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I have traveled all around the world, and I do not see any generation in the recent history of the world as privileged and powerful as the US baby boomer generation.
Every single time I have a meeting with a majority of this crowd, nothing is ever accomplished, selfishness is common and I regret ever attempting to do business with them. Sure there are some good apples here and there, but the problem is that the generation is so large, so spoiled, so greedy and so unproductive.
This generation as a beneficiary of the post WW2 economy was literally given EVERYTHING and has blown it all in the name of selfishness and immoral behavior. They promoted concepts like free love, LSD, cocaine, peace and now look back in middle to late age and don´t like what they´ve become.
Now everyone has to deal with their reformation with their new struggle to find new life themes. Born again Christianity, just say no, pointless wars against overhyped foreign adversaries and infomercials for worthless crap because they never learned to cook.
To top if off, this government, the baby boomer government is loading the youth of this country with debt and blaming others for it. If it´s not the youth, it´s the foreigners (especially the handful of foreign terrorists never-mind we have far more domestic incidents), if it´s not the foreigners it´s the illegal immigrants. At some point it will be African Americans again and other minority groups in some continuous game of tag.
The young generation born of the late 70´s to today have it so much harder to succeed. Baby boomers have excelled in outsourcing nearly every manufacturing labor job we have, and those that stayed are often given to illegal immigrants. You will find a lot of threads asking about jobs? When the simple answer is baby boomers cheapened them so much they left.
My best friend just changed his original fuel pump on his 68´mustang. It was heavy and a work of art built by some well payed union worker in Michigan. It lasted over 4 decades, while the lightweight replacement made in China lasted only 2 months. This result is brought to you by baby boomers. You know, "the free market" or in reality, the slave wage market they so heavily pushed. Anything to save the buck, so they can buy some cheap plastic crap sold on TV..also made in Asia.
I work in the computer and electronic hardware industry, so naturally my views are correlated to this. But technology such as this industry is the future of the world, this country can take part or outsource it at their peril. The way I see it, the only way this country moves forward if young people start having so many kids and/or we start letting in so many immigrants in that the baby boomer generation's strangle hold on just about all decisions is ended.
Two unpaid for wars and a bloated military has nothing to do with it? I don't know about the people you deal with but many I know including myself is very have worked very hard. I was not given anything and if the Gov. can't afford Medicare and Social Security than its not our fault. Cut the dang military
Wait, I thought liberals were in love with Roosevelt and LBJ?
Baby Boomers didn't implement the programs which allow them the lifestyle you so envy...it was the liberal Godfathers.
Your solution is to double or triple down.
It was the GOP. Reagan planted the seeds of far right wing fascism, and it has grown ever since. The GOP's greed and hatred from america are leading to it's demise.
It was the GOP. Reagan planted the seeds of far right wing fascism, and it has grown ever since. The GOP's greed and hatred from america are leading to it's demise.
It is Social Security and Medicare. Put that in your teapot little Tempest.
Two unpaid for wars and a bloated military has nothing to do with it? I don't know about the people you deal with but many I know including myself is very have worked very hard. I was not given anything and if the Gov. can't afford Medicare and Social Security than its not our fault. Cut the dang military
I bet you do work hard and I do say their are good apples in the baby boomer generation. Although, specifically the power brokers of that generation and the hordes of people who support the structure have created massive problems.
Those two wars are a big deal, but they are a result of decades of corruption and meddling in middle east affairs.
Sadaam Hussein was our ally at one point. We encouraged him to attack Iran and told him he would get the oil revenue from his territorial victories.
When he didn´t get those victories, he just simply decided to turn his army south and do the same thing. However, Kuwait wasn´t on our allowed to attack list. That put him on our naughty list.
The public (including baby boomers at adult age during the events) seem totally ignorant of this. I remember seeing many articles calling Sadaam the new hitler. here is a related discussion to this on CD Saddam the new Hitler, Bush tells Europeans
I have traveled all around the world, and I do not see any generation in the recent history of the world as privileged and powerful as the US baby boomer generation.
Every single time I have a meeting with a majority of this crowd, nothing is ever accomplished, selfishness is common and I regret ever attempting to do business with them. Sure there are some good apples here and there, but the problem is that the generation is so large, so spoiled, so greedy and so unproductive.
This generation as a beneficiary of the post WW2 economy was literally given EVERYTHING and has blown it all in the name of selfishness and immoral behavior. They promoted concepts like free love, LSD, cocaine, peace and now look back in middle to late age and don´t like what they´ve become.
Now everyone has to deal with their reformation with their new struggle to find new life themes. Born again Christianity, just say no, pointless wars against overhyped foreign adversaries and infomercials for worthless crap because they never learned to cook.
To top if off, this government, the baby boomer government is loading the youth of this country with debt and blaming others for it. If it´s not the youth, it´s the foreigners (especially the handful of foreign terrorists never-mind we have far more domestic incidents), if it´s not the foreigners it´s the illegal immigrants. At some point it will be African Americans again and other minority groups in some continuous game of tag.
The young generation born of the late 70´s to today have it so much harder to succeed. Baby boomers have excelled in outsourcing nearly every manufacturing labor job we have, and those that stayed are often given to illegal immigrants. You will find a lot of threads asking about jobs? When the simple answer is baby boomers cheapened them so much they left.
My best friend just changed his original fuel pump on his 68´mustang. It was heavy and a work of art built by some well payed union worker in Michigan. It lasted over 4 decades, while the lightweight replacement made in China lasted only 2 months. This result is brought to you by baby boomers. You know, "the free market" or in reality, the slave wage market they so heavily pushed. Anything to save the buck, so they can buy some cheap plastic crap sold on TV..also made in Asia.
I work in the computer and electronic hardware industry, so naturally my views are correlated to this. But technology such as this industry is the future of the world, this country can take part or outsource it at their peril. The way I see it, the only way this country moves forward if young people start having so many kids and/or we start letting in so many immigrants in that the baby boomer generation's strangle hold on just about all decisions is ended.
What a crock! Take your hate elsewhere.
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