Boomers gen x and the rich fucked us over with debt they should take more responsibility

He takes pleasure in his confusion. Unless it is black and white..

fauxlaw wrote:

The top 5% pay 60% of income taxes in spite of your claim.

The top 5% controls 51% to 54% of the nation's total wealth. (Federal Reserve Data)

The top10% pay 70%.

The top 10% holds between 67.2% to 68%

The top 50% pay 97%

The top 50% holds 98%

That’s already in excess of fair share

We have a graduated income tax program that is based on ability to pay.

I don’t think it’s excessive, but then, I don’t have contempt for those less fortunate than me like you do.

I made out like a bandit in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”, truth is I just didn’t need it, and the millions of less fortunate people who lost medical care and SNAP benefits, they did need it.

Quit being a heartless prick, and stop your whining,

Yep, I'm guessing that 50% of Americans also think that Homer Simpson is eloquent.

D'oh.

More like it makes them feel eloquent.

I'm so glad you're amused

That’s probably the only sentence you read.

He thinks this is a comedy.

That is, indeed, what this entire thread is; a comedy. It is neither historic [except all gens make the same muistakes], nor is it as tragic as it is histronic. Oh! My God, ther sky is falling! It will be tragic, unless the later generations after boomers, learn, as we had to, that we do not have all the answers, either. And contrary to George Sa tayana's fondest hope, we learn little from history as fdollow-on generations.

It isa collective debt. All Americans are responsible for their country’s debt.