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not my fault
Have you been reading about baby boomers lately? Here is a sampling of what I have read:
This is why the baby boomers are the worst generation ever http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gene-marks/this-is-why-the-baby-boom_b_4441735.html
Baby boomers are what’s wrong with the economy https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/11/05/baby-boomers-are-whats-wrong-with-americas-economy/
Five myths about baby boomers https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-baby-boomers/2015/11/06/44ca943c-83fb-11e5-8ba6-cec48b74b2a7_story.html
How do we make the old people pay? http://www.theawl.com/2015/11/boomers-the-parasitic-generation-that-broke-america?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAwl+%28The+Awl%29
My name is Carol and I am a baby boomer. And I am sick and tired of being vilified for it. I will not apologize for being born between 1946 and 1965.
No, it is not my fault the economy is going to hell in a hand basket. I didn’t vote for the rectal cavities that put us into wars with deficit financing, lowered the tax rates on business and the wealthy, and refused to invest a dime in the crumbling infrastructure .
No I am not retired. I work. I have worked since I was 15 – of course those years I was home with the kids I didn’t get a pay check. Yes I realize that I had the benefit of a market where jobs were available. Yes I realize that I haven’t saved enough for retirement and that I have always lived from paycheck to paycheck. No I don’t think I am taking a job away from someone younger because I am still working.
No I don’t consider either Social Security, Medicare, or pensions an “entitlement” I paid FICA taxes all my life. Those benefits were considered part of my “income” even though I never saw a penny of it I might add that it was not my choice to go on Medicare – the insurers demanded that I do it when I turned 65 even though I am working full-time so they could maximize their profits by shuffling me off to a government program.
No, I did not spend my time causing climate change. Well unless you count drinking bottled water, that is a lot of plastic bottles I have to admit. Oh and I do like disposable grocery bags – I save them and use them to throw away used cat litter. And I drive a car – because it is just plain easier to drive 20 minutes to work then try to catch two busses and Metro for a 2 ½ hour commute. I didn’t work for, supported, invested in, or voted for those who worked for and/or supported the corporations that did do the polluting.
Sorry, I do not accept responsibility for the state of our country or the world. I did what I could when I could. And I hope those of you who follow can say the same someday.
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