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June 25, 2007 at 11:01 AM #61877June 25, 2007 at 11:01 AM #61918
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ParticipantCA,
I’ll not disagree that Boomers are responsible for some of the problems our society faces, but to suggest that GenX is – as a group – acting more responsibility is completely unsupportable at this point.
It’s true that the boomers are now running the country – poorly. But that is a function of their age and tenure in the workplace. Your generation simply hasn’t been around long enough to attain those positions of power yet.
Boomers do send out the credit cards, but you guys are still using them. Boomers do set interest rates, but you guys are still buying with credit. I’m pretty sure that if you guys weren’t following our lousy example we would be modifying our companies’ marketing efforts to suit. You guys could be leading but so far you seem to be following.
It’s simply a matter of numbers. Our generation has the impact that it does because of its sheer size. Your generation has less impact because it is so much smaller. In some ways an individual GenXer can be considered lucky because they’ll have a lot less competition for some types of opportunities than did the boomers. Don’t forget, much of the wealth attributable to the boomers was earned only in the last 10 years or so. Prior to that we were where you are now.
Once this economic spike unwinds you’ll get your opportunities to make your money. Be smart and you guys could wind up a lot better off than we ever were. But if you continue to do what we’ve been doing you can look forward to the same future we face.
June 25, 2007 at 11:08 AM #61879SD Attorney
ParticipantMeadandale, I can only assume that you are a member of Generation Greed (i.e. Baby Boomers).
How much was the average 4 year college when you were 18?
How much was the average starter home when you got out of college?
How many banks/credit institutions specifically marketed to you everyday while you were in High School and College?
How many Best Buys, Wal-Marts, Shopping Malls, etc. were located in your neighborhood growing up?
LOL.
June 25, 2007 at 11:08 AM #61921ParticipantMeadandale, I can only assume that you are a member of Generation Greed (i.e. Baby Boomers).
How much was the average 4 year college when you were 18?
How much was the average starter home when you got out of college?
How many banks/credit institutions specifically marketed to you everyday while you were in High School and College?
How many Best Buys, Wal-Marts, Shopping Malls, etc. were located in your neighborhood growing up?
LOL.
June 25, 2007 at 11:23 AM #61885meadandale
Participant“Meadandale, I can only assume that you are a member of Generation Greed (i.e. Baby Boomers).”
You assume incorrectly. I was born in 1967 which was several years beyond the recognized ‘baby boom’ period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomers
“How much was the average 4 year college when you were 18?”
I went to a UC school and tuition PER QUARTER was about $500. Of course, the minimum wage was about $3.35 and I had a job earning a measly $6/hr.
“How much was the average starter home when you got out of college?”
I wouldn’t know since I didn’t buy one but you could have probably bought a home in 1990 for about $140k give or take.
“How many banks/credit institutions specifically marketed to you everyday while you were in High School and College?”
High School? None. But there were credit card tables ALL OVER school giving away crap for signing up. Also, damn near every text book I bought had credit card offers falling out of them and the cashiers made sure to stuff another handful in the bag on your way out the door.
“How many Best Buys, Wal-Marts, Shopping Malls, etc. were located in your neighborhood growing up?”
Malls? Plenty. Best Buy wasn’t around then nor was Wallie World. I grew up in a somewhat rural area in central california so there weren’t big stores anywhere near my house (there still aren’t in the area where I lived). However, Price Club (now Costco) and Sam’s Club (now Walmart) were all over the place in the cities.
What’s your point? I too had debt when I graduated from college and I worked throughout school and got WIDELY available Cal Grants and other scholarships. I only made about $30k/year for a decade after college (throughout the Clinton years, I might add). I never owned a new car, I never bought thousands and thousands of dollars of crap I couldn’t afford and I never blamed my situation on anybody but myself. When I turned 30, I went back to graduate school (which I paid for, BTW) cause I was sick of being poor.
The bottom line is that you are blaming your lot in life on everyone but yourself. My parents were part of the ‘greatest generation’ and taught me to work hard. Your parents are the very baby boomers that you are denouncing and taught you that how you feel is more important than what you do. The results are obvious.
June 25, 2007 at 11:23 AM #61927Participant“Meadandale, I can only assume that you are a member of Generation Greed (i.e. Baby Boomers).”
You assume incorrectly. I was born in 1967 which was several years beyond the recognized ‘baby boom’ period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomers
“How much was the average 4 year college when you were 18?”
I went to a UC school and tuition PER QUARTER was about $500. Of course, the minimum wage was about $3.35 and I had a job earning a measly $6/hr.
“How much was the average starter home when you got out of college?”
I wouldn’t know since I didn’t buy one but you could have probably bought a home in 1990 for about $140k give or take.
“How many banks/credit institutions specifically marketed to you everyday while you were in High School and College?”
High School? None. But there were credit card tables ALL OVER school giving away crap for signing up. Also, damn near every text book I bought had credit card offers falling out of them and the cashiers made sure to stuff another handful in the bag on your way out the door.
“How many Best Buys, Wal-Marts, Shopping Malls, etc. were located in your neighborhood growing up?”
Malls? Plenty. Best Buy wasn’t around then nor was Wallie World. I grew up in a somewhat rural area in central california so there weren’t big stores anywhere near my house (there still aren’t in the area where I lived). However, Price Club (now Costco) and Sam’s Club (now Walmart) were all over the place in the cities.
What’s your point? I too had debt when I graduated from college and I worked throughout school and got WIDELY available Cal Grants and other scholarships. I only made about $30k/year for a decade after college (throughout the Clinton years, I might add). I never owned a new car, I never bought thousands and thousands of dollars of crap I couldn’t afford and I never blamed my situation on anybody but myself. When I turned 30, I went back to graduate school (which I paid for, BTW) cause I was sick of being poor.
The bottom line is that you are blaming your lot in life on everyone but yourself. My parents were part of the ‘greatest generation’ and taught me to work hard. Your parents are the very baby boomers that you are denouncing and taught you that how you feel is more important than what you do. The results are obvious.
June 25, 2007 at 11:36 AM #61889blahblahblah
ParticipantIf you were born in 1967 you are as Gen-X as they come. This has been discussed before on this board, but Generation X covers those born between 1961-1981. The core of Generation X (as defined by Douglas Coupland, who wrote the novel “Generation X” which popularized the term) were in their twenties between 1987 and 1991.
June 25, 2007 at 11:36 AM #61930ParticipantIf you were born in 1967 you are as Gen-X as they come. This has been discussed before on this board, but Generation X covers those born between 1961-1981. The core of Generation X (as defined by Douglas Coupland, who wrote the novel “Generation X” which popularized the term) were in their twenties between 1987 and 1991.
June 25, 2007 at 11:39 AM #61891Participant“If you were born in 1967 you are as Gen-X as they come.”
Construction said I was a Baby Boomer. Clearly I’m not, even according to you.
June 25, 2007 at 11:39 AM #61932Participant“If you were born in 1967 you are as Gen-X as they come.”
Construction said I was a Baby Boomer. Clearly I’m not, even according to you.
June 25, 2007 at 11:43 AM #61893ParticipantWe actually sound more alike than I thought Meadandale. I actually paid for college and grad school on my own. It took me four years to finish grad school because I worked full time during the day and aside from my first year took night classes. I am still paying for it.
My questions were targeted at boomers (which I thought you were), not you, therefore your answers are completely irrelevant to the point I was trying to make, i.e. the societal differences btwn the generations. The fact that you couldn’t understand that is pretty hilarious. But, thanks anyway for your clever insights.
June 25, 2007 at 11:43 AM #61935ParticipantWe actually sound more alike than I thought Meadandale. I actually paid for college and grad school on my own. It took me four years to finish grad school because I worked full time during the day and aside from my first year took night classes. I am still paying for it.
My questions were targeted at boomers (which I thought you were), not you, therefore your answers are completely irrelevant to the point I was trying to make, i.e. the societal differences btwn the generations. The fact that you couldn’t understand that is pretty hilarious. But, thanks anyway for your clever insights.
June 25, 2007 at 11:45 AM #61897Participant“Construction said I was a Baby Boomer. Clearly I’m not, even according to you.”
Read the thread before you post retarded comments. You didn’t even say you were born in 1967 until after the fact.
Clearly, your grad school education didn’t pay off.
June 25, 2007 at 11:45 AM #61939Participant“Construction said I was a Baby Boomer. Clearly I’m not, even according to you.”
Read the thread before you post retarded comments. You didn’t even say you were born in 1967 until after the fact.
Clearly, your grad school education didn’t pay off.
June 25, 2007 at 11:50 AM #61899Bob G
ParticipantNo thank you, I’m not quite ready to go. How about the octogenarians. Let them fo first. They are sitting on a lot of property.
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