Sunday, February 15, 2009

"Generational Theft"

I've heard the term "Generational Theft" on about 70 different news programs over the past week referring to President Obama's Stimulus Bill as ripping off wealth from Xsters and beyond. If people feel that way it's their prerogative as I imagine everyone has different ideas to jump start the economy.

The problem I have is who is using the term. And everyone I've heard are the degenerate bums that have been committing "Generational Theft" since 2000.
Was the Medicare drug bill that was passed only by lying about the price tag by a few hundred billion and then holding the vote open for hours while arms were twisted and no doubt a few bribes or threats occurred an example of generational theft from seniors and the current generations who are footing the bill to the benefit of the pharma and insurance companies?
Was the
$9 billion that went missing in Iraq or the billions of dollars in weapons intended for Iraqi security forces but "went missing" or the billions of dollars per month sunk into an occupation that everyone knows was based on a lie not generational theft from future generations that will be paying for this?
Was a
half trillion deficit run up by the Bush administration and the republican controlled Congress or the massive tax cuts for the ultra wealthy (including cuts in the estate tax and capital gains tax rates, which benefit the top 1% by an overwhelming amount at the expense of the middle class) not generational theft from the current and future generations by diverting billions of dollars from those who work for a living to those who accumulate wealth for a living?
If you're going to criticize it's best to actually have, you know, credibility.

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