Social Security
Mortgage Tax Deduction
Capital Gains
Cost of housing 3x compared to income growth
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Retort: this has always been the case
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Then the boomers are the best at exacerbating the problem
Valuing money over EVERYTHING else and everyone else
CEOs making record amounts x vs avg workers
Extra money not going into the company, but into pockets at the top
Unions being largely broken up
Valuing high inflation over high unemployment - shitty, low-paying jobs okay
Many large companies capping hours to avoid required benefits
Suppressing minimum wage for decades, then bitching about it jumping suddenly as unfair/damaging
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Gentlemen, the poor and the young have no voice when it comes to both laws and the decisions made by heads of corporations. The financially successful people are incentivized to keep the status quo and/or make things better for themselves. As it's not a zero-sum game, every benefit for these older decision-makers comes at the cost of younger victims. Yes, victims. The fact is that many young people can barely afford a shitty apartment, while their grandfather could buy a house and provide for his family.
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Its greed. That's all it is. The GREEDY Generation, if you wish. There is no amount of sand to stick your head in, no amount of anecdotes or playing dumb or whatever the fuck you want to do to explain it away as anything but greedy and unethical.
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Honestly, the least-damning thing you could compare it to is that the boomer generation is Barry Bonds. Every generation acts this way? Great. Well, the Boomers happen to be the best at doing it. They've created the most radical outcomes from their efforts.
Pretend I'm wrong and absurd and crazy. And keep pretending that their greed has any limits.
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I give you guys enough credit to say you're knowingly bullshitting in your responses, and just can't come to terms with admitting what's plainly true. You're not stupid. You're just not honest with yourselves or us, either.
