Posted on 11/08/2021 5:12:44 AM PST by sodpoodle
The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35, according to an analysis of census data released Monday. 47 times.
They like to refer to us as senior citizens, old fogies, blue hairs, geezers, and in some cases dinosaurs. Some of us are "Baby Boomers" getting ready to retire, others are from the Greatest Generation already retired. We walk a little slower these days and our eyes and hearing are not what they once were. We worked hard, raised our children, worshiped our God and have grown old together.
In school we studied English, history, math, and science, which enabled us to lead America into the technological age. We still use two spaces after a period when typing. Most of us remember what outhouses were, many of us with firsthand experience. We remember the days of telephone party-lines, $.25 gasoline, and milk and ice being delivered to our homes.
We are probably considered old fashioned and outdated by many But there are a few things you need to remember before completely writing us off. We won World War II, fought in Korea and Vietnam. We can quote “The Pledge of Allegiance”, and know where to place our hand while doing so. We wore the uniform of our country with pride, and lost many friends on the battlefield. We didn't fight for the Socialist States of America; we fought for the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave." We wore different uniforms but carried the same flag.
We know the words to the “Star Spangled Banner,” “America,” and “America the Beautiful” by heart, and you may even see some tears running down our cheeks as we sing. We have lived what many of you should have read in history books and we feel no obligation to apologize to anyone for America.
Yes, we are older and slower these days but rest assured, we have at least one good fight left in us. We love this country, fought and died for it, and now we are going to save it. It is our country and nobody is going to take it away from us. We took oaths to defend America against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that’s an oath we plan to keep. There are those who want to destroy this land we love but, like our founders, there is no way we are going to remain silent.
It was mostly the young people of this nation who elected Obama and the Democrat Congress. You fell for the "Hope and Change" which in reality was nothing but "Hype and Lies” from your college professors. You youngsters need to taste socialism and see evil face to face to understand you don't like it after all. You make a lot of noise, most are all too interested in their careers or "Climbing the Social Ladder" to be involved in such mundane things such as patriotism and voting. Many of those who fell for the "Great Lie" in 2008 are now having buyer's remorse With all the education we gave you, you didn't have sense enough to see through the lies and instead drank their 'Kool-Aid.’
Well, don't worry youngsters, the Grey-Haired Brigade is here, and in 2016 we took back our nation. We may drive a little slower than you would like, but we get where we're going, and in 2022 we're driving to the polls again by the millions.
So the next time you have the chance to say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand up, put your hand over your heart, honor your country, and thank God for the old geezers of the "Gray-Haired Brigade."
Footnote: This is spot on. I am another Gray-Haired Geezer signing on. I will circulate this to other Gray-Haired Geezers all over this still great country. Can you feel the ground shaking? It's not an earthquake, it’s a STAMPEDE. And, you and I are members.
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I was doing that when my editor "corrected" me.
I did not know it was "old school" until three years ago!
I wonder what those net worth amounts are. What if you eliminated the top 1% who are likely skewing the average? I bet this ratio is less than 47X.
*** Of course kids today are good at instant gratification.Sad,IMO.***
When Nintendo video games came out, I cursed them. People, my husband included, were mesmerized by them. The instant gratification was so fast, no work involved at all. Because of the mesmerizing effect, productivity went down. Sure, it was relaxing for him, but there was nothing to show for it.
If I sewed or crocheted, it was relaxing, AND productive. Reading a book enlarged our brains.
So I didn’t want those video games in my house but I lost that battle. They were all the rage, and still are. Our children grew up with the instant gratification tools and I can say, I think it has been detrimental to their maturing.
JMHO.
“...I’m almost 70 and my mom is still with us...”
Same here but YOU’RE lucky.
I lost mom in 2014 and it’s not the same life or the same world at all. I bet I dream of her 3 or 4 times a week!
That’s just it. It isn’t a posted article. It’s commenting on someone’s email. We have no facts to back up this assertion.
I’m 63. I remember milk and bread deliveries and doctor house calls, but refrigerators became common in the 1930s, so I never saw ice deliveries to my family. I’ve seen ice boxes in older houses.
But the kids of today grew up being at least two generations removed from struggle and hardship...thus we see their "if it feels good do it" attitude.
And that attitude can reflect on net worth...among many other things.
In my relative youth, buying a house as soon as possible was an important idea.
My neighbor Paul died and his granddaughter inherited his house. She wants to sell it to pay off vehicle loans. I talked to her mom, who has tried to talk to her into holding on to the house, which needs lots of work. The granddaughter and two friends pay $1600 a month for an apartment.
I’ve got plenty of tread left on the tires…
I’m almost 73 (January)... I remember the Ice Cream man when I was young had a cart with dry ice and was pulled by a horse...
We associate the malaise economy Carter years of our childhood with other fads we'd rather keep in the past like disco.
And my wife's and mine net worth is three times the average net worth of 35-44 year-old households, at least according to https://www.cnbc.com/select/average-net-worth-by-age/. I guess that's not too shabby for living in low cost of living Alabama.
By about 1865 the US was a major industrial country due to the Civil War and by the 1880s a world technology leader due to the patent system.
Same here, aside from home milk and ice deliveries, I can relate to everything in that post
In the late 1970s Baltimore had old black men selling produce from horse-drawn carts.
“I use ‘he’ and ‘his’ as the indefinite pronoun”.
Me, too. I expect many people don’t even know there was a time when that was the proper way. The younger generations have massacred grammar, usage, and syntax. And definitely two spaces after a period!
My Democratic neighbors have two daughters. One is an engineer who is quite wealthy due to frugal habits and investments in leading tech companies.
Their younger daughter was a spender until mom urged her to buy a house.
It is very easy to spend money on consumer goods because the choice is so broad.
That’s because the youngsters are poor money managers.
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