Rep. Issa: Greatest Generation Spawned Government 'Ponzi Schemes'
- Post 01 August 2012
- By Copy Editor
(Breitbart) -- It is politically incorrect for anyone to say anything critical of the so-called “Greatest Generation,” but Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has never been one to let convention get in the way of speaking his mind.
On Tuesday, Issa suggested that despite the heroism of the “Greatest Generation,” they are responsible for spawning many of the programs that have caused many of today’s financial problems.
“The Greatest Generation created many of what the private sector would call Ponzi schemes,” Issa said at an Association of Government Accountants conference in San Diego, according to the Federal Times. “They created Social Security, they created Medicare on their watch, [they] created Medicaid.” ... continues...
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