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re: Are Baby Boomers the worst generation ever?
Posted on 10/30/14 at 9:30 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
Posted on 10/30/14 at 9:30 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
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Proud Baby Boomer
Why am I not fricking surprised.
Posted on 10/30/14 at 9:42 am to Pavoloco83
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The millennials are wise not to care about SS. It wont be there when they get old enough. The govt is fricking that up left and right and has for years.
Exactly, it was well intentioned idea, but it's an economic disaster. I hate having to throw away the first $.15 of every dollar I make, and that's before income taxes, knowing that it'll be long gone by the time I'm old enough to collect.
That may sound selfish, but I don't believe in investing in Government mandated Ponzi schemes.
Posted on 10/30/14 at 9:52 am to Vols&Shaft83
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Exactly, it was well intentioned idea, but it's an economic disaster. I hate having to throw away the first $.15 of every dollar I make, and that's before income taxes, knowing that it'll be long gone by the time I'm old enough to collect.
That may sound selfish, but I don't believe in investing in Government mandated Ponzi schemes.
Well, this shite started really going sideways when the congress started diverting social security funds to buy F-14's with it years and years ago.
Posted on 10/30/14 at 9:55 am to Pavoloco83
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shite started really going sideways when the congress started diverting social security funds to buy F-14's with it years and years ago.
Preach.
And they've continued the tradition by wasting $$$ on the F-35
Posted on 10/30/14 at 10:46 am to TeLeFaWx
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I make six figures at 25. Student loans just got paid off. Retirement/investments just passed 110k last paycheck. No car payment. I just went to New Zealand for a week. Life is pretty kick arse.
This sounds like the first part of one of those VH1's Behind The Music.
I am 10 years older, less financially sound, and watch VH1 Behind The Music. I can rock Super Tecmo Bowl though. Generation X checking in.
Posted on 10/30/14 at 11:42 am to TeLeFaWx
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I work hard, but my life is pretty kick arse, even if the boomers rigged it against me. I make six figures at 25. Student loans just got paid off. Retirement/investments just passed 110k last paycheck. No car payment. I just went to New Zealand for a week. Life is pretty kick arse.
Cool. Now how much dope do you have to sling to live life that large?
Posted on 10/30/14 at 11:45 am to Phat Phil
Your graph is misleading, probably intentionally.
Posted on 10/30/14 at 1:51 pm to Pavoloco83
I was referring to growing up as a Boomer, 1950's and 60's. 1973 was a little late.
Nixon. But we have Obama
Vietnam was awful but was history after 7-8 years. The war on terror will never end.
Nixon. But we have Obama
Vietnam was awful but was history after 7-8 years. The war on terror will never end.
Posted on 10/30/14 at 4:09 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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You know who pisses me off? Muslim
They can be pretty difficult. I live with one and while he doesn't speak a lot of English, I get a strong feeling that he thinks he knows everything and that all Americans are stupid. I've witnessed this with many Middle Easterners. They're extremely closed minded. My roommate just moved in and he tried to explain the thermostat to me last night like I was a 5 year old.. I've lived in the apartment since Fall of 2010 .
Posted on 10/30/14 at 6:14 pm to Pavoloco83
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Cool. Now how much dope do you have to sling to live life that large?
None. No wife. No kids. I work in the oil field, so half the time I'm eating free shitty man camp food, and incapable of spending extra cash on anything because there is nothing in South Texas(even if I had free time).
Posted on 10/30/14 at 8:24 pm to KSGamecock
They're referred to as shite boomers, just FYI.
This post was edited on 10/30/14 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 10/30/14 at 8:26 pm to KSGamecock
And to answer the OP: absolutely. They fricked so much stuff up that I've actually taken a sick pleasure out of watching them flip out over Obamacare and Republicans losing control in this country.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 1:09 am to Vols&Shaft83
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That may sound selfish, but I don't believe in investing in Government mandated Ponzi schemes.
That's not how it works. This isn't a "how would I reallocate spending if every program worked how I wanted it to." Social security exists, and there are millions upon millions of Americans that have worked their whole lives with the expectations they would be receiving social security checks. Taking that from them now, is selfish. Just like those olds not giving two shits about education spending is selfish. It's the exact same shite.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 9:34 pm to KSGamecock
There are "haves" and "haves nots" in every generation, including yours, sir. A lot of them were born with the "have" nature; others earn what they have through hard work.
I assure you that not every Baby Boomer is a fat cat. You may wonder why a lot of us work so many years. It's not because we relish "cheating" the younger generations by preventing them from moving up or into our jobs. It's because a lot of us are, have always been, and worry that we'll always continue to be "have nots" - in the scheme of things.
I could tell you what I think about your generation. But, I'm sure that I'd be stereotyping all of them unfairly, just as you have done so with my generation. Nevertheless, I shall refer to you, individually, as a whiny little titty baby.
I assure you that not every Baby Boomer is a fat cat. You may wonder why a lot of us work so many years. It's not because we relish "cheating" the younger generations by preventing them from moving up or into our jobs. It's because a lot of us are, have always been, and worry that we'll always continue to be "have nots" - in the scheme of things.
I could tell you what I think about your generation. But, I'm sure that I'd be stereotyping all of them unfairly, just as you have done so with my generation. Nevertheless, I shall refer to you, individually, as a whiny little titty baby.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 9:39 pm to TeLeFaWx
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That's not how it works. This isn't a "how would I reallocate spending if every program worked how I wanted it to." Social security exists, and there are millions upon millions of Americans that have worked their whole lives with the expectations they would be receiving social security checks. Taking that from them now, is selfish. Just like those olds not giving two shits about education spending is selfish. It's the exact same shite.
Who said that we should take it away from those who've been paying in? I said PHASE IT THE frick OUT, give us a private option, Galveston TX has one and it has worked Phenomenally well.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 9:21 pm to TeLeFaWx
We won't ever get a dollar from S.S why should we?
Oh and to answer the OP, yes Boomers are by far the worst. Oh you severed in Vietnam? Your fathers were in WWII and the millennials are in the shite box known as the middle east
Oh and to answer the OP, yes Boomers are by far the worst. Oh you severed in Vietnam? Your fathers were in WWII and the millennials are in the shite box known as the middle east
Posted on 11/1/14 at 11:36 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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Who said that we should take it away from those who've been paying in? I said PHASE IT THE frick OUT, give us a private option, Galveston TX has one and it has worked Phenomenally well.
Again. Not what this survey is about.
Posted on 11/2/14 at 11:06 am to Chronic
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They fricked so much stuff up that I've actually taken a sick pleasure out of watching them flip out over Obamacare and Republicans losing control in this country.
That makes little sense. So, the Boomers shackled the nation with entitlements and you're in favor of giving them more?
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