says your textbook
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
They have also leeched more than their fair share from society leaving following generations to pay it off....Uzique wrote:
i don't quite understand why a bunch of teenagers are talking smack about baby boomers (read: dayarath) as if they've done anything fucking more conducive to the benefit of society.
The funny part is that they've consistently labeled my/our generation as the 'selfish generation' for the past twenty years or so.Shocking wrote:
I consider the baby boomers to quite possibly take the prize as being the worst, most short sighted people in government ever. This holds true for all of Europe as well.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
Well, I know quite a few kids at our youth group who's parents live off of the government. I hope their children don't follow their parents' example.
And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.
Does it now? A proper history book doesn't forward opinions.Uzique wrote:
says your textbook
It's really funny how you pull the age card while being in the exact same generation, too. Had some 'knowledge' you wanted to share?
inane little opines
99% of them will.-Sh1fty- wrote:
Well, I know quite a few kids at our youth group who's parents live off of the government. I hope their children don't follow their parents' example.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
Baffles me everytime.Jay wrote:
The funny part is that they've consistently labeled my/our generation as the 'selfish generation' for the past twenty years or so.
Me and my brothers assume we're gonna have to retire at 80+, think it's only going to take turns for the worse with the majority of the voting population consisting of retired or near retired people.
inane little opines
im not talking shit about baby boomersShocking wrote:
Does it now? A proper history book doesn't forward opinions.Uzique wrote:
says your textbook
It's really funny how you pull the age card while being in the exact same generation, too. Had some 'knowledge' you wanted to share?
so no, it isn't funny.
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
oh so you feel your silence is a sign of maturity or what?Uzique wrote:
so no, it isn't funny.
inane little opines
silence? i've vocally said i think isolationism and the baby boomer critique is stupid
do you think pretending to be smart in d&st is a sign of actually being smart or what?
do you think pretending to be smart in d&st is a sign of actually being smart or what?
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
anyway.....
why cant we be like brazil when it comes to foreign policy?
why cant we be like brazil when it comes to foreign policy?
Doesn't even make sense, I like discussing things with people - if you see that as being an act to seem smart then well, sure.Uzique wrote:
do you think pretending to be smart in d&st is a sign of actually being smart or what?
And I'm not advocating pure isolationism either, but if you feel the boomers did/are doing a good job then - ok sure. I don't see why you need to back up every argument you make with being either insulting or condescending though.Uzique wrote:
silence? i've vocally said i think isolationism and the baby boomer critique is stupid
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inane little opines
That whole military-industrial complex is standing in the way of any concerted effort towards a more isolationist USA. You'd have a hard time justifying such massive defense spending when all you're doing is prancing about North America. I reckon it's still got something to do with us thinking we're light-years in front of the rest of the world while our own problems are creeping up on us. The US is quite advanced, but we've got issues that we need to deal with at home.
I read somewhere, can't find the article, the average baby boomer will receive $220,000 more in benefits over their lifetime than they've paid in taxes, Generation X and Y will be paying for it.Jay wrote:
You actually deserve a better answer than that. The baby boomers have consistently underpaid on taxes which is why our national debt is so large. This is about to get worse as they retire. Our debt today is nothing like it will be in twenty years. We're absolutely fucked.
They've sent our troops off to die in foreign wars for the past century for no reason whatsoever. They've fucked up the nation socially by passing socialist programs that they didn't pay for while simultaneously being ass backwards with shit like the defense of marriage act. This country is good in a lot of ways shifty, but it's also completely fucked up in many others.
I'm surprised its such a small figure actually, I guess it excludes the additional effects of riding an artificially expanding economy.
As for the rest, if Americans weren't so paranoid, poorly educated and intellectually lazy you wouldn't be in this situation.
Pretty much the entire US infrastructure is due for replacement, roads, bridges, sewers etc etc.The US is quite advanced, but we've got issues that we need to deal with at home.
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Fuck Israel
@ op text box:
Brick. Of. Text. (yeah, yeah, phone). Also too simplified.
Brick. Of. Text. (yeah, yeah, phone). Also too simplified.
Yeah I must admit, I didn't bother to read the OP
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
I'm not so sure this part is true.Jay wrote:
I am an isolationist. I want nothing to do with the rest of the world outside of trade. Most Americans feel the same way.
So fuck off Europe. We all left for a reason.
I would think that, if that was true, we'd spend less on the military and there would be more resistance to our interventionism via protests.
For example, the Iraq War saw a lot of protests, but the Afghanistan War didn't.
Isolationism seems pretty crappy to me. Didn't work very well for Britain in the 19th/20th century.
I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.
England was isolationist then?presidentsheep wrote:
Isolationism seems pretty crappy to me. Didn't work very well for Britain in the 19th/20th century.
presidentsheep wrote:
Isolationism seems pretty crappy to me. Didn't work very well for Britain in the 19th/20th century.
Tu Stultus Es
Yeah, the policy was begun under Disraeli (wrote my coursework on him but chose not to go into his foreign policy). I was referring to the fact that because the empire was so big/powerful (similar to some views people have on America) that the government thought it was possible to exist without any European allies.
It all went wrong when Germany unified and started to compete with Britain on a lot of levels (again, you could compare this to America).
There's a shitty wiki article on it but it's not too good:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_isolation
It all went wrong when Germany unified and started to compete with Britain on a lot of levels (again, you could compare this to America).
There's a shitty wiki article on it but it's not too good:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_isolation
I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.
Tu Stultus Es
Don't think I can think of an example in history where an invading force has successfully held onto an area in the middle east for any decent length of time.
I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.
Crusades.
There were 9 in 200(?) years. Don't think any were particularly successful.
I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.