quote for the day

Richard Vernon: You think about this: when you get old, these kids - when *I* get old - they're going to be running the country.
Carl: Yeah.
Richard Vernon: Now this is the thought that wakes me up in the middle of the night. That when I get older, these kids are going to take care of me.
Carl: I wouldn't count on it.

From the Breakfast Club

So, I used this a few years ago, and now I find myself wondering, do Republicans believe that the next generation will leave them to rot, and so are hoarding as much cash as they can and burning the fields so the enemy will not profit? If so, it's kind of a self-fulfilling prophesy.