To: Cincinatus' Wife
I don’t blame the Boomers for being the last generation to do better than their parents, but I do blame them for being so sanctimonious about it.
The Boomers are an entire generation of people born on 3rd base who think they hit a triple.
To: altsehastiin
I hit a home run but got sent back to first to make it fair for the losers batting behind me.
To: altsehastiin; All
The Boomers are an entire generation of people born on 3rd base who think they hit a triple.
I think you might be surprised how many of us boomers (born late 1957) grew up with very little; through the fruits of our own labors and NOT government handouts, we face a semi-comfortable retirement...until the next federal government-caused 'recession' wipes out another $100 trillion or so!
63 posted on
06/15/2015 1:02:40 PM PDT by
notdownwidems
(Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
To: altsehastiin
Couldn’t have said it better, myself.
101 posted on
06/15/2015 1:45:48 PM PDT by
Kriggerel
("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
To: altsehastiin
I don’t call them the Boomers.
I call them the Locusts.
To: altsehastiin
Boomers were the last ones to grow up in a society that expected personal responsibility and encouraged getting a real education based on one's innate ability and drive.
Among other societal characteristics that supported wealth creation.
117 posted on
06/15/2015 2:06:16 PM PDT by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
To: altsehastiin
“The Boomers are an entire generation of people born on 3rd base who think they hit a triple”
That may be true of your Boomer acquaintances, but not of me or most of the Boomers I grew up with. Most of my friends, all of my first cousins, and I were brought up in lower middle class families and were first generation college graduates. A college education, debt free, at a state university was affordable back then, even for kids from modest backgrounds. My parents worked hard to provide what we had, and I am grateful to them for that, but it was definitely not a third-base upbringing. From them, I learned the value of hard work, education, and thrift. As a result, I expect to retire in the next two years at a comfort level that would be almost unimaginable to them. If that's being sanctimonious, so be it.
To: altsehastiin
The Boomers are an entire generation of people born on 3rd base who think they hit a triple. This Baby Boomer has a lot of Marine brothers on the Wall and we never thought we hit a triple. I would say more but I would get banned.
148 posted on
06/15/2015 5:29:38 PM PDT by
SVTCobra03
(You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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