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Sat Dec 20, 2025, 03:35 PM

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Gen Z would rather cut Social Security benefits for current retirees than pay higher taxes to save the program [View all] MichMan Saturday OP

Well, there go their inheritances . . . . . . no_hypocrisy Saturday #1

Lift the salary cap pfitz59 Saturday #2

THIS. And snot Saturday #35

"The Cato Institute"... Chemical Bill Sunday #71

reagan doubled fica taxes "in order to fund the retirement of the bab y boomers." rampartd Monday #79

A Small Modification Would Be Required For... ProfessorGAC Saturday #42

ABSOLUTELY the correct answer!!!!!! Jack Valentino Saturday #45

Most of the truly rich don't receive income subject RubyRose Sunday #66

Probably not forever...... beaglelover Sunday #63

Get ready dweller Saturday #3

They may already be co-housed. If not now then soon. littlemissmartypants Saturday #33

I guess they want Granny and Gramps living with them. The Madcap Saturday #4

I'm not sure I trust anything produced by the Cato Institute, thucythucy Saturday #5

I would be interested in seeing one from another source if you have one MichMan Saturday #6

I don't have one, thucythucy Saturday #13

In the absence of any other poll stating otherwise, I took it at face value and thought others might find it interesting MichMan Saturday #16

So you wouldn't dismiss a poll from Fox that showed Trump at 99 percent approval? BannonsLiver Saturday #23

The source of any poll is of existential relevance, MM. It's a valid point. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Saturday #36

The source of the poll was noted in the very first sentence MichMan Saturday #37

Even the grumps among us sometimes long for human interaction. 😉❤️ littlemissmartypants Sunday #46

Show me another poll with similar results thucythucy Tuesday #81

Show me another poll with different results then. MichMan Tuesday #85

Not my responsibility. thucythucy 4 hrs ago #93

It also isn't my responsibility to look for other polls until I find one that you agree with. MichMan 1 hr ago #95

The Cato Institute definitely has a libertarian agenda DFW Sunday #55

All that is necessary is to look at the framing of the question. markodochartaigh Saturday #21

I doubt."Make millionaires pay a small percentage more" was a choice. Probably only, YOU pay more or They get less. dem4decades Sunday #51

Cato is right-wing, and how you ask questions can definitely influence answers, leading to the result you want. Lonestarblue Sunday #52

That should not surprise anyone. Silent Type Saturday #7

That should be a talk at the Christmas dinner table, Historic NY Saturday #8

Or, bring up how many states have markodochartaigh Saturday #22

What a bunch of whiney little entitled pricks, MarineCombatEngineer Saturday #9

And created the life that they are now waving in our faces and trying to say that we are the issue. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #48

100% oasis Wednesday #92

The Cato Institute? the hell you say WhiskeyGrinder Saturday #10

Very shortsighted SheltieLover Saturday #11

Nailed it! Norrrm Sunday #53

And likely brainwaahed by repuke lies SheltieLover Sunday #57

We need to push constitutional admendants IbogaProject Saturday #12

Welp..when I first started working, I know I used to gripe about SS, Medicare taxes I'd see on my pay stub Deuxcents Saturday #14

Good suggestion, and we need that good communication pretty soon too GoodRaisin Monday #75

So this Libertarian BS is now coming out yet again...........guess who founded this fucking "think tank"....... turbinetree Saturday #15

one suspects the younger crowd, fresh from sponging off parents, typically opposes helping seniors financially msongs Saturday #17

Cato Institute? LOL. markodochartaigh Saturday #18

I got an idea.Why don't we make the billionaire's pay more in taxes Tribetime Saturday #19

Shooting old people is still illegal. Turbineguy Saturday #20

They'll be sorry. They won't be young forever. Vinca Saturday #24

Cato? Seriously? sakabatou Saturday #25

Hey, who snowybirdie Saturday #26

This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Saturday #27

Intergenerational conflict was built in. Die Broke, that will teach them. /nt bucolic_frolic Saturday #28

When young adults do not know important facts about their lives, more people than RockRaven Saturday #29

Okay. We'll just move in. viva la Saturday #30

They may not be known as the particularly smart generation C_U_L8R Saturday #31

The solution? OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #32

CUT THE CRAP... RAISE THE CAP FalloutShelter Sunday #54

I'd take that report with a huge grain of salt jmbar2 Saturday #34

In what way is this story Boomer bashing? Mariana Saturday #39

The first clue would be that it's from CATO jmbar2 Saturday #44

The poll was targeted towards Gen Z, not Gen X and Millennial MichMan Sunday #62

GenZs are truly suffering in this economy jmbar2 Sunday #65

;-{) Z Goonch Saturday #38

Me Too 60 years ago. Fichefinder Saturday #40

Why wouldnt they vote in their best interest? Boomers have done it for decades as well Slider19 Saturday #41

Gen Z pays taxes? Nictuku Saturday #43

I think people might be missing the point here. Jedi Guy Sunday #47

With the exception of the school shootings... OldBaldy1701E Sunday #49

Really? That's odd because I didn't. Jedi Guy Sunday #56

Everyone's circumstances are different MichMan Sunday #64

That kind of proves my point, to an extent. Jedi Guy Sunday #67

" There just isn't, and trying to say otherwise is, at best, wildly disingenuous." OldBaldy1701E Sunday #69

Same time period here fujiyamasan Tuesday #86

This article seems to have one purpose Samael13 Sunday #50

Judging by the this thread up to this point MustLoveBeagles 4 hrs ago #94

CATO biases this in the ways they define raising more revenue karynnj Sunday #58

If that be the case, my adult children will NOT be getting any money. ProudMNDemocrat Sunday #59

Many Rebl2 Sunday #60

I've found that tax increases tend to be much more popular with people as long as it is someone else paying them. MichMan Sunday #61

And wars tend to be more popular among prople who don't have to fight them. thucythucy Tuesday #83

The OP was specifically about tax increases and not wars, but OK. MichMan Tuesday #87

Tax automation, including AI gulliver Sunday #68

Yes, eventually something like this may be needed fujiyamasan Tuesday #88

Increasing taxes on the ultra wealthy maybe one route. gulliver Tuesday #89

Sorry, yes I view that as extremely naive with that set of billionaires fujiyamasan Wednesday #90

People are missing the point pinkstarburst Sunday #70

Many, maybe most older people don't care about any of that. Mariana Wednesday #91

Gen Z is not wrong really. EllieBC Sunday #72

They wouldn't have to pay more if we just eliminated the cap. BlueTsunami2018 Sunday #73

So how many middle schoolers did they interview for this poll? RazorbackExpat Sunday #74

This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF Monday #76

Don't talk to me about Gen Z RandySF Monday #77

I wouldn't have a problem if I could just get back all the money I paid into the system in SS taxes. Intractable Monday #78

Was the question fairly asked? quaker bill Monday #80

Naturally. QueerDuck Tuesday #82

Cato. Enough said. Iris Tuesday #84