The NYT review of "Boomsday" is interesting... It seems that some GenXers think that Boomers should be "given incentives" to commit suicide...and thus relieve the economy of the "expense" of maintaining them in their old age...
I think this is yet another great Compassionate Conservative breakthrough! Perhaps even more engenius than "No Child Left Behind."
Consider:
Any Boomer who commits suicide during a "taxable year" should be give a $50,000 tax credit on his next return...
Not a deduction...! No that wouldn't be enough... I'm talking about a credit here!
In other words...a government check!
By encouraging Boomers to commit suicide...the Federal Budget will be relieved NOT ONLY of onerous monthly Social Security payments...but also of the Medicare and Drug Benefit outlays which Boomers will be using hugely in the near future.
The beauty of this Compassionate Conservative approach to Boomers is that it's totally "market based"....
People will respond to their "economic best interests." Just like the Republican playbook predicts they will.
The "Right to Life" flock in the Republican Party should have no problem with this program...because they believe that: The Right to Life starts at conception but ends at birth...
We simply must get rid of the looming "Boomer Drag"... somehow...
Perhaps a "bird flu" that only hits people in their 60's? That might work...
We should definitely put the "right people" to work on this program ASAP....
Perhaps the same one's who brought over the AIDS virus to "handle" our Blacks and Gays problem...?
Ya think...?
