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So let me get this straight. Boomers support tax hikes on younger workers so that they can keep their social security benefits. The Cato Institute found in a poll that 89% of people over 65 would rather increase taxes on younger workers who obviously don't make that much, they're starting their careers, so that they can keep their retirement benefits. So looking at this graph, the yellow bars represent people who would rather raise taxes to protect current retirees, while the green represents people who would rather cut benefits to protect younger workers. And the trend makes sense. As people get older, they don't really care about younger workers, and as people get younger, they don't really care about the older workers as much. But what doesn't really make sense to me is that boomers own about half of the wealth in the entire United States. Why are you not using that wealth, that money, instead of trying to just tax younger people so they can pay for your benefits? Like, come on. And this share of assets from the 2023 Federal Reserve data, Gen Z doesn't even pop up here. We literally have no wealth like at all in comparison to millennials, silent generation, generation X, and baby boomers. But wanting to tax a generation with no wealth, no money, having a hard time even starting out in the job economy, it doesn't really make much sense. I partially get it. Social Security is supposed to be insolvent in 2032, where they're going to have to cut benefits universally for everyone. But is it fair to tax young people who aren't really even set up in their life more so that social security can be guaranteed to seniors?