Comments on: The COVID Generation http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/ Reality-based political commentary Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:11:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180603 nypoet22 Sun, 03 Oct 2021 02:02:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180603 @cw, i think liz meant that since it's technically a budget issue, why not throw it in with the rest? JL @cw,

i think liz meant that since it's technically a budget issue, why not throw it in with the rest?

JL

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180586 MtnCaddy Fri, 01 Oct 2021 22:20:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180586 [9] Scrapping the cap won't help the deficit but it <i>funds Social Security for the rest of the century <b>with NO cut in benefits. [9]

Scrapping the cap won't help the deficit but it funds Social Security for the rest of the century with NO cut in benefits.

]]> By: C. R. Stucki http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180585 C. R. Stucki Fri, 01 Oct 2021 22:19:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180585 What the hell CW?? How can there even BE a "covid generation"??? Unless there is a new system for these things I haven't heard about, that just ain't compatible with "social distancing"!!! What the hell CW?? How can there even BE a "covid generation"??? Unless there is a new system for these things I haven't heard about, that just ain't compatible with "social distancing"!!!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180582 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:15:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180582 Well, if it wouldn't really help the math, then, forgetaboutit. Whatever. Well, if it wouldn't really help the math, then, forgetaboutit. Whatever.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180581 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:00:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180581 Heh. Heh.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180580 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:00:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180580 Wow. Wow.

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180577 Chris Weigant Fri, 01 Oct 2021 03:41:03 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180577 (just answered some comments from earlier in the week, too...) -CW (just answered some comments from earlier in the week, too...)

-CW

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180571 Chris Weigant Fri, 01 Oct 2021 03:33:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180571 MyVoice - Never heard that one before, but it makes a certain degree of sense... -CW MyVoice -

Never heard that one before, but it makes a certain degree of sense...

-CW

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180570 Chris Weigant Fri, 01 Oct 2021 03:32:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180570 LizM - Dunno... the scrap the cap idea has been around for a long time, but it doesn't really help. If they did scrap the cap, all the money would still go into Social Security, and would just prolong the projected life of the fund. I think that money would be completely separate from the rest of the budget, though, so it wouldn't really help the math. Pelosi just blinked, and punted... -CW LizM -

Dunno... the scrap the cap idea has been around for a long time, but it doesn't really help. If they did scrap the cap, all the money would still go into Social Security, and would just prolong the projected life of the fund. I think that money would be completely separate from the rest of the budget, though, so it wouldn't really help the math.

Pelosi just blinked, and punted...

-CW

]]> By: MyVoice http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180569 MyVoice Fri, 01 Oct 2021 03:26:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180569 Geez, and I thought X wasn't some random letter given instead of a name, but a number. The birth years from 1965 to 1979 or 1980 nicely bracket the 200th anniversary of the founding of the US. Given that generations are roughly 20 years, that would have made this cohort the tenth generation born in the US. Maybe the story came after the moniker – I don't know – but, frankly, I like that explanation better than just some random letter that landed and stuck. I'm right there with you on the silliness of Y, Z, and Alpha. Geez, and I thought X wasn't some random letter given instead of a name, but a number. The birth years from 1965 to 1979 or 1980 nicely bracket the 200th anniversary of the founding of the US. Given that generations are roughly 20 years, that would have made this cohort the tenth generation born in the US.

Maybe the story came after the moniker – I don't know – but, frankly, I like that explanation better than just some random letter that landed and stuck. I'm right there with you on the silliness of Y, Z, and Alpha.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180568 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 01 Oct 2021 01:30:52 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180568 Couldn't they scrap the cap in a reconciliation bill? Couldn't they scrap the cap in a reconciliation bill?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/30/the-covid-generation/#comment-180567 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 01 Oct 2021 01:20:33 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21046#comment-180567 Hey, Chris! Sorry to be off topic but I just listened to a very interesting conversation on Chris Cuomo's show. He was talking with Rep. Ro Khana (sp?) who believes there won't be a vote tonight but that's okay 'cause progress is being made ... well, despite the progressives. Ahem. But, what caught my ears was when Chris and Ro started talking about why not <b>scrap the cap</b> on Social Security taxes. They both loved the idea! Said it would rake in a lot of revenue. Would Manchin be okay with that? Neither one of them knew. Maybe they should ask him! Why doesn't Biden talk about this!? Hey, Chris!

Sorry to be off topic but I just listened to a very interesting conversation on Chris Cuomo's show. He was talking with Rep. Ro Khana (sp?) who believes there won't be a vote tonight but that's okay 'cause progress is being made ... well, despite the progressives. Ahem.

But, what caught my ears was when Chris and Ro started talking about why not scrap the cap on Social Security taxes. They both loved the idea! Said it would rake in a lot of revenue.

Would Manchin be okay with that? Neither one of them knew. Maybe they should ask him!

Why doesn't Biden talk about this!?

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