Friday, November 11, 2011

Horsey: "Seniors get socialism, young Americans get debt" (with cartoon)


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David Horsey (SeattlePI.com):Socialism for the old, raw capitalism for the young – that seems to be the new American Way.

There are quite a few folks in their 60s, 70s and 80s freaked out by the phantom specter of creeping, European-style socialism who, at the same time, are oblivious to the reality that they already live in a socialist paradise. Americans over the age of 65 have free medical care and a steady income to the day they die provided by the federal government.

Meanwhile, many young people in this country cannot find jobs, cannot afford homes and are weighed down by student loan debts. For the first time, a new generation of Americans appears destined to be poorer than their parents. MORE...

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