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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Hrm nope. By the 80s it was very clear that birth rates weren't going to be enough to replenish the work force when Boomers retired, the can was kicked down the street.
Climate change I'll go along with, the pensions and health care costs I won't.
As you've said though there's no reason to think it would or could be any other way, doesn't mean I have to like it, and I sincerely hope that my own generation bequeath the one below us with a better legacy though I'm not entirely sure how we can given we'll both be paying pensions and health care for boomers along with more and more of our own costs.
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I'm not denying that in hindsight things could have been better. What I'm saying is that this seems a silly blame game. The generation before the baby boomers gave us 2 world wars and a ravaged Europe. The generations before that were quite good at generating wealth. They simply robbed the rest of the world. I'm sure they will be eternally grateful. Equally, I'm sure the current generation will find something to do wrong.
Let's not forget that we're in a better position than we were after WW2.