Posted on 07/27/2010 3:37:53 PM PDT by george76
More 20-somethings are moving back home with Mom and Dad -- and happily accepting financial assistance.
So pronounced is the trend -- many parents, on average, are giving their 20-somethings 10 percent of their combined income ...
Look, 20-somethings, it's only partly your fault that the economy is still a mess -- most of you voted for you know who -- but it isn't your fault that you lack the skills to deal with it.
Your generation has been coddled like no other generation before it -- never has any generation been given so much for doing so little -- and that is your parents' fault.
It's payback time.
Your father will complain to your mother -- eventually they'll get into loud arguments over the matter -- but if you hold steady, you'll likely keep living at home for free.
States that overpromised and overspent during the good times expect the federal government to bail them out during the bad times.
Our federal government is spending nearly twice as much as it takes in and expects future taxpayers to bail it out.
Heck, nobody is terribly interested in carrying his own load today -- lots of folks are carrying on like 20-somethings who are mooching off Mom and Dad.
Hey, a great recession like this comes along once in a lifetime. Don't let it pass without free drinks from Dad's liquor cabinet.
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Fair enough. Maybe we can get you on here, see your PM....
I have never met a happy liberal. You certainly sound very unhappy.
It is only fair, we have given them 80+ years of incremental socialism and corporate dominance over small and medium business!
Plus, we expect them and their kids and their kids kids to pay for our way of life now, so hey.
I’m not a liberal. I’m a conservative trapped in a liberal hell.
"The Greatest Generation" produced "The Baby Boomers" who in turn parented "The Boomerang Generation".
Just sayin...
Aren't we all...
Our 20 and 22 yr olds are home from college for the summer. They’ve each applied for at least 20 jobs, but neither has gotten one. Seems a lot of folks with more experience are vying for the same entry level type jobs. But we’ve kept them busy, building a new two-level deck on our house. They’re wishing they’d gotten any kind of job, at this point. ;o)
They "launched" just fine.
Roots plus wings!
Heh, we told our four kids that we expected them to do well in life, so that when Dad and I are old and retired, they can keep US in the lifestyle to which we've become accustomed. ;o)
You are preaching to the choir. I’m not only a reluctant SS participant but also an employer.
Since 2008 I have no employees and since unemployment has since been extended to the point that I pay 5.4% on top of employee matched benefits I cannot afford to hire any new employees. Can’t wait till I have to pay the penalty for non-insurance. Yes, that will help me employ anyone!
Please don’t blame me for being born between 19147 and 1964! If you do, you’re a real schmuck!
Out here in the fields,i fight for my meals.I dont need to be forgiven.
“”The Greatest Generation” produced “The Baby Boomers” who in turn parented “The Boomerang Generation”.
Excellent! Boomerang describes the adult children, who did launch into life only to return home to mommy and daddy.
So we have the Failures to Launch and the Boomerang Generation.
You don't learn about the world unless you see it from bottom up. Learning to survive can be rough but teaches you allot.
As long as I’m wanted at home, I’ll stay there. I’m not going to spend unnecessary money on an apartment in the middle of a total economic collapse, especially when I still need to get another degree.
Of course there are some 20 somethings who live at home and never work...well...they suck.
Did you start your own company? Isn’t that expensive?
Depends on the company you plan to start.
Tutoring business is 50 bucks for a business license, plus about a 100 in advertising to get everything set up.
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