Tex117 said:
The Boomers really effed this country didn't they?
They really...and I mean...REALLY...liked doling out those entitlements and spending like there was no tomorrow.
They were not in power when it was all implemented. They certainly did nothing to reform it when they took power, but boomers did not take complete control of political power until the 1990s. Even then it was shared power between them and the GI Generations from the 1970s-2000.
SSA was formed in 1935. The GI generation were young adults and teenagers when it was created. Their children were the Silents and Boomers that would not come of age until the 1960s and early 70s. So their political power would not truly happen until the 1990s when they started to reach middle age.
FDR was born in 1882. I don't even know if we have a name for this generation but the presidency and congress was held by the GRANDPARENTS of the Boomers when SS was passed. The Great Grandparents of boomers when the Federal Income Tax was created.
The first boomer President was 1992. The first Boomer Speaker of the House was 1994. They shared power with Senate leaders that were part of the GI generation.
Medicare was passed in 1965. The oldest boomers were just turning 19. The people passing that legislation were born 1900-1920.
Like I said, boomers did nothing to stop this runaway train when they could have, but they certainly did not start the train rolling.
Turn of the century Progressives like Wilson and the Roosevelt created the perfect socialist traps. What generation is going to be the one that pulls the entitlement rug out from under their parents and grandparents? It has to be done to save the Republic, but it will be nearly impossible to do because of the emotional blackmail.