re: Why do old people go to the default argument of $6 coffee when talking about affordability

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So they used the government to write off a BS expense?

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This is an incredible take.

Business related socializing is one of the most important and smart things a person can do for their business. If they actually want to stay in business.

I guess it does depend on the type of business.

But it is the opposite of a "BS Expense".

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Nobody was drinking that shite when boomers were in their 20s/30s either except maybe some poor whit trash

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How old are you son? Trust me when I say that private school kids like me in the 1980’s were on a tight fricking budget in college and post-college, and only splurged occasionally on “nice beers” and spirits until we had our first real jobs.

And by our late 20’s and early 30’s we had wives, children, a mortgage on a starter home and daycare cost, so we were in the poorhouse again.

I’m talking cloth diapers, broken dryer that we couldn’t afford to fix, and mac-n-cheese dinners. And I didn’t complain too much because my parents both had it worse.

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the money that’s also not yours anymore

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This is complete load of horseshite. We are all forced to pay a premium with a promise of a certain payout when the day comes to collect it. It is a defined program any changes to the rules that negatively affects them is wrong and we should all be complaining because if they set the precedent now Lord only knows what they will do to your generation.

Would you be ok if on your tax return the government said, " we know you overpaid on your tax bill this past year but we spent more than we intended so we're not paying out your return?" Once they take it out of your paycheck it's not really your money anymore! Right?

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You also expect millennials and Gen Z to pay more taxes so you can collect that money

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First off, you do realize that this isn't a new problem. GenX has been forced to pay into this shite program for 30+ years with the expectation that they likely won't get their money back because that's what we have been told since the 80's.

We were promised reform in 2004 only to watch our trusted representatives do absolutely nothing to address the problem.

Gen Z has paid in 10's of thousands while GenX has paid in hundreds of thousands, and millennials are somewhere in between.

I don't expect anyone to pay more taxes and I am all for reforming the system. However, they have to figure out a way to accomplish it without negatively affecting the recipients. I expect the Government to figure out how to pay its debts with the money it currently collects from the General funds without raising taxes. To me the citizens should not allow their government to default on it's debts to it's citizens. The fact that the younger generations are ok with this is frightening.

What's next flood insurance, bonds, mortgages?

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And you are straight up lying that boomers don’t complain on here about losing their ss and their have also been plenty of threads with them cheering on elimination of their property taxes

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This is a thread about affordability not SS. Post a single thread started by a Boomer complaining about affordability and linking it to SS. That is a completely different argument than I paid $300-$500K and they are threatening to not pay what I was promised.

As I said previously the vast majority of the SS "complaints" on this board by Boomers are in reaction to asinine comments like yours stating the Gov't shouldn't pay them what they were owed. These complaints have nothing to do with affordability.

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Go by a Starbucks or 7 brew, lines are ridiculously long.

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Two 7 brews opened near where I live recently. I just shake my head when I drive by, looking at all the cars wrapped around and trying to get in. PT Barnum had it right a long, long time ago.

People who whine about boomers are such pussies. It’s just as retarded as old people whining about millennials.

It was a nickel for a bottomless cup 50 years ago and not ghey shite with flavors. It was coffee you could put cream and/or sugar in if you preferred.

The $6 cup of coffee habit, exemplifies the wanton disregard for common sense and lack of financial savvy that many in the post boomer generations possess

It is the low hanging fruit on the tree of stupidity of the post boomers…

A $6 coffee every single day is under $2,200 a year.

When we are talking $150k incomes and $600k houses, the coffee aint much of a factor.

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Sorry but your money was already spent It’s my money that you are receiving now and I will do anything in my power to stop giving it to you Not my problem you were dumb enough to vote for crooks that didn’t deliver on your promises

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I'm not collecting anything, like you, I'm just paying into the system. I won't collect for several years. Unlike you, I'm not a cuck who is ok with Gov't stealing from me or others.

You can take your trolling efforts elsewhere!

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There is no lockbox. There is no lockbox. Ponzi schemes are illegal unless the government runs them.

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No one said there was a lockbox. Just a promise to pay.

It's no different than any other debt the gov't promises to pay.

Why are you ok with the gov't defaulting on its debts?

I would love for my kids to not have to pay into it as well. However, I am not ok with being robbed of over $500K when time for me to collect.