"The old people" don't equate to "the old culture". There's a fairly large
intersection of the two, but neither is a subset (proper or improper) of the
other.
"Old people", or more to the point, their lobbies (think AARP) wield a fair
amount of political power right now. That's where the Social
Security/Medicare untouchability comes from. The "old culture" is losing
cultural ground and trying to make up for it by seizing whatever political
ground it can.
Julia
-----Original Message-----
From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On
Behalf Of John Williams
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 11:42 PM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
Subject: Re: Down with the government
I'm curious, if the old culture is in such decline, why are Social Security
and Medicare still untouchable? There is no way, with the current system,
that today's young and middle-aged are going to get as much out of the
system as they put in. It is a giant Ponzi scheme. So if the old are so
powerless, why doesn't the system get reformed to be more age-equitable?
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