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Some Advice for Boomers With Tariff Anxiety
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:52 pm
Dear Boomers,
I heard your retirement funds have taken a bit of a hit.
I would like to offer some advice:
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, hard work pays off.
Stop buying so much avocado toast and fancy lattes.
Get an entry level job to get your foot in the door.
Walk into some stores and hand them your resume.
Live within your means, cut out the fancy stuff.
Save every penny, put it in a savings account and watch it grow.
Quit wasting money on all those subscription services.
Just walk into your bosses office and ask for a raise.
Pack a lunch, you don't need to eat out.
Put $20 a week in a jar, you'll be surprised how fast it adds up.
Hope this helps.
Yours sincerely,
Each following generation that you've fricked over.
I heard your retirement funds have taken a bit of a hit.
I would like to offer some advice:
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, hard work pays off.
Stop buying so much avocado toast and fancy lattes.
Get an entry level job to get your foot in the door.
Walk into some stores and hand them your resume.
Live within your means, cut out the fancy stuff.
Save every penny, put it in a savings account and watch it grow.
Quit wasting money on all those subscription services.
Just walk into your bosses office and ask for a raise.
Pack a lunch, you don't need to eat out.
Put $20 a week in a jar, you'll be surprised how fast it adds up.
Hope this helps.
Yours sincerely,
Each following generation that you've fricked over.
This post was edited on 4/7/25 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:55 pm to Pax Regis
Most boomers have likely reduced their stock market risk as they near or neared retirement and should be, in large part, immune to the stock market swings.
This post was edited on 4/7/25 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:55 pm to Pax Regis
quote:
I heard your retirement funds have taken a bit of a hit.
just did a review of mine, I think I'll go out and buy myself a new truck today and celebrate, thanks for the reminder
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:55 pm to Pax Regis
Also, this is not a short term fix, but these tariffs will have America 10 times better off when the plan is done. Tighten your belt for a little while (if needed), buy on the way down (if you can), and watch America become GREAT AGAIN.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:57 pm to Pax Regis
You sound like a gender studies major.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:58 pm to Pax Regis
Hopefully you are taking your own advice.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:58 pm to Chicken
True, hopefully they’ve moved more towards bonds and hold fewer equities.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:58 pm to Pax Regis
Go frick yourself. Youngster.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:59 pm to Dixie2023
quote:
Hopefully you are taking your own advice
Moved to bonds on the way down and will buy when I think we’re close to the bottom. The ride up will be phenomenally historic.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:00 pm to Pax Regis
Dear Pax,
Wrong board
Quit blaming boomers for your failure at life
Seek help with your boomer obsession
Yours sincerely,
everyone who doesn't give a shite.
Wrong board
Quit blaming boomers for your failure at life
Seek help with your boomer obsession
Yours sincerely,
everyone who doesn't give a shite.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:03 pm to TIGERSby10
quote:
Also, this is not a short term fix, but these tariffs will have America 10 times better off when the plan is done. Tighten your belt for a little while (if needed), buy on the way down (if you can), and watch America become GREAT AGAIN.
This is true. People need to take advantage of buying low.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:05 pm to Lsuhoohoo
quote:
You sound like a gender studies major.
I do enjoy studying women, but I don’t have a formal degree in it.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:07 pm to Pax Regis
I am impressed with the way the politicians have convinced you that it is all a previous generations fault rather than the politicians fault.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:11 pm to chryso
quote:
I am impressed with the way the politicians have convinced you that it is all a previous generations fault rather than the politicians fault.
Who elected (and continually reelected) those politicians- because they were financing the whole country exactly the way their constituents wanted?
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:11 pm to Pax Regis
It’s like some of y’all sit around all day and think about how many “other groups” you can come up with that you can aim your never ending resentment towards .
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:12 pm to Pax Regis
quote:You sound really, really bitter.
Pax Regis
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:13 pm to Chicken
quote:
Most boomers have likely reduced their stock market risk as they near or neared retirement and should be, in large part, immune to the stock market swings.
Most boomers have almost nothing saved and are in credit card debt so I disagree with your premise
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:14 pm to Pax Regis
I’ll just raise the rent on my millennial tenants to cover my losses.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:15 pm to Pax Regis
Brilliant post by OP. Well done. 

This post was edited on 4/7/25 at 1:17 pm
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