[ClearCase_guy]

I certainly have some issues with Millennials. But -- seriously! -- we should understand the world they are coming into.

The 90s were good years with the internet tech boom. But that fizzled pretty famously and a lot of people lost money.
Then 9/11 happened, and the country started to change and government control tightened (never good for the economy).
Then we had the Great Recession of 2007.
Then we had 8 years of Obama.

Trump is doing a good job fixing things, but young people have grown up in a hard time. And the adults in their lives haven't done them any favors (parents, teachers, politicians, etc.).

I feel considerable pity for the young today.

[sparklite2]

"I'm headin' out to Illinois, ma."

"Why you be doin' that, boy?"

"Well, ma, they's cuttin' off permanent welfare here.
 I can only support us so much by food stamp resales,
check forgery, drug dealin', benefit fraud, muggin',
burglary, armed robbery, counterfeitin' and fencin'
stolen merchandise."

"Well, I swan. What you gonna do, boy?"

"I don't know, ma. It's not like I have any skills."

"Well, I swan."

[Yaelle]

Me too. Some of these FReepers don’t get it. The opportunities at today’s costs of living are not the same as we had 20 years ago. Even a retail or fast food salary allowed a shared apt rent. Not today. I feel bad for my kids.

When I see threads of geezer FReepers ripping the young, I think of how that easy slam is as old as Aristotle. Unoriginal and trite to call the new generations dumb and lazy.

[rollo tomasi]

[skinndogNN]

And Baby Boomers plan on leaving less money to their Millennial children than the greatest generation left them.

This is a big generality, but that is what the financial planners are saying. It just isn’t a goal for that generation.