And another thing: Let me remind Gen-X that Medicare was passed in 1965. The oldest boomers were 19. We didn't pass this turkey so spare me your righteous indignation.
EDIT: That last line was a little harsh, so allow me to expand. This law was passed when I was 17. I've been in the workforce since I was 19, contributing my pittance to Medicare for (stops to count) 42 years. I will be eligible for Medicare in 2013. It is due to go pffft in 2017. How do you think I feel? And getting excoriated for being some kind of parasitic boomer on top of it all is just rubbing salt in the wound. Medicare (and Social Security too) would not have worked for The Greatest Generation and those in between if there hadn't been the enormous Boomer cohort propping it up.
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EDIT: That last line was a little harsh, so allow me to expand. This law was passed when I was 17. I've been in the workforce since I was 19, contributing my pittance to Medicare for (stops to count) 42 years. I will be eligible for Medicare in 2013. It is due to go pffft in 2017. How do you think I feel? And getting excoriated for being some kind of parasitic boomer on top of it all is just rubbing salt in the wound. Medicare (and Social Security too) would not have worked for The Greatest Generation and those in between if there hadn't been the enormous Boomer cohort propping it up.