Grumpy old Boomers are a big drag on America's economic mood
"People have always turned grouchier as they grow older, as regrets overtake aspirations and the “old days” look ever better from a distance.
Yet as American Baby Boomers turn gray, they are even more bummed out about the state of the economy and the prospects for the country than earlier generations were as they reached senior status....
....Of course, one could argue that the Boomers have internalized that version of American history that says it was all directed at producing the maximum prosperity and security of a single generation – theirs. They got the cheap education, the thriving job market and the
generous entitlements that now seem undercut or imperiled for those who’ve come behind them...."
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/grump...rag-on-america-s-economic-mood-161020535.html
These people make me so mad about how "they" talk about Boomers- and I'm one of them!!! (especially that blonde in the video they show on the website
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I'm not angry, grouchy, or anything. I just feel sorry for the generations, now and to come, on how the world is going. Things are so different for them than when I was growing up. I was raised in a great era- secure and safe. I was able to stay out and actually play in the fresh air without my parents worrying that something would happen to us. Everyone in the neighborhood knew everyone else and if the children did something wrong, the neighbors would call on the parents. Everyone looked out for their children and other children. Now, you can't even have a child walk to school by themselves or even look away for a sec in a park without worrying that someone would abduct them. People are crazy now, IMO.
When I looked for a job, I actually went to an interview, with resume in hand, and spoke to a real person. I didn't have to email my resume to whoever and who knows I was a person with some worth to the company I worked for- not some producer of whatever they are producing now, easily replaced- moving from one company to another. People stayed in one company for years and many retired from them. You could afford a house- now no one can. PFttt.
And just what "entitlements" are they talking about??? My Social Security/Medicare? I paid for 40+ years into SS and it's my money. I worked for it! WE Boomers paid for the generation before us and no one complained about that! Don't talk to me about "entitlements"!!!!
What has changed now. We did not out-source jobs overseas and there are no jobs for Americans because of it-the economy just stinks now.
Look at what my older son had to contend with last Winter, if anyone remembers, where there wasn't any oil to deliver to his customers. Oil is so high now that his customers are turning to gas and he's losing them to other companies. He thinks that maybe in 2 years he's going to close up shop and just work for someone else. His company is his "baby" and now he may have to let it go. He started that company with only $5000 and with one of his friends (and eventually bought him out). Is he going to be able to retire when he's 65-66? No.
What a world. :sheesh: Maybe it's better that I don't have grandchildren. :sigh:
Sorry everyone, but that article and video made me mad, but more sad.
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