A Mob of One  This is about Social Security and . . . Wait! Come
back!!  We were outside, between the pool, the keg and the fire
pit, when one of my guests said to another, "I can't wait for
your generation to fucking die!" He repeated himself in case the
man to whom he was speaking hadn't picked up on his vehemence.
"I cannot fucking wait!"  This baby shower was turning out fun!
And to top it all off, the man was speaking thusly to his
father-in-law.  I've had some pretty bitchen parties in my day,
but this one was smokin'.  We were talking, of course, about
SocialSecurity—allthe kids are doin' it these days! The old guy
is a libertarianasshole who doesn't believe in Social Security,
giving poor people government cheese or immigration (he had some
choice words about it in front of his own silent Mexicanwife and
also in front of the immigrant nurse who cares for our friend
with MS). His son-in-law is in his mid-30s, from Europe (I smell
a socialist!) and really pissed-off.  Can't our antipodal
generations ta