Seniors don't want to give up money for younger gen: poll

talloola

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Sure, but you can take an honest look at how things are now and realize that maybe, just maybe, the government squandered the taxes people paid in the past and those people need to be willing to accept cuts to the benefits they have.

The tax money wasn't saved by the government. It was spent on the premise that there would be more than enough tax money in the future to pay for everything, but--lo, and behold--there isn't enough money. Demanding that all the programs for seniors paid for by current tax payers stay the same is just being ignorant to the way things are now and playing dumb to the fact that the government already spent the tax dollars of the past.

and expecting to tell most seniors who can barely get by month to month that they will even get less is
insane and unfair.

perhaps like any other wealthy in the country, who aren't seniors, the wealthy seniors could be expected
to take less. Would you be happy and satisfied knowing that you were responsible for taking food off
of many seniors tables.
the assumption that all seniors are snow birds, own rvs, lots of money in the bank, is inaccurate.


seniors who are living on very low pensions are not responsible for what governments did at any time,
but for some reason you want to penalize them, you sound jealous of people who you think are well off,
and don't seem to be aware of the average senior at all.
 

JLM

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Nor was it needed. You need some sort of post-secondary education today, trade schools, colleges, universities, are pretty much requisite unless someone wants to stock shelves, cook french fries, or operate a cashier. That's fine if that's what someone wants, those jobs still need to be filled.

You can still get promotions through the system and some outfits will even pay for your training. Do good at cooking them Frenchy fries and in no time at all you could get promoted to scalloped potatoes.
 

Cannuck

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and expecting to tell most seniors who can barely get by month to month that they will even get less is
insane and unfair.

Judging from the response of most seniors here, if you had worked harder when you had the opportunity, you wouldn't have to worry about barely getting by.
 

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That's a misleading graph because it shows the annual change and not the actual house prices.

And it would make more sense to have it as a bar graph as well.
 

JLM

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Yup, in Phoenix you can buy a brand new house for little more than the price of a cup of coffee. It seems the seniors down there over extended themselves....typical!

Search Phoenix Homes For Sale - Arizona MLS - Property Listings

I got news for you, Einstein- in Canada it is against the law to promote hatred toward a demographic group and as you may be implicating the forum in this and make Andem susceptable to criminal charges it could be in the forums best interest to send you the way of S.J.P. and Harley Honey. :lol:

These aren't perks as we pay for them through our taxes (at least we did until Harpo started running deficits again). As I quoted, perks are "an extra financial benefit". Again, in keeping with the context of this thread, your generation was never paying for many of your perks due to deficit financing...you know...buy now pay later. It's exactly what many seniors are critical of in the younger generations. The difference is that the seniors did it through the government so their children would pay. If younger generations do it, it is with credit cards, which they are still responsible for. Younger generations are responsible for their own debt while the seniors passed theirs off. It's pretty clear who the irresponsible ones are.




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Oh, I think I get it Einstein, your perks are covered by your taxes but mine aren't! Why, because my taxes are going to covering YOUR perks?

Judging from the response of most seniors here, if you had worked harder when you had the opportunity, you wouldn't have to worry about barely getting by.

You are a coward! 8O
 

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I got news for you, Einstein- in Canada it is against the law to promote hatred toward a demographic group and as you may be implicating the forum in this and make Andem susceptable to criminal charges it could be in the forums best interest to send you the way of S.J.P. and Harley Honey. :lol:

8O No need to go all Francois Houle on him... do you have the HRC on speed dial or something?
 

Cannuck

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8O No need to go all Francois Houle on him... do you have the HRC on speed dial or something?

Coming from a senior liek JLM, that's pretty funny. This thread is evidence enough of who is spreading hatred. They are the most intolerant generation as well as the most selfish.
 

JLM

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Coming from a senior liek JLM, that's pretty funny. This thread is evidence enough of who is spreading hatred. They are the most intolerant generation as well as the most selfish.

Well, I'm guessing two of them raised you, so I might buy the most stupid!
 

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JLM; Give ya kudo's for tenacity. Reading this guys and one other's posts is somewhat akin to sledding through Mein Kampf. You know there's some functioning cells but they can't seem to align to form a response other than the same old refrain. He ran out of ammunition when he stated he had no quarrel with seniors but expects an apology.

We grew up with guys like this in our peer groups and eventually they went on to become teenie little beuraucrats toiling away in their little cubicles 'cause no one wanted to either play with them OR work alongside them.

Those report cards these guys have never seen,where your grade school teachers would write those little missives like time bombs at end of term then hand it to you to carry home yourself. Miss Wright from grade two would have written "Cannuck has an assertive nature but needs to temper it with restraint; does not interact well with others, has trouble making friends". She was a very diplomatic teacher.
 

Cannuck

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He ran out of ammunition when he stated he had no quarrel with seniors but expects an apology.

You seniors sure do have a problem with reading comprehension. I don't "expect" an apology from seniors. They are far too selfish and ignorant for that. I'm merely saying that it would be the respectful thing to do but respect is something you guys aren't too good at. No, what I "expect" from seniors is that they demand more perks, privileges and handouts while they disrespect those that pay for them. It is, after all, the nature of the people in that generation.