The thing about old people is that they vote. They’re not any smarter than the rest of us, they just show up to the polls. Young people don’t vote in big numbers, and so politicians feel free to screw over young people, because it doesn’t cost them anything.

Still, rarely do politicians make that strategy as blatant as Sen. Bob Corker has. In this great story on WPLN from Blake Farmer about Corker wanting to raise the retirement age, there’s this:

"I think when you sit down with people and explain the kinds of changes you're talking about, and they realize this isn't going to affect me in any way, then it works," he told reporters after speaking to the Brentwood Rotary Club.

I can truly think of no more fitting a sentiment for why the United States has some of the problems it does. We make decisions that screw people over, and we don’t care as long as it’s not us. So, here, rather than saying to the kind of rich old farts who belong to the Brentwood Rotary Club, “Hey, we need you to pay social security tax on all your income like a good American and like most normal people do,” he’s all, “Come on, let’s screw over the suckers!”

Well, as one of those suckers, let me tell you something. Joke’s on you, Bob Corker. The selfish greed of white men your age that you have inflicted on the country your whole life means none of the rest of us will ever get to retire. It doesn’t matter what the retirement age is. Hell, once everything is automated, we may not even have jobs to retire from.

Thanks for ruining the world for the rest of us so that you could die comfortable on your piles of money, rich old white men. We’ll be sure to eat your grandchildren first.