We have an ageing population, increasing life expectancy, an aged pension benchmarked to average male weekly earnings (the highest possible index) and the family home excluded from the asset test. ", I chatted today with Kotlikoff (a boomer himself) about the reaction. We did it, and we did it deliberately, not caring what the long-term costs would be, or who would bear those costs. Here's a response in a letter from PATTY NYE from Illinois . Additionally, those alive in 1918 through 1920 experienced the deadly Spanish Flu pandemic. And while almost all the elderly now have health insurance under Medicare, about 29 percent of children had no health insurance at all at some point in the last 12 months. Of course we should ensure people and business pay their taxes. How could you do this?'". In addition, the Holocaust claimed the lives of millions of German Jews and others. The only way out is to reduce spending. But my guess is that the world will start dumping the dollar and U.S. Treasuries far sooner. I think she is a little ticked off! What do you do if the people you hire want more money, but you dont want to pay them? Whatever the (unknown) truth is, the amounts are staggering, especially as they are in addition to other explicit and implicit liabilities. In 2018 this item began circulating again, this time substituting Senator Dick Durbin's (D-IL) name for Simpson's. MsFitz01 posted on 11/12/10 12:34 PM EST: "A Greedy Generation? The last time this issue was seriously tackled was back in 1983, when a Senate committee led by Daniel Patrick Moynihan curtailed benefits, and raised entitlement ages. Why shouldnt he try? The Greediest Generation is a book about what happened as the largest generation in American history came to power: It shows how "old fashioned" values like saving, underconsuming, and . How big are these promises, and how much will they cost? I grew up in the shadow of what Tom Brokaw called " The Greatest Generation .". As a career politician, you have been on the public dole for FIFTY YEARS 2. Only 16% of those asked recognize it in its original context as a "veterans memorial day". ", George H. Soule, Prosperity Decade: From War to Depression: 19171929 (1947), Last edited on 22 February 2023, at 18:10, Military history of the United States during World War II, List of last surviving veterans of World War II, "Is It Time to 'Pass the Torch?' His book, The Coming Generational Storm (written with Scott Burns), was published back in 2004. My assertion will infuriate many boomers, and I will undoubtedly get nasty messages from people who will cite all the wonderful, selfless things that they or we have done, or how we had no choice but to do what we did. 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. Yet Mother Nature wont be put off; she always gets paid. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com, Former senator Alan Simpson hypocritically referred to modern Americans as "the greediest generation. But the number of Gen Xers has ticked up over the last few Congresses, from 16 in the 115th to 20 in the current session. 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. While anyone with an ounce of common sense could have guessed that there was something sketchy about China's generous offer, it . She says they've earned the title of the "greediest generation . We must bite the bullet and rein in expenditure, focusing our support on those who cannot look after themselves. 24 . Obviously, Shakespeare had it wrong. [1]Wikipedia entry onThe Greatest Generation. 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. Thats very difficult for people to accept. 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. The World War II generation of the Soviet Union was further decimated by the war. They were shaped by the Great Depression and were the primary generation composing the enlisted forces in World War II. Why? The only way out is to reduce spending. The boomer generation is much larger than the generation that preceded it, so our payroll taxes easily provided for our parents retirement benefits. Not just going fishing: Higher mortgage debt levels are keeping Baby Boomers in the workforce for longer, Ahuri research shows. Indeed, they are more burdensome, because Congress has, explicitly or implicitly, promised to pay these benefits off in real (purchasing power) terms. . Patricia Bealer says: September 16, 2018 at 11:00 pm. No one knows, but they easily run into the trillions of dollars. In the intervening five years, I've had no reason to change my mind. Here's a response in a letter from PATTY NYE from Illinois . by senior futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. The lost gutter generation. So please, do not visit the sins of the father upon their children. We always had enough while they were getting their's. This week the secretaries of the Treasury and the Department of Finance have spoken on expenditure restraint in unusually blunt terms. 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. Alan Simpson, Senator from Wyoming , Co-Chair of Obama's deficit. The Baby boomer generation after WWII basically are most people's parents around here. But we are not ashamed of ourselves, which speaks volumes for just how steeped in bad behavior we have become. The Projector also includes a feedback component, so people can share their proposed solutions with others and thus build political support for specific spending cuts. Not surprisingly, the Bush administration took a look at the study, blanched, and declined to publish it. Getting overall spending under control inevitably means spending less on Medicare and Social Security. Alan Simpson spent half a century in government service, including three terms as a senator representing Wyoming in the U.S. Congress. Countries such as Sweden have rolled back company and personal taxes to encourage investment and jobs in an economy that was going backwards. In comparison, the Canada Pension Plan, which was established in 1965 by the government of Canada, was headed down the same path as the SSA until 1996. "Hey Dick, let's get a few things straight!!! Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Authors William Strauss and Neil Howe later popularized the G.I. I think he is a little ticked off ! Now, with those hormones fading, we've popularized Viagra. I am now 63). The hot issue of the moment is Social Security, and the newest entitlement program is a prescription drug benefit for the elderly. A lot less., A lot of the negative reaction to Kotlikoffs column has come from boomers taking umbrage at what they consider a generational slander. I have been paying Social Security taxes for 48 YEARS (since I was 15 years old. On cue, the left says simply raise more taxes from business and the rich to pay for the unaffordable. "[5] The initials G.I. 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. "Research note on Chicano community leaders: the GI generation. We talk on our cellphones in public places, annoying the people around us. Its made no such promises for most of its official Treasury bills and bonds. 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]. Wagner, a likely 2018 candidate for governor . They did it!. "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. It gives people a good idea of just how much their taxes could (instead of will) rise unless radical changes in government spending are made. As we age our health care demands increase significantly. Recently, just like Lucy & Charlie Brown, you and your ilk pulled the proverbial football away from millions of American seniors nearing retirement and moved the goalposts for full retirement from age 65 to age 67. 1. By my estimates, the annual cost of health care, per person, by age, remains reasonably steady (with some noticeable blips, as for men at around age 40) until around age 55, at which point health care costs start going up almost exponentially. No matter what happens to the official interest rate business continues to sit on its cheque book. [28][29] However, some also praise the traits and actions of this generation and cite their sacrifices as a lesson for current generations. [37], As children, members of this generation came of age during Stalin's rise to power. The term "Swing Generation" has also been used to describe the cohort due to the popularity of the era's music. The dates, the demographic context, and the cultural identifiers may vary by country. Yet, repeatedly, in city after city, state after state, and province after province in North America, governments have elected to defer, postpone, and avoid infrastructure investments until now, when the bills are coming due. [18] Subsidized by the G.I. You and yours have bankrupted America for the sole purpose of advancing your pathetic political careers. Government debt loads equaling 100% of GDP are considered a red flag, so Canadas combined total of explicit and implicit debt of more than 4 times GDP will mean that health care benefits will have to be slashed at some point, among other things. You may opt-out by. The euro area has 16.5 million unemployed and an unemployment rate of 10.5 per cent. And we are about to enter old age with a singular goal in mind, namely, extracting as much as possible from our kids and grandkids. The same is true of defense spending, although we can no longer afford endless wars we cant win. 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. Generation" was first used in 1971 by Alberto M. Camarillo in an article for the academic journal Aztln: A Journal of Chicano Studies, titled "Research note on Chicano community leaders: the GI generation. And for what? My parents were the Greatest Generation. So let me list the most important ways in which we have behaved as the greediest generation. 2.9 million members of this generation served in the war, and there were 384,000 casualties. From an e-mail. The book expresses the belief that this generation is the greatest ever produced by society. The sad truth is that there are not nearly enough bridges to nowhere in the budget to close the fiscal gap. For too long, we have doubted, scoffed at, and chosen to ignore the warnings of climatologists and geophysicists. Because you idiots mismanaged other parts of the economy to such an extent that you need to steal money from Medicare to pay the bills 6. "Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates." 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. What cuts in YOUR retirement and health care benefits are you proposing in your disgusting deficit reduction proposal, or, as usual, have you exempted yourself and your political cronies? Our influence has been huge. "I am writing a book now called The Greediest Generation: Why the Boomers are Screwing Themselves, Their Children, and The Planet.""I started studying tax and social welfare policy and I realized that my generation is squeezing the welfare state so that we get all the benefits and the younger generations pay the taxes. Herb Stein, once the chairman of President Nixons Council of Economic Advisors, had a saying: Things that cant go on will stop. What he should have said was, Things that cant go on will stop too late. When the U.S. Treasury bond bubble bursts, we could see a financial collapse that makes 2008 look tame. And our bad habits dont stop with CEOs. [4]Shackford, Scott; $2.8 Trillion in Unfunded State Pension Debts: Congressional Republicans Look to Block Federal Bailout, 27 Sept. 2012, http://reason.com/blog/2012/09/27/28-trillion-in-unfunded-state-pension-de, [5]Healey, Thomas, et al; Underfunded Public Pensions in the United States: The Size of the Problem, the Obstacles to Reform and the Path Forward, Harvard Kennedy School for Business & Government, http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/publications/fwp/2012-08. The annual costs of this largesse will total close to $4 trillion! Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Not surprisingly, many of the debt commission's draft proposals to cut the debt by nearly $4 trillion by 2020 from raising the retirement age to 69 by 2075 to bringing in $1 trillion more in tax revenue have won strong opposition from liberals and conservatives alike. We have lived in 3rd world countries and sacrificed plenty. Its more a matter of degree than sustainability. Blurry dividing lines. That has not been easy, and it has required real sacrifices from us to do it. Illinois resident blasted U.S. During the war, nearly 12.5 million members of this generation served in the war and 4.3 million were killed or wounded. 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. Both arguments are flawed and self-serving. (I know, since Im the editor responsible for the column.). [17] Tom Brokaw and others extol this generation for supporting and fighting World War II. The solution is not to force the elderly to get by on cat food again. NOW, you and your shill commission is proposing to move the goalposts YET AGAIN 5. Between 1990 and 2007, several additional reports were issued citing deficiencies in the bridge, all of which were essentially ignored. 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. The predominant emotion the holiday provokes among Russians (59% of respondents) is national pride, while 18% said "sorrow" and 21% said "both". Its the same with any system in America. Here's a response in a letter from PATTY NYE from Illinois .. In some respects we became a spoiled generation. Votes. 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 . German cities and towns were devastated by Allied bombing campaigns. 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. 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. That's why the wording had to be changed. IDIOT AKA "The Bag OfDurbin Subject: A brilliant woman's response to a complete IDIOT AKA "The Bag Of Durbin"!!!!!] Whats in a headline? The number of Silent Generation senators has fallen from 19 in 2017 to 11 now. As a baby boomer myself, I can be blunt: We boomers won't be remembered as the "Greatest Generation." The fact that the deficit commission is focused on federal deficits and not the long-term fiscal gap is indicative of how much damage the economic labeling problem is causing. 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. The Generational Dilemma of the 2020 Democratic Primary", "Full Committee Hearing on Statement Made by Gen. James A. Gen X and Y while being left with the bill have not complained, yet. A public pension can be run responsibly. commission, calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he. Nearly 18 million members of this generation would fight in World War II and approximately 3 million, including civilians, would be killed or wounded. And a big part of the reason is, as various reports noted, that Toronto should have been investing in at least one kilometer of subway extension a year, but actually invested in only a tiny fraction of that. [27] The romanticizing of this generation has faced criticism by some. The Greedies, the Silent Gen (can't blame them too much but they didn't mind going along for the ride) and Leading Edge/First Wave Boomers. A good dose of inflation caused by printing money (and the Federal Reserve is printing lots of money these days) can quickly wipe out much, if not all, of the real value of the official obligations. But we didnt know! Not true: the boomers didntwantto know and did want unreasonably low taxes, and voted that way. Earlier versions of the letter were unsigned, and Myers identity has never been verified.Later, variations of the greediest generation quote and follow-up later emerged. Traditionally in America, the people most likely to be poor were the elderly. But remember that American children are almost twice as likely as the elderly to live in poverty, and that you get much more bang for the buck vaccinating a child than paying for open-heart surgery. We are the greediest generation. Every year on Veterans Day, we baby boomers look around and see fewer and fewer members of the Greatest Generationour parents and grandparents who rose en mass to fight a terrible war and keep us safe. They also experienced much of their youth with rapid technological innovation (e.g., radio, telephone, automobile) amidst growing levels of worldwide income inequality[9][10][11] and a soaring economy. January 23, 2018. Hence, the real fiscal problem facing the country is 20 times larger than the one weve been publicly acknowledging. Of course, this is a broad generalization about an entire generation. ! And they have no choice; without water a city becomes a ghost town. November 28, 2012. Baby Boomers: The Greediest Generation. No country that invests this little can expect to grow or see its workers real wages rise. [7] Strauss and Howe use the birth years 19011924. As of 2003, the share of elderly below the poverty line had fallen by two-thirds to 10 percent -- representing a huge national success. Otherwise, we boomers may earn a place in history as the worst generation. There is a good chance that members of Generation Q will spend their entire adult lives digging out from the deficits that we the "Greediest Generation," epitomized by George W. Bush are leaving them. Heres the excerpt: Anyway, have a look at it and if you should choose, you might communicate with me. Thats a formula for disaster. In the west, the Marshall Plan resulted in the "Wirtschaftswunder", an economic boom that caused 185% growth between 1950 and 1963. 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. Returning veterans found their country occupied and received little support or respect. As it is, the rate of U.S. domestic investment was only 1.9 percent last year! Hardly fair. Over 9 in 10 (91%) of this age group are registered to vote and 90% voted in the 2000 presidential election. This is the European model, which has been a massive failure. None of that changes the macro-effects of the way we have lived our lives. Per TPM: "We had the greatest generation," Simpson said. Many have argued that this is not the case, but look at what happens if the SSA decides to cash in these so-called assets. Maybe I should have added a question mark, he said. That's right, sir. 4) The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform's proposal included no provisions for excluding the retirement and health care benefits of politicians from deficit reduction efforts. them say they have become more conservative on economic, social, foreign policy, moral, and legal issues as they have aged. The commission's proposal for eliminating the nation's $13.8 trillion debt, which included components such as increasing taxes and gradually raising the retirement age for Social Security to 69 years, prompted an "unprecedented amount of flak" from opponents, to which Simpson responded by referring to modern Americans as the "greediest generation" (although he tempered his remarks by saying he felt America had more "patriots than selfish people"): "I've never had any nastier mail or [been in a] more difficult position in my life," said the 79-year-old Simpson. . Select Accept to consent or Reject to decline non-essential cookies for this use. And you can take that to the bank, you miserable son of a bitch. Former U.S. senator Alan Simpson summarized the argument well: seniors fighting Social Security benefit cuts were nothing more than "greedy geezers" stealing from young people "who are going . Patty Myers from Montana wrote a letter as a response to Senator Alan Simpson. Wyoming Capitol Journal. Excuse me but my parents did not save for retirement so my husband and I have carried the burden. Rather, we'll be scorned as the "Greediest Generation.". Even in the mid-1980s, around 70% of Soviet industrial output was directed towards the military, one of the factors in its eventual economic collapse. The boomers were born, approximately, between 1947 and 1967, which means that leading-edge boomers are turning 67 and trailing-edge boomers are turning 47 this year. Always say what you mean ! But our worst economic bequest is the fantastic fiscal liability were leaving our kids. 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. I cannot vouch for its accuracy. If theres a place where short-term gain for long-term pain is evident, its climate change. In its latter years, this generation was introduced to continued technological advancements such as mobile phones and the Internet. 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. That's false. Yet, the fact remains that the boomers, as a generation, made promises that they knew (or should have known) could not be kept. She also tells it like it is! There is no growth in real wages and inflation is at record lows. 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. These people are largely conservative on economic (59%) and social (49%) issues, and about one-third of Unlike the Western allies and the Soviet Union, Germany did not honor its veterans, as the association with Nazism continues in contemporary Germany today. As recently as 1966, for example, 29 percent of Americans over 65 were below the poverty line, compared with only 18 percent of American children. . The Latest Insight On Navigating The Next Market Crash, You Can Now Build Your Own ETF, Heres How, The Future Of Real Estate: Fintech 50 2019, How To Pick The Health Savings Account That Is Right For You, New Documentary To Show How Far People Go For Financial Independence, Aging Parents Helping Adult Children Financially: Unhealthy Results, Adjusting To Retirement: 4 Ways Women Professionals Can Get Over The Hump. Here's a response in a letter from . The aged pension costs us $42 billion a year and is estimated to grow at 6 per cent a year over the next 10 years far higher than any predictions of inflation, GDP growth and real wage growth. Elder followed 167 individuals born in California between 1920 and 1921 and "traced the impact of Depression and wartime experiences from the early years to middle age. 4. Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, for calling seniors the greediest generation for their use of Social Security. In America, this has been ameliorated somewhat by Obamacare, which sensibly (for an insurance scheme) includes the young and the healthy in the insurance pool. Baby boomers, often shortened to boomers, are the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation and preceding Generation X.The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964, during the mid-20th century baby boom. The generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927. The author Laurence J. Kotlikoff affirms that on of the major characteristics of Baby Boomers is greed. Instead, the finger prints of the so-called . And an open letter by a woman identified as Patty Myers from Montana began to circulate in 2011. Our evil ways will lead to tears, both for us and for the generations that come after us. Here's a response in a letter from PATTY NYE from Illinois . 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