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re: My theory on why baby boomers are criticized
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:16 am to CleverUserName
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:16 am to CleverUserName
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alse. Go back and look at the Bernie Sanders support and from what generations.
Edit: truth stings doesn't it? Ok. The new Virginia governor. What's her stance on regulation and taxes? Who voted for her by generation?
Who voted most for AOC? Remember her wanting to spend trillions on green initiatives? What would that have done to costs?
I live in pretty Red Kentucky (the Governor seat, whose power has been pretty limited is the rare Blue seat here). They continually propose legislation and vote against the interest of younger Kentuckians.
It's one big Boomer good ol' boys club passing around the Bourbon coffer when they leave office.
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Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:17 am to Dire Wolf
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would it really?
TVs and appliances are all much cheaper than they were in 70s
Even cord phone was a relatively big ticket purchase
TBF, the appliances were meant to last for 30 years. Nowadays, you'd be lucky to have an appliance last for eight years without breaking down.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:17 am to Joshjrn
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Boomers get shite on because they spent decades shitting on everyone younger than them, so when those people grew up, they shite on Boomers in return.
Somehow Boomers collectively forgot about the decades they spent talking shite about “Millennials”
This is essentially true. They got shite on because boomers perceived them as lazy video gamers who didn't or wouldn't work as teenagers, especially if it involved sweating.
Is the stereotype true? To a degree probably, most stereotypes are, but I think a big part of it is several of part time jobs boomers grew up filling weren't as readily available 20 +years later. Stuff like paper routes, farm work throwing hay bales and walking soybeans. Add to this the overall manufacturing job losses to overseas workers from the 1970's on, and suddenly full grown adults were working at McDonalds instead of high school kids.
That said, I can't believe industrious kids today don't have thriving grass cutting / snow shoveling businesses. I never see them in my town. Why? Are parents just giving them their spending loot? Not sure. There's plenty of good money to be made undercutting lawn services. A kid could rake in $100-200 cash a week easy.
Bottom line for me is a lot of millennial kids didn't have the same opportunities to learn how to work as teenagers which closed off several career options as well as taking the first steps of managing their own money, establishing their own credit, self-sufficiency, etc.
It's not a blanket statement, but I do think the loss of teenage opportunities hurt subsequent generations.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:19 am to CleverUserName
quote:Yes, the younger generations are voting that way.
Edit: truth stings doesn't it? Ok. The new Virginia governor. What's her stance on regulation and taxes? Who voted for her by generation?
Who voted most for AOC? Remember her wanting to spend trillions on green initiatives? What would that have done to costs? She a "boomer"?
They have zero ties to the economic system.
They are becoming more and more socialist because the current system is fricking them and they believe capitalism isn’t working, hence why we need to accept and address their concerns.
Why would they care about a system that they don’t believe in?
We are already starting to see the outcome of the previous 50 years of boomer politics.
This post was edited on 5/26/26 at 11:21 am
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:19 am to Scruffy
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Yes, you expect the government to steal from your children so that they can then give you the money that they stole from you.
So you are for cutting a ton of welfare, section 8, and tight control of disability disbursement from Social Security. Right?
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:21 am to CleverUserName
quote:Yes, except I am for outright ending SS.
So you are for cutting a ton of welfare, section 8, and tight control of disability disbursement from Social Security. Right?
This post was edited on 5/26/26 at 11:22 am
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:23 am to Scruffy
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Yes, the younger generations are voting that way.
Good. You just acknowledged the younger generations are blindly voting in more costs while simultaneously bitching about it.
And favoring socialism is just plain stupidity. It means they have zero grasp on actual, real world, economics. So their complaints are irrevelant when they are participating in electing people who actively engage in making cost of living higher.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:23 am to Ramblin Wreck
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all the younger people in elected government positions want to print even more money so we can be socialists / communists.
Boomer arrogance stays undefeated. It is because of the failures of Boomer driven economic and social policies over recent decades that younger generations having to deal with the consequences increasingly choose to reject capitalism in favor of socialism/communism.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:24 am to Scruffy
And welfare and section 8?
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:25 am to NotoriousFSU
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Boomer arrogance stays undefeated. It is because of the failures of Boomer driven economic and social policies over recent decades that younger generations having to deal with the consequences increasingly choose to reject capitalism in favor of socialism/communism.
Then why are they still voting for them en masse?
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:27 am to CleverUserName
quote:Because the previous economic views, positions, and socioeconomic views of the boomers already did that.
And favoring socialism is just plain stupidity. It means they have zero grasp on actual, real world, economics. So their complaints are irrevelant when they are participating in electing people who actively engage in making cost of living higher.
It wasn’t the younger generations voting patterns that resulted in sky high home prices, health insurance, etc.
They no longer have ties to our economic system, therefore they will resort to trying other systems, no matter how wrong they may be.
You guys should have looked a little bit further into the future rather than living solely for yourselves in the moment.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:27 am to CleverUserName
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You just acknowledged the younger generations are blindly voting in more costs while simultaneously bitching about it.
who of these "marxist" that you are talking about have held any position of consquence
A random seat in the house doesn't amount to much. Bernie was a senator but without a party until he wanted to run for president.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:27 am to CleverUserName
Boomers got cheap housing, college on a part time job, and pension retirements. Then they constantly harp about how kids today just need to work hard to get these things. Those frickers wouldn't know what to do if they came out of high school in today's environment.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:27 am to NotoriousFSU
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Boomer arrogance stays undefeated. It is because of the failures of Boomer driven economic and social policies over recent decades that younger generations having to deal with the consequences increasingly choose to reject capitalism in favor of socialism/communism.
So the continuous driver over the last 50 years toward more socialist policies and putting us in debt is driving the younger generation toward more socialists policies?
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:28 am to CleverUserName
quote:Did I not post “yes” to your previous post?
And welfare and section 8?
All welfare should be heavily regulated and scrutinized with only the essentials offered.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:29 am to Ramblin Wreck
quote:Yes.
So the continuous driver over the last 50 years toward more socialist policies and putting us in debt is driving the younger generation toward more socialists policies?
Over the previous 50 years, it was sold as capitalism.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:30 am to Scruffy
My children and grandchildren will be just fine, Scruffy. I made/continue to make sure of that. My kids also learned to invest in high school and continue to do so.
The Government is the one spending my grandchildren’s money frivolously, not me. I am taking that money and investing it for them. If that makes me a selfish a-hole, then so be it.
My suggestion to you would be to invest and save so that you won’t need SS. Then, when it is your time to retire; you can decide what you want to do with your SS distribution. That is your right and choice. How old are you Scruffy? I know you’re a Dr. If you have paid off med school you should be saving boat loads right now. If you’re not, then it is because of your own choices, not mine.
I take responsibility for me and mine. I expect others to do the same. What is so hard to comprehend about that and what makes it bad.
Scruffy, you and yours are not my responsibility. Spend your money however you want. Same should go for me, but in your world; I guess not.
The Government is the one spending my grandchildren’s money frivolously, not me. I am taking that money and investing it for them. If that makes me a selfish a-hole, then so be it.
My suggestion to you would be to invest and save so that you won’t need SS. Then, when it is your time to retire; you can decide what you want to do with your SS distribution. That is your right and choice. How old are you Scruffy? I know you’re a Dr. If you have paid off med school you should be saving boat loads right now. If you’re not, then it is because of your own choices, not mine.
I take responsibility for me and mine. I expect others to do the same. What is so hard to comprehend about that and what makes it bad.
Scruffy, you and yours are not my responsibility. Spend your money however you want. Same should go for me, but in your world; I guess not.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:30 am to SloaneRanger
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The things the OP are complaining about were set in motion long before these people. You can start with LBJ and take it from there.
You can actually start with FDR. He started Social Security.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:33 am to Scruffy
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It wasn’t the younger generations voting patterns that resulted in sky high home prices, health insurance, etc.
Except it is. What generations voted more for Obama than others? What happened to health insurance in that administration?
What generations voted more for Bernie Sanders, a boomer, that promises policy that would raise costs?
What generations vote for representatives that promise far more spending and money printing to raise inflation faster? Like AOC?
What generations voted more for Biden, a boomer, who was in two administrations as Vice president and president that greatly increased regulations and restrictions that drove up prices?
And after they did that... they are blaming others still?
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:34 am to CleverUserName
quote:wrong
restrictions, etc from representatives voted in majority by the younger generations.
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