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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts) Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:58 PM Jun 2018

10% of Boomers stole the wealth of Millennials and everyone else

The title is shocking but unfortunately shockingly accurate. A small percentage of boomers got many boomers to support policies that screwed themselves and the future generations. And this is no accident.

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10% of Boomers stole the wealth of Millennials and everyone else (Original Post) egbertowillies Jun 2018 OP

20-30% is everybody supports selfish GOP policies. I wish the young would vote. bettyellen Jun 2018 #1

I'm happy, for once, it mentions what % of Boomers did this apnu Jun 2018 #2

Yep, exactly what Putin wants, too. hamsterjill Jun 2018 #8

And the gullible, always-connected generations fall for it apnu Jun 2018 #15

That 10% stole a whole lot of wealth Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #3

What a bs OP. Might as well say 10% of the Greatest Generation stole wealth from... brush Jun 2018 #5

That's a big 10-4. Nt raccoon Jun 2018 #10

As a younger Gen-Xr TheRealNorth Jun 2018 #4

I was a radical when I was your age, still am but I know everyone eventually ages out Tom Rinaldo Jun 2018 #6

Boomers going to be in for a very rude awakening when the world moves on Amishman Jun 2018 #7

Are you actually falling for this divisive bullshit? The rich have always done this. brush Jun 2018 #14

Not clicking on this nonsense. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #9

Boomer bashing continues. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2018 #11

Indeed...and who do you suppose is encouraging it? Yep...more folks falling for Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #13

LOL, that leaves 90% G_j Jun 2018 #12

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

1. 20-30% is everybody supports selfish GOP policies. I wish the young would vote.

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 02:00 PM

Jun 2018

apnu

(8,758 posts)

2. I'm happy, for once, it mentions what % of Boomers did this

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 02:02 PM

Jun 2018

There's a real ugly ageism war going on right now between Millennials and Boomers, both are using sweeping generalizations about each other.

This old Gen-X person is watching all this with great interest and, as usual for my generation, being totally ignored.

hamsterjill

(15,222 posts)

8. Yep, exactly what Putin wants, too.

Reply to apnu (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 05:05 PM

Jun 2018

The GOP stokes the flames. Trolls spread this on Facebook all the time trying to cause division.

apnu

(8,758 posts)

15. And the gullible, always-connected generations fall for it

Reply to hamsterjill (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 5, 2018, 01:56 PM

Jun 2018

That's what social media has done to the human condition. Facebook and Twitter (and Reddit to a large extent) has become the only lens fro millions of people to see the world.

Putin's smart, if you poision that, you control reality for easily 1/3 of the adult (and soon to be adult) population.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

3. That 10% stole a whole lot of wealth

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 03:01 PM

Jun 2018

From other Boomers and every other generation to follow. Millennials are hardly the only ones to be affected by this “charming” group.

brush

(53,791 posts)

5. What a bs OP. Might as well say 10% of the Greatest Generation stole wealth from...

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 04:17 PM

Jun 2018

the Boomers, GenXers and Millennials.

Such bullshit. The rich have always done this and it sure didn't start with any Boomers.

raccoon

(31,111 posts)

10. That's a big 10-4. Nt

Reply to brush (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 05:27 PM

Jun 2018

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)

4. As a younger Gen-Xr

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 03:37 PM

Jun 2018

I hear/see a lot of Baby Boomers and Gen X blaming Millenials for the mess that the Baby Boomers and Gen X helped created by voting Greed.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)

6. I was a radical when I was your age, still am but I know everyone eventually ages out

Reply to TheRealNorth (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 04:48 PM

Jun 2018

I''m counting on your generation. I have faith in you. There was virtually no environmental movement before my generation. They'll be virtually no environment left without your sustained struggle.

Amishman

(5,557 posts)

7. Boomers going to be in for a very rude awakening when the world moves on

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 04:52 PM

Jun 2018

It's a tiny thing, but cannot wait until supermarkets stop playing awful 60s and 70s music. By the time I'm done shopping I've usually suffered through multiple awful Beatles songs and am ready to jam the carrots into my ears to make it stop.

brush

(53,791 posts)

14. Are you actually falling for this divisive bullshit? The rich have always done this.

Reply to Amishman (Reply #7)

Tue Jun 5, 2018, 01:09 AM

Jun 2018

You think the rich of the Greatest Generation didn't steal from Boomers, Genxers and Millennials?

Get smart and fight to ged rid of trump not people on your side who happen to be boomers who have been stolen from also by the rich.

Don't fall for the foolish premise of this OP.