I had a conversation with a boomer recently. Even ones that think they are left leaning are completely insane.
I was told about how unfair it is that immigrants are coming, that housing is expensive, and Ukraine gets money to help defend itself.
Then after trying to express how unfair all this was, they went on to explain that they expect renters in the apartment complex that they own to do landscaping and garbage duty for them and they are upset that they will have to pay capital gains tax when they sell this investment property. Fucking pitch into your damn country and stop expecting all of us to make you wealthy.
I am so so so so so sick of their fake sympathy that is really just hatred in disguise and then they turn around act like we all owe them our pay checks because they were able to purchase 40 homes for next to nothing in 1980.
Like, considering the majority of our tax dollars go to old people, they can pitch in. Fuck, I'm so sick of this fake populism that has nothing to do with populism and everything to do with "I'm a boomer and I deserve everything despite having not planned ahead for my retirement, not helped the younger generation, and young people handing me their paychecks at the end of each month for rent isn't enough, no, they also need to do maintenance and I expect to pay no taxes when my 200K investment sells for 2 million, because fuck everyone.
This is a little oversimplified and the boomer I interacted with isn't as bad as others and does help some people who are struggling, but arghghrghghhh, yes you have to pay fucking taxes and no I don't care that you didn't plan for retirement when you expect me to pay your bills with my fucking rent check. Get a fucking job.