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re: let's ease up on boomers and millennials, Gen X sucks with money too

Posted on 12/30/17 at 1:54 pm to
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 12/30/17 at 1:54 pm to
I got my job because I got my masters
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
34340 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 1:57 pm to
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Unless you can come up with some good reason why I should pay it off early.

I’m 33 and have no debt outside of my mortgage and I am not a baller. Debt sucks and is a waste of money paying on interest.
Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:00 pm to
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I’m 33 and have no debt outside of my mortgage and I am not a baller. Debt sucks and is a waste of money paying on interest

That depends. If you finance a vehicle at 2.9% you might be better off holding on to your money. My investment account is up 28% this year. I'd have missed out on those gains to avoid financing.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:02 pm to
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Debt sucks and is a waste of money paying on interest.
Damn that 0.9% car note is a waste with the current state of the stock market huh
Posted by Teauxler
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2010
3853 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 8:53 pm to
You’re the exception...

In fact , college is the biggest sham of all. Call it what it is. It’s simply a way of delaying hundreds of thousands of people into the workforce.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 8:56 pm to
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The study showed that the single most indebted birth cohort in the nation at that time were 44-year-olds, who owed on average $142,077 — most of which was mortgage debt


Is this supposed to be bad?
Posted by Amazing Moves
Member since Jan 2014
6174 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 9:01 pm to
Why do millennials feel that they won't make the same mistakes. They have all of the data from the previous 2 generations and will likely end up worse off.

At least in my generation, we didn't walk around with a bunch of other lemmings on the hunt for a pikachu. Right into traffic.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 9:03 pm to
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At least in my generation, we didn't walk around with a bunch of other lemmings on the hunt for a pikachu. Right into traffic.



No you just do other equally stupid shite.

You're an idiot if you make a post saying "what makes you think you won't do the same thing? Oh and also you do things differently than my generation"
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61616 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 9:09 pm to
I don't think it's good compared to where boomers were at the same age... especially coupled with their credit card problems. They're living beyond their means.
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61616 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 9:10 pm to
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Why do millennials feel that they won't make the same mistakes.
I don't think anyone is saying that
Posted by go ta hell ole miss
Member since Jan 2007
14798 posts
Posted on 12/31/17 at 4:05 pm to
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Debt sucks and is a waste of money paying on interest.


That's insane to me, but I know that is how some people actually think and I understand that philosphy. To each his/her own. If I can make Between 8-33% per year investing, or more, and only have a loan interest of 2.5%, why would I use that money to pay off the 2.5% loan and lose out on the gains of compound investing?
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