Baby Boomers need to die…

[SD Attorney]

None of the current problems with housing, the economy, politics, etc. will pass until the greedy baby boomers pass on.

I am of gen-X and can tell you with 100% certainty that it is not my peers that run Wall Street. It is not my peers that make the laws. It is not my peers that didn’t save for retirement and now need to sell their home to make their BMW payments.

The baby boomers were once a visionary group of people that wanted to change the world.

Now, they hold the wealth disproportionately, they make the laws, they hire our generation at horrible wages without increasing their salary, they raise tuition at college to absurd levels, they make loans to the population at asenine interest rate levels, they sacrifice the young soldiers to profit off reconstruction efforts, they use the courts and police in unfair and discriminatory ways, and they have basically made a joke out of their 1960’s and ’70’s rhetoric.

It is time for the baby boomers to look in the mirror.

[LA_Renter]

Catchy title for a thread..

[LA_Renter]

Catchy title for a thread..

[Bugs]

If I was seeing a GenX that was behaving more responsibly I’d agree with you. But I’m not. If anything, I’m seeing a younger generation whose primary attribute so far has been the extension of their childhood at all costs; most of which are being paid by their parents.

Your time will come soon enough, and when it does I’m pretty sure the generation behind yours’ will have similar criticisms.

[Bugs]

If I was seeing a GenX that was behaving more responsibly I’d agree with you. But I’m not. If anything, I’m seeing a younger generation whose primary attribute so far has been the extension of their childhood at all costs; most of which are being paid by their parents.

Your time will come soon enough, and when it does I’m pretty sure the generation behind yours’ will have similar criticisms.

[PerryChase]

I agree, we need to organize young citizens to vote and cut off the benefits to the greedy baby boomers.

Young people don’t vote so they get screwed. Want to change the system then vote. Young folks don’t vote because they are too busy listening to Britney Spears.

[PerryChase]

I agree, we need to organize young citizens to vote and cut off the benefits to the greedy baby boomers.

Young people don’t vote so they get screwed. Want to change the system then vote. Young folks don’t vote because they are too busy listening to Britney Spears.

[cr]

You certainly can’t cover it with one statement but maybe irresponsible Gen-Xers are the result of irresponsible baby boomers?

I don’t think GenX lifestyles are funded by parents as much as they are by debt. A trait taken from their parents who will end up being supported by their kids when they can’t work anymore.

Maybe then GenX will be forced to learn to live responsibly.

[cr]

You certainly can’t cover it with one statement but maybe irresponsible Gen-Xers are the result of irresponsible baby boomers?

I don’t think GenX lifestyles are funded by parents as much as they are by debt. A trait taken from their parents who will end up being supported by their kids when they can’t work anymore.

Maybe then GenX will be forced to learn to live responsibly.

[SD Attorney]

Nice post Bugs, your right. It is my peers that set monetary policy in America. It is my peers that mail themselves credit card applications daily. It is my peers that charge an arm and a leg for rent. It is my peers that control the Fortune 500 companies and then decide to pay themselves a crappy wage. It is my peers that run mortgage brokerage houses. It is my peers that sell themselves used cars at absurd interest rates. It is my peers that sit in Congress. It is my peers that move their companies overseas to avoid paying taxes and fair wages. It is my peers that own Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, Albertson’s, Von’s, Exxon, Microsoft, etc. etc.

What planet are you on?

[SD Attorney]

Nice post Bugs, your right. It is my peers that set monetary policy in America. It is my peers that mail themselves credit card applications daily. It is my peers that charge an arm and a leg for rent. It is my peers that control the Fortune 500 companies and then decide to pay themselves a crappy wage. It is my peers that run mortgage brokerage houses. It is my peers that sell themselves used cars at absurd interest rates. It is my peers that sit in Congress. It is my peers that move their companies overseas to avoid paying taxes and fair wages. It is my peers that own Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, Albertson’s, Von’s, Exxon, Microsoft, etc. etc.

What planet are you on?

[trex]

It isn’t about which generation is more or less responsible. Both older and younger generations have their share of irresponsible behavior.

It’s really just about demographics. There is a big group of people in their prime earning years that want to buy their nice homes and have the means to do it now. That makes it harder for us gen xers to compete. I see this all the time in Mission Beach – people buying the nice condos there are older and don’t care if prices go down – they just want to enjoy it before they die.

So what’s the future for gen xers? Our time will come in a few years when the older generation is spending all their wealth on leisure, and businesses have a tough time finding high/mid level management. I already see it in my business – there is a serious shortage at the mid level, though plenty of seniors and entry-level types. That will mean higher wages and cheaper vacation style houses and so on in a few years.

Stop whining and get back to work!

[trex]

It isn’t about which generation is more or less responsible. Both older and younger generations have their share of irresponsible behavior.

It’s really just about demographics. There is a big group of people in their prime earning years that want to buy their nice homes and have the means to do it now. That makes it harder for us gen xers to compete. I see this all the time in Mission Beach – people buying the nice condos there are older and don’t care if prices go down – they just want to enjoy it before they die.

So what’s the future for gen xers? Our time will come in a few years when the older generation is spending all their wealth on leisure, and businesses have a tough time finding high/mid level management. I already see it in my business – there is a serious shortage at the mid level, though plenty of seniors and entry-level types. That will mean higher wages and cheaper vacation style houses and so on in a few years.

Stop whining and get back to work!

[meadandale]

Wow, greedy baby boomers are the cause of all your woes…

I guess that’s why I see gen X’rs driving BMW’s while working at starbucks, buying 65″ big screen tv’s when they are earning $30k/year, taking european summer vacations from college instead of getting a job cause they can ‘only’ make $12-15/hour. They are carrying the country on their backs LOL

Gen X, as a group, has one of the worst work ethics in the history of our country. Perhaps because they were given everything while being expected to do nothing by the very Baby boomers that were their parents.

LOL, thanks for the morning laugh.

[meadandale]

Wow, greedy baby boomers are the cause of all your woes…

I guess that’s why I see gen X’rs driving BMW’s while working at starbucks, buying 65″ big screen tv’s when they are earning $30k/year, taking european summer vacations from college instead of getting a job cause they can ‘only’ make $12-15/hour. They are carrying the country on their backs LOL

Gen X, as a group, has one of the worst work ethics in the history of our country. Perhaps because they were given everything while being expected to do nothing by the very Baby boomers that were their parents.

LOL, thanks for the morning laugh.

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