In response to
The Tipping Point -- Liberty in the Balance

Joe Seely in Charlestown, MA
Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 1:04 PM

In response to your assertion that seniors are "expressing grief for the state of affairs they're leaving behind," may it be observed that those same seniors elected representatives who altered the way social security benefits were calculated, tying them to wages rather than inflation, and giving themselves a nice raise in their dotage, to be paid for by those of us who remain in the workforce. So, perhaps it is a dearth of patriotism that they lament amongst their progeny, but perhaps some among those progeny perceive a certain lack of patriotism on the part of that lionized prior generation, who after all should take responsibility for all of the affairs they left us, including the nearly-bankrupt safety net which they expect us to fund in full,