddled with the entitlements of the Boomers.... could be as bad or worse for you though... The system will blow up before long and we'll all be bankrupt.... except the politicos, of course.
millions of government/union workers are retiring soon .. with the expectation of nearly their full income and benefits for the rest of their lives ... I haven't listened to Rush in years, but he has been slamming the greed of boomers for years.
Can't see the greed issue myself... unless we're talking about someone who works his career to get two government pensions.. that's doesn't seem right. The greed of the government and government employee benefits seem as big a problem as any.
when the populace realizes it can vote itself benefits.... that's the end. "greed", "sloth", "gluttony","vanity","lust" ...take your pick
That same conclusion was reached 2,500 years ago in Athens. Their experiments in Democracy were always temporary.