re: Are Boomers to blame for the current state of the country?

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This thread will deliver for days

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Probably not because its usually me vs 5-6 angry boomers...and im installing a flooring system on a house by myself all week

I'm a boomer and there is one thing we can't be blamed for: Movies.
Take the best movies of 1970-1990 when we were still going to theaters with our wives and kids. Compare them to the movies of modern times. You young people are paying for crap.

It is hard for me to really shite on boomers because they really didn't have close to the information we have had available to us when picking our leaders. People don't appreciate how much information we are witness too on a daily basis. It's hard to go from only knowing politics from Sunday shows or reading the paper to having it shoved down your throat 24/7 (for the most part). So much more was local and in front of your face up until a few decades ago.

Maybe it would have still gotten to this point but I'm not sure if things would have gotten this far if boomers had always had 24 hour news cycle and constant communication available with other regular citizens across the country.

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God bless ya. I installed a floor solo one time. I ever wanna do that again.

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30 foot I joists are no joke while navigating my stupid muddy lot...im putting off another 10 minutes before I get at it again

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I think alot of folks have just lost touch with reality. I had a conversation with an older family member the other day that said "if a man can keep his wife's spending in check, there's no reason he can't raise a family on $45,000/year in a nice home. 45 is a great salary!"

He was under the impression that the wife would be a sahm as well. I broke down the math of what that comes out to and how 45k for a family man is not a great income anymore and he sat there and argued with me and blamed entitlement mentality.

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I do agree to a large degree with my father and your family member that entitlement plays a large part.

I do not recall growing up having everything. I remember eating at home every day during the week. The only time we would eat out would be on the weekends.

We never took lavish vacations. We went to the beach. My parents dont really drink so thats where a fortune has been saved quite honestly.

The familes that dont booze save hundreds of thousands in expense. This invested over the same lifetime, you can do the math.

Yes and their shitty children

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Are Boomers to blame for the current state of the country?

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What does your OP question have to do with your attached chart?

What do you think the attached chart demonstrates?

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they raised shitty lefty kids

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Ding ding ding ding

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I do agree to a large degree with my father and your family member that entitlement plays a large part.

I do not recall growing up having everything. I remember eating at home every day during the week. The only time we would eat out would be on the weekends.

We never took lavish vacations. We went to the beach. My parents dont really drink so thats where a fortune has been saved quite honestly.

The familes that dont booze save hundreds of thousands in expense. This invested over the same lifetime, you can do the math.

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Cmon man, 45k a year is a good income? Let's do that math.


45k a month is broken down to around 3k

Good luck finding a 2 bd apartment, much less a hosue for under 1,000.


Now you're at 2k.

Say you spend another $500-700 total on vehicle expenses (gas, insurance, note)


Now you're at $1,500


The avg health insurance premium for a family of 3 is $25,000/year or almost $2,100.



You're already in the red and you haven't paid food, utilities, clothing, savings, cell phone, school supplies, etc etc.

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I'm a boomer and there is one thing we can't be blamed for: Movies.

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I will agree, films have been going downhill since 2000