re: #5 darthstar

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I shit you not, I had a Boomer just tell me earlier that this might actually help Romney with the retirees. How? According to him, Ryan going out there and telling old folks they have to choose between keeping their benefits and having their kids pay or giving up their benefits “for the children” is going to get retirees to decide to sacrifice their retirements so their kids don’t have to pay taxes for Medicare and SS anymore.

I was kind enough to admit that not all are going to be as “generous” as he, before remarking that in my personal experience, most retirees who don’t think they’ve “earned” their government benefits are not going to be first in line to move in with their kids or be shuffled off to a nursing home so that the younger crowd pays less taxes.