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Narkos (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 12:16 AM Original message |
The hypocrisy of the Boomer Cons |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not So Sure About Their Secure Retirement |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. I've wondered about this myself |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. for my family, it's a rural white thing |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. Uh, those weren't Boomers, hon |
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Narkos (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. That's weird, I thought George Bush was born in 1946? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. There are exceptions to every rule, which I thought my |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Lingo Alert. These folks probably don't know about the 4th turning or the K wave |
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Narkos (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Intellectual snob alert...lingo that has nothing to do with the subject at hand! |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Excuse me? Was I even talking to you? |
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Narkos (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thanks |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I have always expected that the people on this board are |
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Narkos (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Hey, thanks again |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You didn't ask a question |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Your premise was wrong |
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Narkos (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I see your point, but that that's not what I was talking about |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I do feel like my parents don't get |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. my parents |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. They wanted the tax cuts to coincide with their 401k distributions |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 02:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm a boomer and I feel just as screwed as you. Every time I start to get ahead |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Actually, you're right. It's the generation right before the boomers who are making out |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 03:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I take some of those folks to the polls, and a lot of them are barely making ends meet. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. They got theirs (mostly through inheritance)... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. There are Gen X-cons, and Gen Y-cons, and whatever the hell they call kids today CONS. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. What is this "generation" stuff? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't understand how their mind works |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. I got mine |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. What is your evidence that these characteristics vary by generation? |
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Narkos (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. No need for evidence |
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