tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590806168352381335.post5814733836363860782..comments2023-05-22T07:06:20.045-04:00Comments on Funny Economist - Randall Parker's Completely Serious Macroeconomics Blog: Who is the forgotten man in the US today? The working man that's who!Randall Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027493610187640456noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590806168352381335.post-74871977278195402842014-02-08T16:13:21.502-05:002014-02-08T16:13:21.502-05:00"Your children will have much more leisure th..."Your children will have much more leisure than you did in your working life. So they will be able to be with you, and to spend all that time you feel guilty about not being with them when you worked. They will be with you in your retirement. And you'll have your son's girlfriend and child along for the company too since they neither can find a career nor have any desire for matrimony, nor feel as if working is 'worth it.'" <br /><br />Watch the suicide rate for the children of the baby boomers rise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590806168352381335.post-89338730626416746672014-02-06T10:50:12.753-05:002014-02-06T10:50:12.753-05:00There is no doubting the correctness of this argum...There is no doubting the correctness of this argument. The problem is the denominator of that fraction is pathetic and the numerator more and more is catatonic in its flexibility with an ever increasing share becoming mandatory, i.e., entitlements.Randall Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10027493610187640456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590806168352381335.post-47224192973766756762014-02-06T09:21:47.942-05:002014-02-06T09:21:47.942-05:00Do you agree with balancing the budget every year?...Do you agree with balancing the budget every year? I have had a few econ professors tell me debt is not that bad as long as the gdp growth rate increases faster than the pace of debt payment. This is not discussed enough. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com