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Time to pay our debts.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)10/04/2013 11:10:42 am PDT

re: #45 francis

As a member of the younger generation, I would kindly like to tell you that your ‘concern’ for us is frankly bullshit.

It stinks to high heaven of “I got mine, but oh no, now the debt, so we can’t afford to do any of that for you.”

Also, young people are one of the primary beneficiaries of the ACA as it stands now. The recession has not been kind to us. Finding a job? Hah. Finding a job that includes health insurance? For WAY TOO MANY young people, that’s currently a pipe dream.

You might not realize it, living in NJ where they did this before the ACA, but nationally, young people have been able to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until 26. That’s huge. With the exchanges now open, they also know that it will be possible to find an insurance plan at a price they can afford, even if their job doesn’t include it. Also huge.

Young people get sick too. Sure, there are the idiots out there who think they’re invincible, but there’s also a lot of us who realize that when you get hit by a bus, that is expensive.

So, in summation, please stop pretending you give a shit about “the younger generation” because really, you don’t.