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bpuharic

On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:29:31 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:49:50 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

No, it is only about 90 million of us. The baby boomers are all either
retired or planning to be retired soon. The generation older than them
is retired. A simple fact is old people are a whole lot more
politically active than the rest of society. They may not be blogging
and putting bumper stickers n their cars but they do actually show up
at the polls. That is why the law is the way it is.

BTW I am not really a right winger. I may be to the left of you on
some issues.

I don't know where you're getting your numbers, but most baby boomers will
be working for 10+ years, even longer now probably due to the recession and
diminution of their savings. Most baby boomers didn't save much, besides.

I don't know anyone in their 60s among my friends who is still working
but maybe we were just smart enough not to **** away every dime we
made. I retired in 1996 at 49 and ran a small business for a few years
but I am totally retired right now. All of my friends went straight
into retirement.

i didn't **** away anything

goldman sachs did.

i saved hard. since my 20's. every year.

and the GOP deregulated me right into working forever