Health care reform, in keeping with politicians propensity to pick favored constituencies at the expense of others, is purely a pander to the Baby Boomers. We have a giant glob, 77 million of them, of Boomers that are currently retiring and just in time comes His Wonderfulness to offer to them health care for the rest of their days.
Technically, I am a boomer. The Baby Boom ran from about 1949 to 1964 and I was born towards the end of that time frame, but the biggest chunk of them were born and came of age in the early to mid-60’s when I was just a kid. Realistically, I have spent my whole life picking up the leavings of the goddamn Boomers. They hold the best jobs, they will get the full measure of their Social Security benefits, they sucked up all the market capital then destroyed several trillion dollars’ worth of it and now they are poised to help themselves to 20 years’ more time of perpetuating their scorched earth lifestyles. They will roar through the system, taking everything with them and leaving a mess in their wake. And if you don’t believe that, take a look at the current value of your home. If you are under the age of 50, think about whether or not you will see your Social Security benefits sliced before you retire, in favor of maintaining benefits for those who are about to retire or have already retired. Think about the current value of your 401(k)’s and how long it will take to recover, if ever. Think about working until the day you die.
So, we must fight the health care proposal and cap and trade and bailouts and demand the shrinking of the federal government. If I’m tilting at windmills here, so be it. But if you are under the age of 50, you better think about storming the gates of Congress.
A Modest Proposal
Here is a proposal, to send a message to the bastards. Here is a link to IRS form W4. For January of 2010, under-withhold your taxes. In fact, fill out the form so that you have exactly zero taxes withheld for the month of January. You can do this by claiming 10 or 12 dependents and little, if anything will be withheld. Then, in February, change your withholding again to your normal rate, plus the amount you would have normally withheld in January, spread over the remaining 11 months of the year. Let’s send a message to the dirtbags up there that we have had enough. The only thing they want out of the producers of this world is money; take it away. It’s the only way we will ever get their attention. Don’t get your asses arrested; pay your taxes, but let’s put a little hitch in the cash flow up there. Atlas needs to shrug a little.
Spread the word; if you don’t, who will?
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