Are you a Baby Boomer?

[Clark Park]

I am a baby-boomer.

Let's not make sweeping generalizations about this generation or that generation. There are good people and bad people who belong to each generation since the beginning of time.

[my54ford]

Originally Posted by kjbrill

Are you a Baby Boomer? I am not since I was born just before WWII started, not after it ended. So I must be an in between. The generation prior to me, my parents, built the greatest production machine this planet has ever seen. It was our ability to produce implements of war which defeated the Nazis and Japan. Considering they both had a head start gearing up for war, we did one Hell of a job catching up and bringing them down.

After WWII ended, my parents generation kept right on working. They also begat the Baby Boomers, being a little anxious for some R&R. In the process they created the strongest economy this planet has ever seen.

Now we are being told they were fools. If being a fool is equated to desiring a nice, safe, comfortable house in a neighborhood with good schools and the opportunity for your kids to go to college I guess they were fools. If desiring a better life for your kids than you had, I guess they were fools. I know without a shadow of a doubt my parents wanted a better life for my brother and I, which we have had, and also for their grandkids. I guess both they and us have been fools.

Sorry, but my older kids and the current generation are the fools. They are the ones who have been so complacent as to not seize control and prevent our manufacturing jobs from moving out of this country. They are the ones who have seen thousands of their contemporaries get slaughtered in Iraq and Afghanistan but still seem to feel support our troops is the answer. Don't blame the WWII generation and the Baby Boomers for the ills which permeate this country. Blame the generations which are following and apparently don't have either the sense or the backbone to realize what is happening and stop it. You know when you beccome an adult it is time to step up and take your place in society.

Dad is that you

[stillkit]

Laying the blame for what's wrong with this country on its youngest voters is akin to blaming the rape victim.

You just wait. If you live long enough to see todays young people take over government, business and education, you'll see a remarkable change. The upcoming generations are the antithesis of we Boomers. They believe in compromise, not confrontation; agreement instead of extremism. They're more positive than we are, more color-blind, better educated.

I have great faith in our young people. They are able and willing to correct what we Boomer's have been screwing up for the past 30 years. If the WWII generation was The Greatest, their offspring (we Boomers) are the Sorriest, Most Selfish Generation, but our kids and grandkids are the perfect anti-dote.

[GregW]

Just look at current politics and you will see that the grey bearded Boomers are still in charge. That is why we have an economy based on exporting WAR and importing consumer goods. That is also why we are still burning coal instead of nuclear power for electricity. That is why we still drive around in gas guzzlers while paying monopoly prices for fuel. That is why we still fly from Boston to Chicago instead of getting on a high speed train for a four hour trip. The Baby boomers have not invested in these things because they have made so much money from War and fossil fueled diversions.


This will continue until the people born in the late 60’s take over. Then we will have a chance at restoring America’s prosperity for all instead of a very selfish few.

[2e1m5a]

My parents are baby boomers and worked multiple jobs their whole lives to ensure that myself and my siblings went to good schools and were provided for. We didn't always have new clothes or go on vacations but I am forever grateful that my parents instilled that work ethic in me and seemingly did the opposite of all the other credit-crazy, keeping-up-with-the Jones type Boomers.

So, not all boomers are power and money hungry narcissists-Just most of their leaders.
Haha jk people...but seriously.

[tablemtn]

The average age of the members of the US House of Representatives is 57, and the average age of the Senate is 63. It can cost millions of dollars to mount a run for Congress - unless they were born into wealth to begin with (in which case, "manufacturing" is unlikely to be a big concern for them), how are young people supposed to raise that kind of cash?

[Gemdiver]

Happy retirement gramps and grandma!!! Please go away and don't ever come back, the younger generations here need to clean up your mess and get rid of that old people smell.

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[stillkit]

Originally Posted by Gemdiver

Happy retirement gramps and grandma!!! Please go away and don't ever come back, the younger generations here need to clean up your mess and get rid of that old people smell.

Go ahead and laugh at us while you can. One day, you'll look in the mirror and see US staring back at you.

[Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus]

Originally Posted by 2e1m5a

My parents are baby boomers and worked multiple jobs their whole lives to ensure that myself and my siblings went to good schools and were provided for. We didn't always have new clothes or go on vacations but I am forever grateful that my parents instilled that work ethic in me and seemingly did the opposite of all the other credit-crazy, keeping-up-with-the Jones type Boomers.

I agree.

The problem is, the credit-crazy, keeping-up-with-the Jones type Boomers became more successful than the fiscally conservatives, on account of their willingness to take on excessive levels of debt.