re: This depressing chart shows the jaw-dropping wealth gap between millennials and boomers

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I'd love to see the Millenials face the kind of recessions that the Xs and Boomers both had to face.

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Lmao imagine actually typing this hahaha

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When I got out of college the economy was in the shitter and people were getting laid off left and right.

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What year was that?

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This is probably the best economy the country has ever had

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And only millennials get to reap the benefits?

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I'm a solid Xer. When I got out of college the economy was in the shitter and people were getting laid off left and right. This is probably the best economy the country has ever had. I'd love to see the Millenials face the kind of recessions that the Xs and Boomers both had to face. And it's always someone else's fault with this generation.

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Oh goodness

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I'm a solid Xer. When I got out of college the economy was in the shitter and people were getting laid off left and right. This is probably the best economy the country has ever had. I'd love to see the Millenials face the kind of recessions that the Xs and Boomers both had to face. And it's always someone else's fault with this generation.

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No, this isn't even close to the best economy this country has ever had. The last time this country had a GDP growth rate above 3% was 2005. Here's the average GDP growth rate each decade since WWII:

1950s: 4.2%
1960s: 5.2%
1970s: 3.7%
1980s: 3.9%
1990s: 4.0%
2000s: 1.9%
2010s: 2.4%
Since Trump took office (2016): 2.7%

The economy is doing growing faster under Trump than it did under Obama, but this is a long, long, long way from being the best economy this country has ever had.

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I'd love to see the Millenials face the kind of recessions that the Xs and Boomers both had to face.

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what is 2008?