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Unfortunately I think the baby boomers have had a hand in most of those issues or were too naive to know that they are problems. For example, seniors are agains

Unfortunately I think the baby boomers have had a hand in most of those issues or were too naive to know that they are problems. For example, seniors are against medicare reductions and don't want universal health care. This viewpoint has caused the debt to increase. Seniors are mostly against immigration, this has halted economic growth (therefore hindering government revenue). Seniors were more in favor of the Iraq war then younger folks. The list goes on...

toomuchtodo 14y ago
Seniors not wanting universal healthcare is insane considering Medicare.
- bcbrown 14y ago
  They already have theirs.
paulhauggis 14y ago
The debt will increase with universal health care. "Seniors are mostly against immigration" Most Seniors I've talked to are against allowing anybody to come into the country with little or no incentive to pay taxes. This is much different than being against immigration. "Seniors were more in favor of the Iraq war then younger folks" Can you provide proof of this? "Unfortunately I think the baby boomers have had a hand in most of those issues or were too naive to know that they are problems." Since we are generalizing here, I will thrown my 2 cents in. Some of the opinions I see are similar to a child not listening to their parent because they only see what's in front of them and don't have the life experience or the forethought to see what can and will happen. Many older folks have the life experience and wisdom. Universal health care is a good example. Every time I see an article on here, Reddit, or anywhere else on the Internet, none of the proponents will talk about the negative effects of universal health care. They aren't even willing to discuss them. I've lived long enough to know that nothing in this world is perfect. If we can't talk about it honestly, I will never vote for it. I know I'm not alone.
- sbochins 14y ago
  "Most Seniors I've talked to are against allowing anybody to come into the country with little or no incentive to pay taxes. This is much different than being against immigration." http://news.yahoo.com/poll-senior-citizens-league-77-seniors-oppose-obama-040040880.html http://news.yahoo.com/poll-senior-citizens-league-77-seniors... Apparently they're against the President's immigration reforms. Taxes is one issue of immigration. These people will be paying payroll taxes when working legally. Most Americans (especially older folks) would not do the work immigrants are coming to the US for. Unfortunately I don't have polls for the Iraq war stuff. I just have examples I have encountered in my life. As far as universal health care is concerned, it has been adopted by practically every first world country besides the US. Taiwan in the not too distant past offered universal health care and the main lesson they said they learned from the US was, not to them. Older folks have an incentive to not have universal health care for everyone. They already have it or will have it soon. Giving it to everybody would decrease the quality of care for medicare. Most people that have looked into this issue have come to the conclusion that a single payer system works the best. There would need to be a lot of evidence to overcome the overwhelming evidence in favor of universal health care. Care to elaborate why the US shouldn't have it?

toomuchtodo 14y ago

Seniors not wanting universal healthcare is insane considering Medicare.

bcbrown 14y ago
They already have theirs.

paulhauggis 14y ago

The debt will increase with universal health care. "Seniors are mostly against immigration" Most Seniors I've talked to are against allowing anybody to come into the country with little or no incentive to pay taxes. This is much different than being against immigration. "Seniors were more in favor of the Iraq war then younger folks" Can you provide proof of this? "Unfortunately I think the baby boomers have had a hand in most of those issues or were too naive to know that they are problems." Since we are generalizing here, I will thrown my 2 cents in. Some of the opinions I see are similar to a child not listening to their parent because they only see what's in front of them and don't have the life experience or the forethought to see what can and will happen. Many older folks have the life experience and wisdom. Universal health care is a good example. Every time I see an article on here, Reddit, or anywhere else on the Internet, none of the proponents will talk about the negative effects of universal health care. They aren't even willing to discuss them. I've lived long enough to know that nothing in this world is perfect. If we can't talk about it honestly, I will never vote for it. I know I'm not alone.

sbochins 14y ago
"Most Seniors I've talked to are against allowing anybody to come into the country with little or no incentive to pay taxes. This is much different than being against immigration." http://news.yahoo.com/poll-senior-citizens-league-77-seniors-oppose-obama-040040880.html http://news.yahoo.com/poll-senior-citizens-league-77-seniors... Apparently they're against the President's immigration reforms. Taxes is one issue of immigration. These people will be paying payroll taxes when working legally. Most Americans (especially older folks) would not do the work immigrants are coming to the US for. Unfortunately I don't have polls for the Iraq war stuff. I just have examples I have encountered in my life. As far as universal health care is concerned, it has been adopted by practically every first world country besides the US. Taiwan in the not too distant past offered universal health care and the main lesson they said they learned from the US was, not to them. Older folks have an incentive to not have universal health care for everyone. They already have it or will have it soon. Giving it to everybody would decrease the quality of care for medicare. Most people that have looked into this issue have come to the conclusion that a single payer system works the best. There would need to be a lot of evidence to overcome the overwhelming evidence in favor of universal health care. Care to elaborate why the US shouldn't have it?