So... Some Here Wonder Why No One Cares The Boomers Are Having Their Golden Coffins Repo'd. Well... Heres why:

[Vastator]

And what about boomers? They had no such compunction. My parents built a 14x 20 foot "house when they were married. We knew that live was rough. Kids today want to start out like their parents are now.

I gave ten points, with sources. Do you dispute any of them? Don't get me wrong. This isn't an individual indictment. It's about the group, and it's effect going forward.Boomers will be dead and buried when the piper stops playing, and the bill comes due...

 

[MarathonMike]

College Costs Blew Up - Boomers paid peanuts—$500 a year—with summer gigs. They gutted funding, let schools turn into loan sharks, and now we’re $100K in the hole for a degree that don’t pay.

I was perfectly clear why your hatred of "Baby Boomers' is unfounded. But you ignored that, so here is my response to your item 3 on your top 10 "Why I Hate Boomers" list.

College costs blew up because the government subsidized college loans which allowed colleges to gouge students with insane hikes in tuition and other fees. Once again Boomers did not CREATE THE POLICIES, we were the beneficiary of the policies. I can't simplify it any more than that.

 

[Vastator]

I was perfectly clear why your hatred of "Baby Boomers' is unfounded. But you ignored that, so here is my response to your item 3 on your top 10 "Why I Hate Boomers" list.

College costs blew up because the government subsidized college loans which allowed colleges to gouge students with insane hikes in tuition and other fees. Once again Boomers did not CREATE THE POLICIES, we were the beneficiary of the policies. I can't simplify it any more than that.

Student Loan History

The federal government began guaranteeing student loans provided by banks and non-profit lenders in 1965, creating the program that is now called the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program.

www.newamerica.org

 

[80zephyr]

I gave ten points, with sources. Do you dispute any of them? Don't get me wrong. This isn't an individual indictment. It's about the group, and it's effect going forward.Boomers will be dead and buried when the piper stops playing, and the bill comes due...

No, I don't dispute them. But I also think that the younger generation is screwing up as well. I suppose in 40 years or so, someone will be writing in a forum on how they screwed up. Lol.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

1. Housing Market Locked Us Out - Boomers bought homes for dirt—$20K in the ‘70s, a joke adjusted for inflation. They choked supply with zoning crap and watched prices explode to $400K for a dump. We’re stuck renting or couch-surfing.
   Proof: Federal Reserve Economic Data - Home Prices
2. Debt Dumped on Our Backs - They got a debt-to-GDP ratio under 35% in the ‘60s, then ran it up past 120% by 2025 with tax cuts and pork. Boomers cash out; we’re stuck with the bill.
   Proof: U.S. Treasury - Historical Debt Outstanding
3. College Costs Blew Up - Boomers paid peanuts—$500 a year—with summer gigs. They gutted funding, let schools turn into loan sharks, and now we’re $100K in the hole for a degree that don’t pay.
   Proof: National Center for Education Statistics - Tuition Costs
4. Jobs Went From Gold to Garbage - They had factories and unions, then offshored ‘em in the ‘80s and ‘90s for cheap labor. Boomers got pensions; we’re stuck with gig apps—no benefits, no hope.
   Proof: Bureau of Labor Statistics - Manufacturing Employment
5. Social Security’s a Bust - They paid in chump change, took out fortunes, and left the fund on life support—projected to crater by 2035 without a fix. Boomers retire; we pay.
   Proof: Social Security Administration - Trust Fund Data
6. Healthcare’s a Racket - Boomers got cheap docs and meds. They let HMOs and Pharma jack prices—now it’s $500 for a pill and $10K deductibles. They’ve got Medicare; we’re screwed.
   Proof: KFF - Healthcare Costs Over Time
7. Wages Ain’t Moved - Productivity’s up 300% since the ‘70s, but wages? Stuck. Boomers skimmed the profits, CEOs cashed out, and we’re left with $7.25—half their buyin’ power.
   Proof: Economic Policy Institute - Wage Stagnation
8. Pensions Got Torched - They retired at 60 with cushy defined-benefit plans. Boomers swapped ‘em for 401(k)s, handed us the market crapshoot, and bailed. Work ‘til you die, kids. WHOOPS! Eat the market crash fuckin' parasites...
   Proof: Pension Rights Center - Shift to 401(k)
9. Wall Street Got a Free Pass - They deregulated banks, crashed it all in ‘08, and got bailed out. Boomers kept their cushy nests; we lost jobs and homes. Greed paid—for them. And they don't care as long as they die in a golden coffin someone else has to pay for...
   Proof: Federal Reserve - 2008 Financial Crisis
10. Rigged the Game, Kept the Prize - Boomers preached hard work, then tilted the table—tax breaks for the rich, corporate handouts. They’re set; we’re hustlin’ three jobs to eat. Ask any Zoomer who still has to live with their parents despite having a "good paying job"...
    Proof: Tax Policy Center - Tax Breaks Over Time

There ya go—ten nails in the coffin, each with a link to shove the truth up your ass. Boomers built their empire, then pulled the ladder up behind them. Argue that, I dare ya...

The Media Made Their Publishers' Brats Stand for the Whole Generation

Which Boomers? It'll only take 1% of the stabbed in the back generations to bankrupt Boomers born in the 1%.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

So. No rebuttle..? Not to a single point..? I'm shocked...

Nasty Guys Finish Last

The rebuttal we're not allowed to make would question your confirmation-biased starting point. Being successful in a failed and collapsing economy is nothing to brag about. It's like being a starter with the Chicago White Sox. Even their best hitter would be second-string on any other team.

 

[Vastator]

Nasty Guys Finish Last

The rebuttal we're not allowed to make would question your confirmation-biased starting point. Being successful in a failed and collapsing economy is nothing to brag about. It's like being a starter with the Chicago White Sox. Even their best hitter would be second-string on any other team.

Our economy has problems. But it's no quite failed, and collapsing. Just yet anyway. As a GEN-Xer, I had the dubious fortune of getting a start in life before things were quite as bad as they are now. These "Zoomers" or whatever one wants to call the youngest generation hitting the work force, barely have a chance.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

#3.......
Yes, College costs are high.
I used to work as in kid, then work summers when I started College in 1980. I'm a young Boomer.
I sent my daughter to Trade School....No College Debt.......ZERO.....Now she owns her own business.
Are you capable of starting your own business.
SIL has ZERO College Debt, ROTC

No one forced you or any other Gen XZ whatever, to be 100K in debt.

Bugs in the Bugle

Everybody is forced to pay tuition except the sons of the millionaire businessmen who mandate it. They and their customers benefit from having a truly educated work force, which they have been freeloading off.

Wall Street's and Main Street's free ride on graduates ran into a ditch. They can't get enough of the talented motivated to sacrifice for them; the ones they do get are no-talent yes-men.

The Educationists intentionally ignore and hide the fact that unmanly mandated studying is work without pay. Because it is never mentioned by these hissing snakes, it must be the most important flaw in their indentured-servitude scheme.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Depends on how much you want it. You want it...Go get it.

In an Authoritarian Society, There Is No Such Word as "Shouldntabeen"

Which means your economic-bully program is for wannabes. Results show that's all you got.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Our economy has problems. But it's no quite failed, and collapsing. Just yet anyway. These "Zoomers" or whatever one wants to call the youngest generation hitting the work force, barely have a chance

Structured Obsolescence

It inevitably gets worse because of hereditary power and position, the same as would happen if pro athletes got to pass on their positions to their sons. Year by year, the nepos would get more and more dominance, until pro sports would become literally a Junior varsity.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Trust me. I'm funding your share.

Weaponized Wording

No, you're funding the share of your boss's brats. Another dishonest use of language is calling Social Security a "trust fund." The perpetual enemies of human progress don't even pay into their own trust funds.

 

[Vastator]

Weaponized Wording

No, you're funding the share of your boss's brats. Another dishonest use of language is calling Social Security a "trust fund." The perpetual enemies of human progress don't even pay into their own trust funds.

Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme. It will go down in history as one of the most ill conceived programs ever implemented.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Who saw to it that our air and water was cleaned-up?.....It sure as hell wasn't the greatest generation or the one that came before.....They were trying to kill us all.

Well, the fake Indian helped.

Custer Died for the Race Traitors' Sins

The savages polluted the waters with the scalped bodies of their neighbors. These Native Siberians lived in poverty only because they were too mentally inferior to develop America's immense natural resources.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Elections have consequences. You keep electing boomers, esp. republicans boomers - the biggest hypocrites of them all. So who’s to blame for your perceived woes other than yourself?

Electing Is Giving Up Self-Determination

The Constitution must be blamed, even for your unrealistic post. Everything in it violates the first three words of the Preamble. Believing it really means those words is why you snobbishly blame us, the people.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme. It will go down in history as one of the most ill conceived programs ever implemented.

Socialite Security

Preppylovers always evade any reference to what is far worse than their pet peeves. And Social Security would be guaranteed solvent if everybody paid the same percentage of income into it. What the plutes don't pay that way goes to their mooching heirs.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Too bad that you can’t see the forest for the trees.

OLD SCHOOL: Paul Bunyan
GROOMER SCHOOL: Paul Reubens

Have you hugged your tree today? Comfort it with the knowledge that you put lumberjacks out of work.