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re: Do You Believe Baby Boomers Ruined This Country

Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:36 pm to
Posted by Bushmaster
19th Hole
Member since Oct 2008
39955 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:36 pm to
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Great Recession


Oh, boohoo
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
143843 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:38 pm to
Which one was the Great Recession? The Jimmy Carter one or the Bush/Obama one?
Posted by LongueCarabine
Pointe Aux Pins, LA
Member since Jan 2011
8205 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:38 pm to
quote:

Says the guy posting on the internet. OK, buddy.


I don't live on my Iphone, 'tard.
Posted by TxTiger82
Member since Sep 2004
34327 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:41 pm to
quote:

Oh, boohoo


You can be dismissive if you want, but that doesn't change the effects of the economic recession on several cohorts of young workers. I find your perspective to be not only wrong, but also snide. And that is exactly the point of the OP.
Posted by gamatt53
Member since Nov 2010
4934 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:41 pm to
quote:

I don't live on my Iphone, 'tard


You are missing out then old timer. Entertainment, information, communication, financials/investments, shopping, news etc all right on one little device.

Have much more time to enjoy life when you don’t have to go to a bank in person, don’t have to go to the library to learn about something, or go to a store to shop
This post was edited on 1/5/18 at 10:51 pm
Posted by TxTiger82
Member since Sep 2004
34327 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:44 pm to
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The Jimmy Carter one or the Bush/Obama one?
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I do understand that the early 1980s were tough for a lot of people -- especially between 1980 and 1982. But the Great Recession was longer (2008-2012) and more devastating.

So, to answer your question -- the latter.
Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:47 pm to
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Have much more time to enjoy life when you don’t have to go to a bank in person, don’t have to go to the library to learn about something, or go to a store to shop

So life is better now right? OK. Stop bitching
Posted by LongueCarabine
Pointe Aux Pins, LA
Member since Jan 2011
8205 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:48 pm to
quote:

You are missing then old timer. Entertainment, information, communication, financials/investments, shopping, news etc all right on one little device.

Have much more time to enjoy life when you don’t have to go to a bank in person, don’t have to go to the library to learn about something, or go to a store to shop


I've been using the Internet for quite a long time, Sonny. I can even do it on my Iphone. I just don't live on it and text all day.

Just keep your head in your Iphone. Maybe you'll walk into traffic.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49661 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:49 pm to
quote:



You are missing then old timer. Entertainment, information, communication, financials/investments, shopping, news etc all right on one little device.

Have much more time to enjoy life when you don’t have to go to a bank in person, don’t have to go to the library to learn about something, or go to a store to shop




And none of that would be available if not for baby boomers.
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27167 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:49 pm to
Ruined, no.

Worse than "millenials", absolutely.
Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:50 pm to
quote:

But the Great Recession was longer (2008-2012) and more devastating. 

So, to answer your question -- the latter

Thanks Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. Guess what? We also let them craft Dodd Frank to try to fix what they fricked up. Isn't that grand?
Posted by 99BLKBRD
Member since Mar 2015
575 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:55 pm to
Lol...my company has hired at least 6 millennials in the last two years, guess how many are still there?! Zero. They have no concept of getting work done on time, pressure to design this project. They’re too busy updating their Facebook page to give a shite about real work.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:56 pm to
quote:

do understand that the early 1980s were tough for a lot of people -- especially between 1980 and 1982. But the Great Recession was longer (2008-2012) and more devastating. 


People who came of age in the 70s have been through 4 recessions at the least, including the latter
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
69094 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:56 pm to
quote:

LBJ had a big part in it.


1964 was a huge turning point in America's history. Gulf of Tonkin and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Thanks LBJ
Posted by TigerFanDan
BFE
Member since Jul 2008
1001 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:57 pm to
quote:

pioneerbasketball

You are a sad little fricker.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 10:57 pm to
quote:

Which one was the Great Recession? The Jimmy Carter one or the Bush/Obama one?





Weve been through them all
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
143843 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 11:00 pm to
All I know is there will never be another decade as great as the 80’s.
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
139098 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 11:00 pm to
quote:

You are a sad little fricker.

Whats your problem?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 11:02 pm to
quote:

All I know is there will never be another decade as great as the 80’s.


You got that right
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
60708 posts
Posted on 1/5/18 at 11:16 pm to
All anyone wants to talk about in these threads is the economy.

The biggest problem with boomers is their destruction of American culture. Their selfishness, materialism, and lack of family values is responsible for a huge % of this county's woes. They invented keeping up with the joneses, went into debt, and didn't save for retirement. most important, they were the first generation to widely accept divorce, destroying the traditional American family.
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