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OldBaldy1701E

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26. To me, making it happen has never been the issue.

Reply to LT Barclay (Reply #25)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 05:37 PM

Jul 2022

Convincing all the self absorbed and shallow minded that we all have to do our part to get there is the issue. And, when you have a percentage of the population that, thanks to their riches (and the general consensus that having it makes them special), doesn't have to listen to anyone else... well, you get where we are now.

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Millennials are the largest workforce and the least wealthy -- why? [View all] Sympthsical Jul 2022 OP

Hey Millennials: get the fuck out there and VOTE for fuck's sake Blue Owl Jul 2022 #1

Great Grampa's party? Act_of_Reparation Jul 2022 #10

I understand why Red states cut higher education financing, but why did Blue states ? MichMan Jul 2022 #2

Life expectancy probably plays a role FBaggins Jul 2022 #3

Interesting angle Sympthsical Jul 2022 #4

Not the right comparison FBaggins Jul 2022 #8

It also depends on how old the parents were when they had kids. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #6

Transferring $50 trillion from 90% to the 1% probably plays a bigger role. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #11

Absolutely. Caliman73 Jul 2022 #21

This! Wages have not kept up, and economic growth has gone to the top 1% Amishman Jul 2022 #22

It didn't just happen that "wages have not kept up"; it's by R design ... Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #23

They should vote Democratic as Biden is the most pro union president applegrove Jul 2022 #5

They do. And by a much wider margin than their elders. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2022 #17

Bookmarking. Thanks. applegrove Jul 2022 #19

More billioinaires. The creator of Monopoly tried to warn us. Now its just a game that gathers LT Barclay Jul 2022 #7

That is because we are playing that game in real life. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jul 2022 #9

Any way to flip the board? I'm losing. LT Barclay Jul 2022 #12

I wish. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2022 #24

Very sad! LT Barclay Jul 2022 #25

To me, making it happen has never been the issue. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2022 #26

Right now I'm watching a National Geographic 3 part history on The Greeks on Disney+. They had some LT Barclay Jul 2022 #27

You got that right! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jul 2022 #28

Billionaires have monetized everything. Initech Jul 2022 #13

Could it be because the Baby Boomers benefited from programs they then cut for their artemisia1 Jul 2022 #14

It's a tragically different economic reality for Millenials. SYFROYH Jul 2022 #15

One reason for the greater debt is that more millennials then boomers went to college Kaleva Jul 2022 #16

College is also a shitload more expensive. Why is that? Is the increase in cost necessary? Calista241 Jul 2022 #18

Total costs at a nearby university is about $27k a year Kaleva Jul 2022 #20

College was hammered into us Sympthsical Jul 2022 #29

Saint Ronnie Ray-Gun maxrandb Jul 2022 #30