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Some Advice for Boomers With Tariff Anxiety

Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:52 pm
Posted by Pax Regis
Alabama
Member since Sep 2007
14353 posts
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.
This post was edited on 4/7/25 at 12:53 pm
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
24524 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:55 pm to
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 by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
83588 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:55 pm to
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 by TIGERSby10
Central Lafourche
Member since Nov 2005
7399 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:55 pm to
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 by Lsuhoohoo
Member since Sep 2007
99840 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:57 pm to
You sound like a gender studies major.
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
3590 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:58 pm to
Hopefully you are taking your own advice.
Posted by Pax Regis
Alabama
Member since Sep 2007
14353 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:58 pm to
True, hopefully they’ve moved more towards bonds and hold fewer equities.
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
9137 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:58 pm to
Go frick yourself. Youngster.
Posted by Pax Regis
Alabama
Member since Sep 2007
14353 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:59 pm to
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 by slidingstop
Member since Jan 2025
658 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:00 pm to
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.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
83588 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:01 pm to
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
25480 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:03 pm to
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 by Pax Regis
Alabama
Member since Sep 2007
14353 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:05 pm to
quote:

You sound like a gender studies major.


I do enjoy studying women, but I don’t have a formal degree in it.
Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
13132 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:07 pm to
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 by Pax Regis
Alabama
Member since Sep 2007
14353 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:11 pm to
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 by Dadren
Jawja
Member since Dec 2023
2581 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:11 pm to
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 by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
131269 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:12 pm to
quote:

Pax Regis
You sound really, really bitter.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
30622 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:13 pm to
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 by SquatchDawg
Cohutta Wilderness
Member since Sep 2012
16970 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:14 pm to
I’ll just raise the rent on my millennial tenants to cover my losses.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
67944 posts
Posted on 4/7/25 at 1:15 pm to
Brilliant post by OP. Well done.
This post was edited on 4/7/25 at 1:17 pm
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