Seniors and the generation spending gap
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I guess if you lie to yourself often enough you believe your bullsh*t. My generation DIDN'T borrow like drunken sailors, we basically saved until we could afford what we wanted. Sure we had mortgages, at one point paying 21% interest, but we also had to have a hefty down payment to qualify. Even back in the mid 80s after the interest rates plummeted I was paying about 12%. Anyway I'm done arguing with the likes of you who are so clever and generous and pure. Open your eyes, half the forum is laughing at you. And quit your f**king bullsh*t.
P.S. So I had "cheap stamps" to the tune of about $2 a year. --
Perhaps individually. But the governments of the day certainly borrowed lots to supply all the desired social programs. To a large extent this is still happening and my grandchildren will be paying for it. Harper has so far been the best defense against this binge spending and yet everytime he makes a minuscle cut to some useless program the left squeal like stuck pigs. Now what we really neec is to put the brakes on runawy local government squandering.
Oooooooooooooh Twila- he's not going to like you very much! -
I have to fully agree with that Taxslave, but it's got much more to do with Gov'ts trying to get re- elected and create a bureaucracy for cronies than it has to do with me and my contemporaries' greed and selfishness. Our level of taxation never diminished through it all. Actually our generation was possibly the heaviest taxed of all times.
LOL...Like putting those brand new fighter planes into commission?? For what they cost to own and operate I feel we could have taken care of all our debt and had enough left over to help one or two of those struggling nations where terrorists are being produced at an alarming rate. There is a time where beaten down people, nations either die or get up and fight back.
At this point it is too late to reverse the anger and frustration of the emerging young nations, who have been taken advantage of, robbed blind and held hostage by the stronger and greedier countries. I personally feel, our taxes should go to Canadian social programs first, then to the poorer nations who need help to getting them on the pathway to prosperity. The world has more than enough to feed the world, but the delivery system does not exist to get it there. It would have been much better to help move the undeveloped societies into the twentieth century than to invade them for the assets they owned, rather than pay for them.
We are now paying a much higher price because some members of those societies, have not only pulled themselves into the scientific world but come into it with hate and revenge instead of what should have been gratefulness if we had lived up to our own stated values.
Yeah...............................if he was to change his ideas though, it would probably come out a whole lot better. -
I like some of your ideas. One problem we have is Gov'ts. are generally very poor at doing things and when they try invariably another bureaucracy is created. I've said it a thousand times.............Gov't should do two things enact and enforce legislation and be a watch dog. Put everything else out to the private sector. When there is competition to make money, efficiency improves.
You spelled "bwaaahahaha" wrong.
I mean if you're going to emulate me, you may as well do a better job, And on that note, I rarely just post "lolz". But I wouldn't imagine an admittedly disadvantaged person, who admittedly doesn't understand people, such as yourself, would pick up on that.
But lolz all the same, lolz
I mean if you're going to emulate me, you may as well do a better job, And on that note, I rarely just post "lolz". But I wouldn't imagine an admittedly disadvantaged person, who admittedly doesn't understand people, such as yourself, would pick up on that.
But lolz all the same, lolz
Actually, I come here fore entertainment. The fact is that people get all uppity when their cherished beliefs get challenged (ie: I paid my own way) and that can very entertaining to watch them try and justify their snout in the trough. You will notice that this thread has become all about me because nobody can actually refute the claims of the OP. The simple fact is that the seniors generation is the wealthiest generation in the history of this country and they don't really need all the handouts they get. Look, I get that it's easier to make believe I'm angry about it than to look in the mirror and admit, as a generation, you are greedy and don't care about your children and their children. That's why I find it so entertaining.
Lolz
Oh tell me about it, your excuses for suckling at the gov't teat is legendary, lolz.
You find it entertaining? You paint negative attributes to everyone here and you think you're being entertained by it?
Well I guess there's something to be said for being so easily entertained.
Lolz
Do you think everybody here is a senior that believes they made it all on their own and isn't benefiting from the current social programs and tax laws we have (that they get regardless of need)? If you do then I can add you to my list of entertaining posters. From my perspective there are lots of posters here I have nothing negative to say about. Ron in Regina, Toro, Karrie and Tonnington spring immediately to mind. Petro used to be one but he got mad at me for correcting him on some erroneous statements he made about tax credits. But again, you can make it about me if you choose. I dare say, it's a lot easier than defending the selfish behaviours of the senior's generation.
You are right, society should not have seniors, let us get rid of them all and split all the moneys they are costing us, among ourselves. After that maybe we should march on to eliminate blacks, then the browns and the yellows, and enjoy our Utopia.
You're a twit, I was going to explain it but you're too close minded to see anything but your own misconceptions. I can only speak for myself, I've earned enough to live comfortably in the traditional sense of three squares a day, a roof over our heads and some clothes to wear and a vehicle to drive and about 6 hours a week of recreation. I earned all of it, there were no handouts when I started. The wife got about $8 a month family allowance for the kids, a paltry kickback from income tax. I contributed to the pension and put a couple of bucks in R.R.S.P.s So if you don't f**king like it, stick it where the sun don't shine, A$$hole!
You have to give him credit for changing his modus operandi.............he used to hand out a "red reps" for every post, and now he's graduated to "lolz", which proves an ability to both type and spell. -
I think he's fully competent at a 5 I.Q. level.That's just his lack of imagination, and his love for me shining through.You have to give him credit for changing his modus operandi.............he used to hand out a "red reps" for every post, and now he's graduated to "lolz", which proves an ability to both type and spell. -
He read where I explained what lolz means, felt hurt because of it and he's been running around posting it ever since.
You'll have to give him a pass on it, he's admitted to being troubled, if you get my drift.
I certainly hope you are preparing for your retirement. With the longer lifespan those social programs have given Canadians, you could be retired for 40 years. Whatever saving you put buy, it will not cover you until the end, particularly with all the young people demanding more money and lower hours per week....... and don't dare touch their retirement fund, wanting all post high school education paid for, and in some places, they want to be paid to go to school so where does that leave you in your retirement. LOL.
Well, you've named four out of hundreds, three of which are seldom if ever here! -
. Anyone (in my opinion) who denigrates an entire demographic is either stupid, arrogant or obnoxious (in my opinion) and most likely all three. - As for your kids tell them to quit their fricken' snivelling and grab some moxie and take advantage of a world that our generation worked hard to create for them. A little bit of gratitude can go a long way.If somebody doesn't shoot him! -
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