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> > while the
> >Feds spend $7 on seniors for every $1 they spend on kids and youth
and then --
Doug Henwood wrote:
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>
> Is this drawn from the Mike Males generational warfare playbook? What
> is the point of a comparison like this, if not to imply that we
> "overspend" on seniors? Social Security is one of the few aspects of
> the U.S. welfare state that isn't a total disgrace, and Medicare's
> pretty good too. Should we bring that $7 down to $5 just for
> generational equity?
There is a body of inchoate, but nonetheless strong opinion in the US which holds that equality should be equality of suffering. If I want to glory in my masochism, because, of course, I feel so powerless that I can't do anything about it, then my sadistic side is to attack others who really are weaker than I am.
Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema