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TheMastersNemesis

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Fri Mar 1, 2013, 02:51 AM Mar 2013

GOP Pushing Generational Warfare - Dividing Young And Old Over Social Security - [View all]

The young being told that selfish seniors are stealing your money and leaving you in poverty. I have noticed a number of young men calling our talk radio insisting we are spending too much money and that cuts need to be made. I have also noticed younger people saying that they will not get their Social Security or Medicare. Why bother to keep it? The GOP is deliberately conflating the spending cuts and Social Security and Medicare.

A lot of younger workers are unemployed and only finding low paying jobs right now. Many are in debt and are getting desperate.

The GOP is apparently telling the younger generation that senior programs need to be cut. The underlying meme is that Social Security and Medicare are welfare for seniors. Even when I have explained that they are being lied to it seems to have little effect.

The GOP is on a massive effort right now to fracture this country in every possible direction.

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