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Study: Baby Boomers Are Gloomiest Generation
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Posted on 07/12/2008 8:49:48 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Study: Baby Boomers Are Gloomiest Generation

POSTED: 9:01 am EDT July 12, 2008 UPDATED: 9:42 am EDT July 12, 2008 NEW YORK -- A new study by the Pew Research Center found 66 percent of baby boomers find it harder to get ahead now than in 1998. It also found that 86 percent say it's harder to maintain their standard of living than just five years ago. We talked to boomers in Brooklyn.

"There just seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel."

As they approach their golden years, baby boomers like Ros Aaron are worried -- not just about their own futures, but about their kids'.

"I don't know what's gonna be for them," Aaron said. "Jenna's graduating in four years. At least Leanna has eight years before she has to worry."

She's far from alone. The study found that 66 percent of boomers find it harder to get ahead now than in 1998 -- more frustration than any other age group.

And 86 percent of baby boomers say it's harder to maintain their standard of living than just five years ago.

"We asked a lot of questions," said D'vera Cohn of the Pew Research Center. "Are they satisfied? Will their income go up? And they said, 'No it won't'."

(Excerpt) Read more at wnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: babyboomers; depression; genx; happiness; pew; psychology; seniors
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First off this qualifies them as Democrats. Second quit whining.......
1 posted on 07/12/2008 8:49:48 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

“A nation of whiners.”


2 posted on 07/12/2008 8:54:45 AM PDT by inkling
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To: Sub-Driver
As they approach their golden years, baby boomers like Ros Aaron are worried -- not just about their own futures, but about their kids'. They could start by calling all the dems in congress to start drilling for American oil.. and do it for the children!!!!(remember this liberal rant)
3 posted on 07/12/2008 8:54:56 AM PDT by JoanneSD (illegals represented without taxation.. Americans taxed without representation)
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To: Sub-Driver; qam1
And 86 percent of baby boomers say it's harder to maintain their standard of living than just five years ago.

Darn right.  This Gen X'er won't be paying your greens fees and Lasik surgery!

 

4 posted on 07/12/2008 8:55:33 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Sub-Driver
66 percent of baby boomers find it harder to get ahead now than in 1998.
That's because we're 10 years older and in our 50s and 60s now! We've peaked, we've plateaued, face it ... we're old!
5 posted on 07/12/2008 8:59:48 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Sub-Driver

They have no one to blame but themselves. Their quest for a government-run, publically funded utopia has brought us to where we are.


6 posted on 07/12/2008 9:02:19 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Does Obama know ANYONE who likes America, capitalism, or white people?)
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To: popdonnelly

ANd “We talked to boomers in Brooklyn.”

people from New York should know they were screwed-
elected Hitlary? Rangle?

Come on, these Rats are just plane stupid.


7 posted on 07/12/2008 9:07:14 AM PDT by mj1234
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To: Sub-Driver

Gramm was right. This country has become a nation of whiners.


8 posted on 07/12/2008 9:07:14 AM PDT by lexusppd
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To: Sub-Driver
They expect more for themselves. It's that sense of entitlement.

But "the Gloomiest Generation" ever? People who went through the Great Depression could be pretty morose. They just had different ways of working it out.

9 posted on 07/12/2008 9:09:07 AM PDT by x
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To: mj1234

meant plain-

But now looking at this... maybe plane,
as to -”flying out of that hell hole” makes sense


10 posted on 07/12/2008 9:09:32 AM PDT by mj1234
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“But “the Gloomiest Generation” ever? People who went through the Great Depression could be pretty morose. They just had different ways of working it out.”

My grandma worked it out by never throwing away bread bags or cool whip containers, because she figured she could find some use for them.
The only use I could see was a cluttered mess in her cupboards.

She always bought dollar clothes at garage sales or the thrift shop.

She would ask us what we paid for various items of clothing and then get furious if we gave honest answers.

We eventually learned that the correct answer was “these pair of jeans? oh they cost me $2 grandma!”


11 posted on 07/12/2008 9:17:39 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: popdonnelly
They have no one to blame but themselves.

Some of us have been kickin' and screamin' as we've all been dragged along--just as loudly as you're doing and for a much longer time! It's really tough to have to be lumped into that group when many of us (just look at the FReepers in that group!!!) were raised in a responsible manner!!!

12 posted on 07/12/2008 9:25:38 AM PDT by bannie
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To: Sub-Driver
SPOKEN: I remember when I was a very little girl, our house caught on fire.
I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up
in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement.
I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go
up in flames.
And when it was all over I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a fire"

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

13 posted on 07/12/2008 9:27:54 AM PDT by donna ( I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth. - Barack Hussein Obama)
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I am a babyboomer. Call me a whiner if you wish. My life is good. I live at a standard my parents and grandparents never dreamed possible. But the status quo is unacceptable. The nation has been invaded by millions and millions of illegal invaders. The boy in the White House says his administration has a strong dollar policy, but the facts are the dollar is dreadful. It has contributed mightily to the soaring price of oil. It has allowed American companies like Budweiser to be priced so cheaply in dollars, Europeans are paying premiums American companies could never afford. The country has been sold out by both parties and the country has not only been invaded but it is up for sale. Whatever success I have had in my life has a lot to do with the very very sound education that I got in public school, an education that could not be had today in our public school system which is a rotten mess. I resent what Phil Gramm said because he is no conservative, he is an elitist. If Ronald Reagan were alive today, he would be telling it like is, and it would not be whining because Reagan was not only a conservative but a populist. How much of a populist was he, well let me tell you, he had so many people in the other party supporting him that they had a name for them, Reagan Democrats. Today, the elitists in the Democrat Party like Teddy Kennedy, have taken Republicans like Jorge and Juan and formed the elitist Teddy Kennedy Wing of Republican Party. Call me a whiner, for pointing out what the status quo is, and how unacceptable it is to this conservative.


14 posted on 07/12/2008 9:28:25 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: inkling

Whiners? Let’s see - if you’re involved in the stock market, traveling Europe, buying gas, buying food, looking at your electricity bill and your career is over I don’t think this is what most people would call whining. I think they are being accurate and they’re not indicating they want some government entitlement. Who cares about tax breaks if the dollar is worth crap!


15 posted on 07/12/2008 9:37:08 AM PDT by dolphins
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To: Sub-Driver

Baby boomers can work. I plan to slow down but not retire. Park the RV...it’s not the end of the world if you can’t travel 9 months out of the year.


16 posted on 07/12/2008 9:37:45 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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Oh come on 70 is about 40 or 50 today. We all have bills. Every decade they have gone thru they have complained and have been unhappy about what they found and wanted a better life. Some of the changes they have made have been good some not so good. They are going to have a fit about nursing homes. It's already started. They will not like sharing rooms...the food...the environment. Just watch...
17 posted on 07/12/2008 9:43:04 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Scotswife
My grandma worked it out by never throwing away bread bags or cool whip containers, because she figured she could find some use for them.

The only use I could see was a cluttered mess in her cupboards.

She always bought dollar clothes at garage sales or the thrift shop.

She would ask us what we paid for various items of clothing and then get furious if we gave honest answers.

We eventually learned that the correct answer was “these pair of jeans? oh they cost me $2 grandma!”

I knew people like that too. It's funny now that you can put it into perspective, but was frustrating at the time. Good people, but they came from a very different world.

I remember going into the drugstore with my brother to read comics when I was a kid and the druggist starting to hover: "Are you going to buy that? Are you planning on buying anything?" There's a lot that's wrong with today, but it is nice that kids can go into a bookstore nowadays and just browse.

18 posted on 07/12/2008 9:44:24 AM PDT by x
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To: inkling

I was thinking the same thing. When in the absence of any real problem the boomers will invent one.


19 posted on 07/12/2008 9:44:49 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Biblebelter

My wife and I are in the same boat with you ( 61 & 60 ). It is a reflection on how you were raised by your parents .


20 posted on 07/12/2008 9:45:33 AM PDT by Renegade (You go tell my buddies)
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