The gap is going to get even more intense. This is the youngest the US will ever be in our lifetimes, and most people approach politics pretty selfishly. Just the other day, a retired relative was grousing, "Why do I have to pay for the schools? My kids are out."
The gap is going to get even more intense. This is the youngest the US will ever be in our lifetimes, and most people approach politics pretty selfishly. Just the other day, a retired relative was grousing, "Why do I have to pay for the schools? My kids are out."
I'm generally an optimist, but I think is the sort of self-reinforcing problem that is only going to get worse. An aging population means less public support for pro-children policy, which results in incrementally fewer children...
@mnolangray Will get worse if people don't have kids.
@mnolangray If Millennials and Zoomers don’t come together on pro-youth policies, we won’t stand a chance
@mnolangray I feel like a good retort to this is "Do you really want to be surrounded by morons for the rest of your life?" People really don't realize how much they rely on younger workers but it behooves everyone if those workers can read and do math!
@mnolangray I don't think we should cut social security, but if I had the choice of doubling government investment in children but we cut social security I would almost certainly do it in a heartbeat
@mnolangray This stupid country never looks at the rich, always looking at our middle class frigging crumbs that we and our employers contributed a lifetime of payroll deductions at work to get.
@mnolangray Gerontocracy, childless culture and direct-transfer model of pension (pyramid scheme).
@mnolangray Yeah we’re basically stuck, cause nothing ever happens. Hope for the best (and fight for it ofc), prepare for the worst.
this is because 1 seniors need very expensive medical care, n they are all on medicare 2 social security - this called "insurance" n people spend whole life paying large sums, 15% combined employee employer 3 For the most part people should support their own kids. If you want eliminate social security propose that 4 does this include schools ?
@mnolangray We could instead simply increase immigration
@mnolangray I say get rid of it all. Especially at the federal level.
@mnolangray Good schools keep your property values high. This is what most seniors understand, though there are always some dumbasses who don't.
@mnolangray I was at an event last night, and one of the speakers, an urban planner, said “there’re more pets than kids in Nashville” like it was some kind of evidence that Nashville is great.
@mnolangray can't stand selfish people I have zero kids and gladly paid for your relatives children...now they won't do the same for anyone else?? this is why I'm saving my ass off now. we live in a selfish society and nobody is coming to save you or anyone you love
@mnolangray Boomers survived and they had harder times which has made our current times so easy. They deserve more of it now before they die off. Current life is a cakewalk compared to what they had to do.
@mnolangray I get both sides to that argument. Seniors on fixed incomes shouldn't be forced to move out of the communities that they helped build just because of property taxes - most of which go to schools.
@mnolangray You're not supposed to pay for the schools, you're supposed to move the fuck out for a younger couple
@mnolangray There may come a time to introduce the Maximum Voting Age.
@mnolangray The word 'Federal' is important here. Most education spending is at the state and local level.
When what they are spending on schools mostly goes to administrators and the results are poor, I think we have a right to complain. Also, your ‘government spending’ on seniors was money those seniors paid into the system for years. Spending on kids is 100% adult funded spending. No kids (maybe a few teens) are paying tax to support their own schooling.
@mnolangray we gonna need to force stupid boomers to pull themselves by their bootstraps. there is no peaceful option
@mnolangray Do they have no expectation of grandkids or something? Such a silly statement for them to make, even on a selfish, family-interested level. 😅
@mnolangray Also, sell your single family homes, boomers
@mnolangray I think it’s more likely that at some point soon the younger generations will vote themselves more benefits, less taxes - think student debt forgiveness etc
@mnolangray Healthcare for everyone changes a lot of this.
@mnolangray I think the baby boomers might be the single worst generation this nation has ever produced.
@mnolangray Wait until how much worse it'll get when all the boomers that under saved for retirement run out of money
@mnolangray The elderly don't have parents to take care of them.
@mnolangray I'm a senior, but I care about the education of my grandchildren (and, more generally, our country's future). Legacy matters. (But, OK, I get that on the margin or on average . . . ).
@mnolangray In capitalism, you get what you negotiate. The Chinese people are pooling their negotiating leverage and we’re not.
@mnolangray My tax dollars should come back to me if I don’t send my kids to public school.
@mnolangray I don't care if it's correct on the merits, Democrats cannot become the party of the young vs the old if we ever want to win elections. Fuck them kids, double social security payouts in swing counties!