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OC375

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2. Open it Up!

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Mon Oct 27, 2025, 07:33 AM

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Once the employed/working Boomer cash starts to dry up, everything is going to need more money. By and large the rest of us lack the $$$ and head count to cover a lot of this stuff. Maybe this is what gets it opened up? Gen X is tiny, and people are generally having less kids. The tax base with $$$ is shrinking, so cuts are coming if we don’t figure it out.

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