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Posted: 4/25/2019 1:48:18 PM EST
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So if you could press a button and travel to 1920 as a working- or middle-class guy, you would leave 2019 behind and never look back? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 4/25/2019 1:48:20 PM EST
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The first BBoomers could not vote until 1968. Only 1/2 could vote by '72. The Greatest Generation elected all the pols who raped us by spending SS payments and birthing the largest welfare program in history. The Greatest Generation, who worship FDR and his socialism, elected the libs who gave away the farm to buy votes. The last of the BBoomers couldn't start voting until 1983. The mistake BBoomers made was raising an ingrate generation who raised yet another bunch of ingrates. The BBoomer haters are snowflakes who resent that mommy and daddy didn't give them everything they wanted and now realize they will have to work past age 45. Fuck the haters. I don't give a damn about either, but for as whiny as the millenials are supposed to be the boomers in these threads actually seem worse since they always pass the buck re: how millenials became millenials. Commies and Feminists are where it's at, but old guys yelling at kids and vice versa is apparently going to be the highlight of my day today. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 1:51:05 PM EST
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The 60's and 70's... absolutely. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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ETA: Crying bitches...........life is what you make it. Always has been. 20's & 30's this country was in WAY worse shape than now. Be glad we're on the upturn now! 60s-70s for sex and drugs, sure. 80s and 90s to pile up money? Fine. 20s and 30s for polio, the depression, prohibition and wars? No thanks. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 1:53:14 PM EST
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No, The Greatest Generation did. Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, all elected by The Greatest Generation. TRUTH! The ball was set in motion long before I could even vote. It took decades to turn it around. The socialist movements are destroying this country in ways undreamt of during the 1970's to 2000's. This started and gained traction only recently. It will be the next generations who will either stem the emerging socialist tide or allow this Nation to fall into the ash heap of history. My people are leaving. Who will you look to as your friends? Left unchecked, there will be World War and genocide on American soil. It will be driven by the socialists, as they have done EVERYWHERE AND EVERY TIME they gain any real power. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 1:56:56 PM EST
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So basically it's the millenials fault that the boomers raised shitty kids. Millenials taught themselves to always put the blame on someone else and never take responsibility for outcomes. Got it. I don't give a damn about either, but for as whiny as the millenials are supposed to be the boomers in these threads actually seem worse since they always pass the buck re: how millenials became millenials. Commies and Feminists are where it's at, but old guys yelling at kids and vice versa is apparently going to be the highlight of my day today. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The first BBoomers could not vote until 1968. Only 1/2 could vote by '72. The Greatest Generation elected all the pols who raped us by spending SS payments and birthing the largest welfare program in history. The Greatest Generation, who worship FDR and his socialism, elected the libs who gave away the farm to buy votes. The last of the BBoomers couldn't start voting until 1983. The mistake BBoomers made was raising an ingrate generation who raised yet another bunch of ingrates. The BBoomer haters are snowflakes who resent that mommy and daddy didn't give them everything they wanted and now realize they will have to work past age 45. Fuck the haters. I don't give a damn about either, but for as whiny as the millenials are supposed to be the boomers in these threads actually seem worse since they always pass the buck re: how millenials became millenials. Commies and Feminists are where it's at, but old guys yelling at kids and vice versa is apparently going to be the highlight of my day today. You are responsible for your own actions at the point you become aware of the alternatives and make your choice to ignore them. Continuing to blame someone else will not improve your life. Changing your actions might. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:03:37 PM EST
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Monday, yawn. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:09:04 PM EST
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Monday, yawn. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:20:56 PM EST
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My dad was born in the late 30's and me in late 70's, my quality of life and wealth building has been so much better than his. Hell I remember the 80's as a young child and folks had it rough compared to today. Guess what you didn't see back then, all the mansions, new cars, 1k smart phones, and crying snowflakes. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:21:49 PM EST
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:22:09 PM EST
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If someone is taught poor methods, learns that the methods are poor, and then continues to pursue those poor methods, then yes, it's their fault and not the people that first taught them. You are responsible for your own actions at the point you become aware of the alternatives and make your choice to ignore them. Continuing to blame someone else will not improve your life. Changing your actions might. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The first BBoomers could not vote until 1968. Only 1/2 could vote by '72. The Greatest Generation elected all the pols who raped us by spending SS payments and birthing the largest welfare program in history. The Greatest Generation, who worship FDR and his socialism, elected the libs who gave away the farm to buy votes. The last of the BBoomers couldn't start voting until 1983. The mistake BBoomers made was raising an ingrate generation who raised yet another bunch of ingrates. The BBoomer haters are snowflakes who resent that mommy and daddy didn't give them everything they wanted and now realize they will have to work past age 45. Fuck the haters. I don't give a damn about either, but for as whiny as the millenials are supposed to be the boomers in these threads actually seem worse since they always pass the buck re: how millenials became millenials. Commies and Feminists are where it's at, but old guys yelling at kids and vice versa is apparently going to be the highlight of my day today. You are responsible for your own actions at the point you become aware of the alternatives and make your choice to ignore them. Continuing to blame someone else will not improve your life. Changing your actions might. It's almost as if boomers failed to raise their kids properly, then later hope that incessantly bitching about those damn kids will magically fix everything they failed at in the first place. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:25:02 PM EST
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My dad worked for the FDNY starting in 1968 and had one. Almost every guy who left my job for one of the higher paying county PDs in my old area gets/will be getting a $100k+/year pension. I know plenty of guys with rank where I worked who get $100K+ pensions. Born in 1958 |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:26:20 PM EST
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Yes, I personally went out and spent 2.8 billion of your tax dollars on hookers and blow. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:29:17 PM EST
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Over promising on Medicare/SS while not paying enough into the system to cover future costs. And Boomers did not establish SS. It has never been based on paying to "cover future costs." |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:31:52 PM EST
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But the teacher who taught the methods is not only blameless, but is even justified in disparaging the students who, upon reaching age 18, didn't immediately abandon everthing the teacher taught. It's almost as if boomers failed to raise their kids properly, then later hope that incessantly bitching about those damn kids will magically fix everything they failed at in the first place. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The first BBoomers could not vote until 1968. Only 1/2 could vote by '72. The Greatest Generation elected all the pols who raped us by spending SS payments and birthing the largest welfare program in history. The Greatest Generation, who worship FDR and his socialism, elected the libs who gave away the farm to buy votes. The last of the BBoomers couldn't start voting until 1983. The mistake BBoomers made was raising an ingrate generation who raised yet another bunch of ingrates. The BBoomer haters are snowflakes who resent that mommy and daddy didn't give them everything they wanted and now realize they will have to work past age 45. Fuck the haters. I don't give a damn about either, but for as whiny as the millenials are supposed to be the boomers in these threads actually seem worse since they always pass the buck re: how millenials became millenials. Commies and Feminists are where it's at, but old guys yelling at kids and vice versa is apparently going to be the highlight of my day today. You are responsible for your own actions at the point you become aware of the alternatives and make your choice to ignore them. Continuing to blame someone else will not improve your life. Changing your actions might. It's almost as if boomers failed to raise their kids properly, then later hope that incessantly bitching about those damn kids will magically fix everything they failed at in the first place. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:31:54 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: SS, in particular, was set up as a 'pay-as-you-go' system. And Boomers did not establish SS. It has never been based on paying to "cover future costs." |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:32:39 PM EST
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Is this nations wealth static or fluid? is it a zero sum game, or can new wealth be created? If new wealth can be created, then nothing has been squandered. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:41:42 PM EST
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You're ignoring the point. Even if you're 100% right (and you're not) blaming them doesn't do anything. Convince everyone that it's the boomers fault and you will still be no better off. Yes, at the point you realize the way life is, you are responsible for your choices. Why would someone else bear the burden of your choices and actions when you knew the choices you had? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The first BBoomers could not vote until 1968. Only 1/2 could vote by '72. The Greatest Generation elected all the pols who raped us by spending SS payments and birthing the largest welfare program in history. The Greatest Generation, who worship FDR and his socialism, elected the libs who gave away the farm to buy votes. The last of the BBoomers couldn't start voting until 1983. The mistake BBoomers made was raising an ingrate generation who raised yet another bunch of ingrates. The BBoomer haters are snowflakes who resent that mommy and daddy didn't give them everything they wanted and now realize they will have to work past age 45. Fuck the haters. I don't give a damn about either, but for as whiny as the millenials are supposed to be the boomers in these threads actually seem worse since they always pass the buck re: how millenials became millenials. Commies and Feminists are where it's at, but old guys yelling at kids and vice versa is apparently going to be the highlight of my day today. You are responsible for your own actions at the point you become aware of the alternatives and make your choice to ignore them. Continuing to blame someone else will not improve your life. Changing your actions might. It's almost as if boomers failed to raise their kids properly, then later hope that incessantly bitching about those damn kids will magically fix everything they failed at in the first place. My first post and only point was that boomers come off worse to me in these threads, because while all parties are whiners, IMO boomers share some responsibility for failing to raise good kids yet they always ignore their own generation's role in creating Gen Snowflake. That's all I'm saying. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 2:41:46 PM EST
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New wealth is created all the time. The government printing presses run day and night. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Is this nations wealth static or fluid? is it a zero sum game, or can new wealth be created? If new wealth can be created, then nothing has been squandered. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 3:08:07 PM EST
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Not boomers but their elected officials in congress
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Posted: 4/25/2019 3:13:49 PM EST
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LBJ, and the rest of Congress that voted in the Great Society, Not Boomers, FDR, and Congress that voted in Social Security, Not Boomers. President Nixon and the Congress that took us off the Gold Standard and let the dollar free float......not Boomers. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 3:22:18 PM EST
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Ill have no pention. Any retirement I’ll get is what I’ve saved & invested from money I earned. I don’t plan on a dime from SS & would far prefer private Ins to Medicare. Born in 1958 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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My dad worked for the FDNY starting in 1968 and had one. Almost every guy who left my job for one of the higher paying county PDs in my old area gets/will be getting a $100k+/year pension. I know plenty of guys with rank where I worked who get $100K+ pensions. Born in 1958 |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 4:17:31 PM EST
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It's funny watching the younger generations complain about their parental generation, and then the older folks of that generation complaining about their parental generation.
Quote HistoryTontoGoldstein: The mistake BBoomers made was raising an ingrate generation who raised yet another bunch of ingrates.
The BBoomer haters are snowflakes who resent that mommy and daddy didn’t give them everything they wanted and now realize they will have to work past age 45. Fuck the haters.  come on...
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Posted: 4/25/2019 4:18:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At your age, you should know about the National Debt. Yes, I know the Media and both parties have been complicit, but really; There’s no excuse for willful ignorance. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 4:21:23 PM EST
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what gets me is that the OP didn't mention the free shit crowd, the generations of free shit layabouts that have been willingly soaking the country for Food, Housing, Utilities, 'Bama Phones, 'Bama's Stash, Free Internet, Free Gov'ment Cheese, Free School Lunches for their kids and all the rest. No, just shove the blame off on the Boomers, well I'm a Boomer, I'm 65 and I've been working continually since I was 15. I plan to keep working for decades to come. Facts be damned. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 4:45:40 PM EST
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I want everybody to take a step back and consider the bitterness, anger and envy displayed in this thread. It’s only going to get worse, as inflation eats away at our hopes and dreams. Inflation caused by overspending of Every generation. Millennials might have a case, if they were voting en mass for fiscal austerity. But they aren’t. If anything, they’re even lazier and more Libtarded than previous generations, when considered as a whole. No, the problem isn’t generational. It’s between Conservatives and Liberals. And fiscal conservatives have been outvoted since FDR. I’ve seen a lot of class envy displayed lately. It’s going to get much worse, even within our ranks. Plan accordingly. I still stand by my original statement, however. If you can't get what you want today, you're failing by choice. Those who have, do what they have to, to achieve it. Those who have not, often haven't made the same sacrifices, and aren't willing to. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 4:46:56 PM EST
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I guess this is the part where you explain how the national debt more than doubling over the last 12 years is all the Boomer's fault, somehow? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 4/25/2019 4:59:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, this is the part where you Read all the other replies. You can do it. I fail to see the relevance of your reply to my original statement. On it's own, and without the insult, it might have been solid. But hey, you do you. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 5:16:46 PM EST
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short answer: yes... Their parents, the Greatest Generation, fought WWII. They left for France and the Pacific at 17 and 18, fought overseas for years, came home, used the GI Bill to get an education or a trade, then worked their asses off to pay off the tiny house they built. The lived depression-era living, saving a little of each paycheck and accumulating a small nest egg. Their children, the Boomers, lived in an age of plenty. They grew up, often with new schools. They went to college in a time when tuition was cheap and you actually could pay your way with a part time and/or summer job. The started work in an era when the corporate pension existed: Work 20, 25 years, retire at 55 with 60% pension. Had inexpensive health insurance. They voted themselves great government handouts and ran up a zillion in national debt. They started the "But I Want it Now" lifestyle. They spend 110% of what they earned, have nothing set aside for retirement, and are relying on someone else to care for them. They had it all: Cheap college, cheap housing, great benefits. They stand to benefit from the greatest transfer of wealth in history, as their parent die and leave them the nest egg. The children of Boomers?: Lets see. they are inheriting an essential broke country. Education is now unaffordable. Those that go to college will have massive debt. When they start work, their real wages - accounting for inflation- are considerably lower than the Boomers. They will not have a pension, instead get a 401K. Those few that do have pensions are in "tier 5" or some altered plan that requires higher contributions, longer work span, for far less benefits. When they marry and have kids, family insurance plans are far more expensive. Oh, and since the Boomers still demand more than their fair share of the pie, this generation will pay higher taxes, which are funneled directly to the Boomers. Boomers lived in a gravy age, consuming the wealth of their parents, and they are now - as a generation - going to impoverish their children and grandchildren.... You have a world - make it work for you. It will be different than it was for us but that is always the way, isn't it? With all this whining and carping it sounds like you will vote for any communist who pops up and promises a 'living wage', free college, universal Medicare and whatever else they can think of. I think you should move to Venezuela and experience a 'Worker's Paradise' for yourself before griping about how bad it is here. Bottom line, all you get is the same thing we got - the opportunity to succeed - or fail. There ain't no warranty on life. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 5:56:32 PM EST
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I did the last three elections using Roper
2016-- clinton --Trump 18-29**--55--36-- born from 87 to 98-- mostly millennial 30-44**--51--41-- born from 72 to 86-- Gen X & millennial 45-64**--44--52-- born from 52 to 71-- boomers & Gen X 65 & over**--45--52-- born prior to 52-- Greatest/Silent/Boomer 2012-- Obama-- Romney 18-29**--60--37-- born from 83 to 94-- all millennial 30-44**--52--45-- born from 68 to 82-- mostly Gen X 45-64**--47--51-- born from 48 to 67-- mostly Boomer 65over **--44--56-- born prior to 48-- Greatest/Silent/Boomer 2008-- Obama-- McCain 18-29** --66--32-- born from 79 to 90-- Gen X & millennial 30-44** --52--46-- born from 64 to 78-- mostly Gen X 45-64** --50--49-- born from 44 to 63-- mostly Boomer 65over** --45--53-- born prior to 44-- Greatest/Silent I'm not even gonna comment. 
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Posted: 4/25/2019 7:39:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude, you’re 60. Why do you expect no SS? RR job? Teacher? How much is private insurance for a guy who’s 60? Farmer. I’ve seen enough Gov’t interference to last several lifetimes. For the two of us, now, we’re up to $27,000/year for a fraction of the coverage we had pre-Obamacare. How’s $5K deductible sound? |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 7:45:41 PM EST
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Posted: 4/25/2019 7:48:08 PM EST
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We should round them all up and put them in internment cam.. *cough* retirement homes. 
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Posted: 4/25/2019 7:50:25 PM EST
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How many of the 9 million Armed Forces Members, 2.7 million troops sent to Vietnam and 58,000 US KIA in Vietnam were Boomers? Every war has a percentage of protesters and every generation has it's share of winners and losers. Unless I'm missing some subtle sarcasm, your post fails. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Don't forget baby boomers sucked up communist pushed anti war agitprop that basically undermined their own country's efforts in the Vietnam war. They're also the reason "Russia" is being pushed as they're the "old people" now. Every week on talk radio one calls up screeching about how "we should never have trusted those reds", Trump is some kind of communist, etc.. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 7:52:42 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The 60’s and 70’s... absolutely. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 7:56:17 PM EST
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short answer: yes... Their parents, the Greatest Generation, fought WWII. They left for France and the Pacific at 17 and 18, fought overseas for years, came home, used the GI Bill to get an education or a trade, then worked their asses off to pay off the tiny house they built. The lived depression-era living, saving a little of each paycheck and accumulating a small nest egg. Their children, the Boomers, lived in an age of plenty. They grew up, often with new schools. They went to college in a time when tuition was cheap and you actually could pay your way with a part time and/or summer job. The started work in an era when the corporate pension existed: Work 20, 25 years, retire at 55 with 60% pension. Had inexpensive health insurance. They voted themselves great government handouts and ran up a zillion in national debt. They started the "But I Want it Now" lifestyle. They spend 110% of what they earned, have nothing set aside for retirement, and are relying on someone else to care for them. They had it all: Cheap college, cheap housing, great benefits. They stand to benefit from the greatest transfer of wealth in history, as their parent die and leave them the nest egg. The children of Boomers?: Lets see. they are inheriting an essential broke country. Education is now unaffordable. Those that go to college will have massive debt. When they start work, their real wages - accounting for inflation- are considerably lower than the Boomers. They will not have a pension, instead get a 401K. Those few that do have pensions are in "tier 5" or some altered plan that requires higher contributions, longer work span, for far less benefits. When they marry and have kids, family insurance plans are far more expensive. Oh, and since the Boomers still demand more than their fair share of the pie, this generation will pay higher taxes, which are funneled directly to the Boomers. Boomers lived in a gravy age, consuming the wealth of their parents, and they are now - as a generation - going to impoverish their children and grandchildren.... |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:02:57 PM EST
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I did the last three elections using Roper 2016-- clinton --Trump 18-29**--55--36-- born from 87 to 98-- mostly millennial 30-44**--51--41-- born from 72 to 86-- Gen X & millennial 45-64**--44--52-- born from 52 to 71-- boomers & Gen X 65 & over**--45--52-- born prior to 52-- Greatest/Silent/Boomer 2012-- Obama-- Romney 18-29**--60--37-- born from 83 to 94-- all millennial 30-44**--52--45-- born from 68 to 82-- mostly Gen X 45-64**--47--51-- born from 48 to 67-- mostly Boomer 65over **--44--56-- born prior to 48-- Greatest/Silent/Boomer 2008-- Obama-- McCain 18-29** --66--32-- born from 79 to 90-- Gen X & millennial 30-44** --52--46-- born from 64 to 78-- mostly Gen X 45-64** --50--49-- born from 44 to 63-- mostly Boomer 65over** --45--53-- born prior to 44-- Greatest/Silent I'm not even gonna comment. 
So in 2016, Millennials have 20% higher nonwhites (who overwhelmingly vote Democrat) and a 10 point higher rate of voting Democrat. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:05:13 PM EST
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I’m doing just fine accumulating wealth in my late 30’s. Boomer parents are broke as fuck, though. Other boomers I know are doing fine. Plenty of broke gen-x and millennials.
It’s almost like every generation has its lazy and not lazy. And every generation has its challenges. Mine is avoiding the taxman. Others were avoiding starvation, small pox, or artillery. The only thing I’d like about going back in time would be the reduction in population. That is something that actually does suck about the modern age and is only going to get worse. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:07:27 PM EST
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Politicians screwed the country not boomers. If they stopped giving shit away, we'd be fine.
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:13:47 PM EST
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Nope, its the millennials...
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:14:04 PM EST
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I’m doing just fine accumulating wealth in my late 30’s. Boomer parents are broke as fuck, though. Other boomers I know are doing fine. Plenty of broke gen-x and millennials. It’s almost like every generation has its lazy and not lazy. And every generation has its challenges. Mine is avoiding the taxman. Others were avoiding starvation, small pox, or artillery. The only thing I’d like about going back in time would be the reduction in population. That is something that actually does suck about the modern age and is only going to get worse. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:15:43 PM EST
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Politicians screwed the country not boomers. If they stopped giving shit away, we'd be fine. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:16:42 PM EST
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Boomers have raped and pillaged this country |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:20:33 PM EST
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In the history of mankind, there has never been a better time to be alive than now. Anybody who would believe otherwise is clueless to history & is totally oblivious to the current possibilities in life. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I’m doing just fine accumulating wealth in my late 30’s. Boomer parents are broke as fuck, though. Other boomers I know are doing fine. Plenty of broke gen-x and millennials. It’s almost like every generation has its lazy and not lazy. And every generation has its challenges. Mine is avoiding the taxman. Others were avoiding starvation, small pox, or artillery. The only thing I’d like about going back in time would be the reduction in population. That is something that actually does suck about the modern age and is only going to get worse. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:27:53 PM EST
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When the boomers came of age it was a 90% white country. White guilt was effectively non-existent. Men were men. Women were women. Divorce rates were low. People had children. America had style. America had culture.
50 years later, it's now clown world. Whites will be a minority in 25 years. Young white men are discovering they have no place in the world. Their women don't want them. That they are all that is wrong with the world. We have dogs instead of having a family. Few can maintain a relationship. Women are men. Men are children. Our once proud culture - everything that we loved and cherished is being crushed into fragments. I don't blame the boomers entirely. Much of the blame lies with those who shaped their minds. When we won WWII, we lost. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:30:11 PM EST
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Yep. Life’s pleasure is cheap as hell compared to when I was a kid. My phone is thousands of dollars less than the 386 pc my dad bought 30 years ago. Even poor people are fat with phones and new cars. Even a little effort now, results in massive gains. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:32:18 PM EST
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When the boomers came of age it was a 90% white country. White guilt was effectively non-existent. Men were men. Women were women. Divorce rates were low. People had children. America had style. America had culture. 50 years later, it's now clown world. Whites will be a minority in 25 years. Young white men are discovering they have no place in the world. Their women don't want them. That they are all that is wrong with the world. We have dogs instead of having a family. Few can maintain a relationship. Women are men. Men are children. Our once proud culture - everything that we loved and cherished is being crushed into fragments. I don't blame the boomers entirely. Much of the blame lies with those who shaped their minds. When we won WWII, we lost. The rest of us have done just fine |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:35:56 PM EST
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short answer: yes... Their parents, the Greatest Generation, fought WWII. They left for France and the Pacific at 17 and 18, fought overseas for years, came home, used the GI Bill to get an education or a trade, then worked their asses off to pay off the tiny house they built. The lived depression-era living, saving a little of each paycheck and accumulating a small nest egg. Their children, the Boomers, lived in an age of plenty. They grew up, often with new schools. They went to college in a time when tuition was cheap and you actually could pay your way with a part time and/or summer job. The started work in an era when the corporate pension existed: Work 20, 25 years, retire at 55 with 60% pension. Had inexpensive health insurance. They voted themselves great government handouts and ran up a zillion in national debt. They started the "But I Want it Now" lifestyle. They spend 110% of what they earned, have nothing set aside for retirement, and are relying on someone else to care for them. They had it all: Cheap college, cheap housing, great benefits. They stand to benefit from the greatest transfer of wealth in history, as their parent die and leave them the nest egg. The children of Boomers?: Lets see. they are inheriting an essential broke country. Education is now unaffordable. Those that go to college will have massive debt. When they start work, their real wages - accounting for inflation- are considerably lower than the Boomers. They will not have a pension, instead get a 401K. Those few that do have pensions are in "tier 5" or some altered plan that requires higher contributions, longer work span, for far less benefits. When they marry and have kids, family insurance plans are far more expensive. Oh, and since the Boomers still demand more than their fair share of the pie, this generation will pay higher taxes, which are funneled directly to the Boomers. Boomers lived in a gravy age, consuming the wealth of their parents, and they are now - as a generation - going to impoverish their children and grandchildren.... |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:41:18 PM EST
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Regardless of what they say, I think the majority of millenniais just want affordable homes, cars and a safe country not full of illegals and corruption, mass inflation and debt. We wouldn't have all this current chaos and anger. I don't think boomers realize how much different shit is now.
So boomers had nothing to do with any of the above? |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:43:42 PM EST
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I did the last three elections using Roper 2016-- clinton --Trump 18-29**--55--36-- born from 87 to 98-- mostly millennial 30-44**--51--41-- born from 72 to 86-- Gen X & millennial 45-64**--44--52-- born from 52 to 71-- boomers & Gen X 65 & over**--45--52-- born prior to 52-- Greatest/Silent/Boomer 2012-- Obama-- Romney 18-29**--60--37-- born from 83 to 94-- all millennial 30-44**--52--45-- born from 68 to 82-- mostly Gen X 45-64**--47--51-- born from 48 to 67-- mostly Boomer 65over **--44--56-- born prior to 48-- Greatest/Silent/Boomer 2008-- Obama-- McCain 18-29** --66--32-- born from 79 to 90-- Gen X & millennial 30-44** --52--46-- born from 64 to 78-- mostly Gen X 45-64** --50--49-- born from 44 to 63-- mostly Boomer 65over** --45--53-- born prior to 44-- Greatest/Silent I'm not even gonna comment. What these numbers don't show is that less than 1/3'd of younger generations vote. Often their voting percentage is in the teens. Older generations vote in MUCH greater percentages of their cohort. So while the percentages of millennial voter seems large the actual numbers of voters was small. They really don't give a shit-yet. |
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Posted: 4/25/2019 8:48:03 PM EST
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what gets me is that the OP didn't mention the free shit crowd, the generations of free shit layabouts that have been willingly soaking the country for Food, Housing, Utilities, 'Bama Phones, 'Bama's Stash, Free Internet, Free Gov'ment Cheese, Free School Lunches for their kids and all the rest. No, just shove the blame off on the Boomers, well I'm a Boomer, I'm 65 and I've been working continually since I was 15. I plan to keep working for decades to come. Facts be damned. You want to start something? piss off an old man that's got nothing to lose. |
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