Quote Originally Posted by Bonny View Post
Well Said! Wombat

A lot of people in the U.S. live beyond their means & the rest of us end up paying for it. Not everyone is collecting S.S. & a lot of so called baby boomers are out their trying to help the so called X generation from going under. They put in a lot of hours volunteering in schools, rest homes, hospitals, etc., but I guess that doesn't count? We are just a bunch of leeches sucking THEIR got to have it now system dry.
Volunteering in schools? How? Thanks to the liability scares pushed on the schools by the baby boomer's lawyers, the schools won't take volunteers, because to volunteer you have to pay $$$ to have a complete background check run, and the school is held liable for anything that happens while the volunteers are there. I've been trying to volunteer to help in the schools, and I cannot due to liabilty concerns.

Most of my generation doesn't expect one dime from SS, not because of greed, but because of the greed of groups like AARP who would rather see insolvency for the government rather than cut into their piece of the pie.