07-28-2017, 04:20 PM
(07-28-2017, 03:39 PM)tg63 Wrote: Of course,the textbook answer societally is that silents have provided a moderating influence over the boomers (in particular); which once gone, will leave them unchecked. Seems like that process is just about complete (last night's health care vote being one last gasp).
The vote wasn't the last gasp; the delusion that the two sides could work together and find changes to one side's signature work that both sides would like was. That might have happened when Congress was dominated by Silents, but then, Silents would not have forced through a bill supported only by one side the way the ACA was forced through.
My parents are both 1932 Silents. They are pretty healthy, considering their age, but they won't be around forever. I try to take my kids to them as often as I can, but that's only once or twice a year.