My posting on Bacon’s Rebellion has been sparse as of late because I am dedicating my spare time to writing a book. As the occasion arises in the future, I plan to post passages from the book or ruminations on related topics with the expectation that readers will set upon them like a pack of hyenas upon a kudu carcasse and rip them to shreds, thereby exposing factual or logical weaknesses.
The book is entitled, “Boomergeddon,” and provisionally sub-titled, “How Runaway Deficits and the Age Wave Will Bankrupt the Federal Government, Devastate the Retirement Safety Net and Impoverish Aging Baby Boomers Unless We Act Now.”
In a nutshell, the idea is to explain to Boomers how runaway deficits are not simply a burden that we’re foisting upon our children and grandchildren. The mounting federal debt will lead to the fiscal collapse of the federal government sometime between 2020 and 2030. For those Boomers who want to know “what’s in it for me?”, a government that can no longer borrow money to fund its programs will be unable to maintain at current levels the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid programs that retirees are counting on to supplement their meager savings.
Although Peter and Ed are free for now to continue posting on the topics that interest them, I will focus upon subjects that advance the writing of “Boomergeddon.” From time to time, that means I’ll be dipping into traditional, Virginia-centric B.R. subjects, but for the most part the subject matter will be more national in scope. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
