[daepp]

Fint: "My generation and the subsequent one...own the creation of an overly generous welfare state (pretty stupid IMHO). Your generation has made it a way of life."

I'm 51. IDK how old you are but I've assumed you're around my age. The overly generous welfare state was inevitable, and put in motion in the 30's. Unless you're way older than me, I have a hard time accepting that our generation created it. Once most things like this get started, they remain forever. I can't think of a government program (or tax) that's ever been eliminated. Aren't we still paying a tax for the Spanish-American war?

I'm accepting no responsibility for the putrid welfare state!