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308. Thank you. That was a lovely post. n/t

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This, my friends, is far too typical for my generation. [View all]	Laelth	Dec 2013	OP
As a boomer, I can appreciate what you're writing. Too many of us don't get it ....	Scuba	Dec 2013	#1
Thanks, Scuba. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#5
used to be, you could have a single breadwinner in a family with just a high school eucation, and be	dionysus	Dec 2013	#6
I remember a US Savings Bond commercial from the early '70s	Art_from_Ark	Dec 2013	#10
What happened to the American dream?	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Dec 2013	#234
There ya go.	truebluegreen	Dec 2013	#250
It started with deregulation under Nixon.	merrily	Dec 2013	#260
I don't recall much deregulation under Nixon	truebluegreen	Dec 2013	#303
+1...nt	Jesus Malverde	Dec 2013	#307
it was a rhetorical question...	dionysus	Dec 2013	#252
Reagan! Need I say more? n/t	aggiesal	Dec 2013	#253
What happened to the American Dream? They destroyed the union movement!	B Calm	Dec 2013	#289
some define me as a Boomer too	hfojvt	Dec 2013	#151
There are plenty of we boomers who DO get it	2naSalit	Dec 2013	#220
I'm in this category, too.	Silver Gaia	Dec 2013	#258
Yup.	2naSalit	Dec 2013	#277
You have to remember Boomers are a generation split down the middle	brush	Dec 2013	#238
Not to worry. I'm clearly not uncaring nor a fat cat.	Scuba	Dec 2013	#246
That's how I remember it, too	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec 2013	#278
Not just the Boomer generation ...	JustABozoOnThisBus	Dec 2013	#311
Good point about the anti-draft motivation	brush	Dec 2013	#364
You're preaching to the wrong folk, cuz most of us here despised Reagan	struggle4progress	Dec 2013	#2
I appreciate that you read the post.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#4
you said what I THINK you said, young lady :wags finger:	Schema Thing	Dec 2013	#34
Thank you. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#49
OK. Where I come from, "I don't blame you for ..." means "I know you did that but I understand why"	struggle4progress	Dec 2013	#36
I certainly appreciate the fact that you fought against Reagan and supply-side economics.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#63
My experience of politics is that often one must choose between doing the work and	struggle4progress	Dec 2013	#75
That's really interesting.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#92
See,	RobinA	Dec 2013	#133
Better?	Laelth	Dec 2013	#137
You have a lot of	2naSalit	Dec 2013	#254
Ah, I see.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#292
Really?	2naSalit	Dec 2013	#333
Sorry you feel that way.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#336
It's just advice about a certain style of political work, that "choose between doing the work	struggle4progress	Dec 2013	#194
I think I see what you mean.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#294
Are you sure you're a boomer?	beerandjesus	Dec 2013	#105
I earned my PhD in math years ago, then taught for years, so I guess I've met lots of 13ers.	struggle4progress	Dec 2013	#132
Did you also spend the Carter years and the Clinton years fighting supply side economics?	merrily	Dec 2013	#255
IIRC I spent some of the Carter years blaming everybody older than me for fucking everything up	struggle4progress	Dec 2013	#256
This has been going on since Nixon. Some dismantling of the New Deal	merrily	Dec 2013	#261
I agree. Reagan was just a harder turn right. I remember during the 80's discussing how long it	adirondacker	Dec 2013	#312
Thinking back, I remember giving Reagan the benefit of the doubt	Ace Acme	Dec 2013	#418
Correct. I would never vote for Reagan, and btw, my greatest generation parents HATED him!	whathehell	Dec 2013	#83
Boomers were about 30% "Hippie", 40% "Nixon Youth", 30% "Centrist" in the late 60s.	jeff47	Dec 2013	#174
Yep, but even then, what was considered "centrist" was a lot more liberal than what it is now..	whathehell	Dec 2013	#200
In 1984, I was teaching at a college that had an ROTC program,	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec 2013	#279
Yep, I believe it...As I recall, a number of universities would not	whathehell	Dec 2013	#295
ROTC saw a resurgence after most other sources of Federal financial aid	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec 2013	#327
Oh wow..	whathehell	Dec 2013	#329
He threw so many Viet Nam vets out on the street!	NCarolinawoman	Dec 2013	#257
so true nt	Tumbulu	Dec 2013	#269
PhD in engineering and no job?	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#3
you should be ashamed of yourself.	moxybug	Dec 2013	#7
Because I spoke truth from experience	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#9
Anecdotally	RobinA	Dec 2013	#21
Telling a story about your husband isn't "first hand experience". It's second hand.	JBoy	Dec 2013	#67
Doubtful	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#71
LOL. Oh, OK.	JBoy	Dec 2013	#77
Your whole story is what is doubtful. There is a SURPLUS of computer scientists	pnwmom	Dec 2013	#267
Sorry But I Can't Agree	ProfessorGAC	Dec 2013	#97
I think the real question is, what kind of salary is he offering?	beerandjesus	Dec 2013	#117
I'll give you some first hand experience	philosslayer	Dec 2013	#209
Why don't you come back and brag when he actually has a job?	pnwmom	Dec 2013	#270
I'm a civil engineer...	Blanks	Dec 2013	#233
I have six engineers in my extended family in different sub-areas	pnwmom	Dec 2013	#265
depends on the area. a college friend of mine had a degree in mechanical engineering but ended up	dionysus	Dec 2013	#8
where are you and how is he recruiting	elehhhhna	Dec 2013	#16
Your compassion and sensitivity are a beacon to those of us lost in the wilderness.	Orrex	Dec 2013	#18
LOL, quite literally. Well said. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#24
You read that poster's sig, didn't you?	cyberswede	Dec 2013	#219
I think you're honing in on a detail and missing the point	Ian_rd	Dec 2013	#23
Gee, I wonder why that is.	Aerows	Dec 2013	#28
That's not true	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#30
"Entry level"	Aerows	Dec 2013	#33
What do you want with a bachelor's degree?	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#40
I have a job	Aerows	Dec 2013	#46
Just out of curiousity, what do you do for a living?	Marr	Dec 2013	#127
Maybe for clarity you could post the specifics of the job your husband is offering?	Maedhros	Dec 2013	#237
Entry level is fine.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#299
I think you may have hit on a	leftynyc	Dec 2013	#42
Not really	Aerows	Dec 2013	#53
Disagree	leftynyc	Dec 2013	#61
Ask anyone in the IT field	Aerows	Dec 2013	#121
He's in the business school at UT	leftynyc	Dec 2013	#125
Those ridiculous expectations usually come from their parents	Mariana	Dec 2013	#147
You've stated it very well	Orrex	Dec 2013	#120
Bingo	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#73
That doesn't apply to GenXers as they aren't "right out of school"	gollygee	Dec 2013	#84
But they once were	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#89
20 years later?	gollygee	Dec 2013	#91
bored now	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#104
The problem is that you're thinking you're talking about basement dwellers	gollygee	Dec 2013	#106
My advise to you is to stop trying to reason with under the bridge dwellers. It'll	Guy Whitey Corngood	Dec 2013	#114
Ah yes....get called on bull, it's time to run away.	jeff47	Dec 2013	#182
Maybe you should go give your husband some libertarian boot-strappy advice about	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2013	#286
early 90s	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#76
You must be speaking of MBAs/Wall Streeters.	tosh	Dec 2013	#119
I do live in NY	leftynyc	Dec 2013	#123
My ex-wife and I both graduated with IT degrees in 1984.	ieoeja	Dec 2013	#144
They were indeed getting	leftynyc	Dec 2013	#178
Are you speaking from personal experience?	lumberjack_jeff	Dec 2013	#215
Yes - very personal experience	leftynyc	Dec 2013	#217
Then he should put the job description here.	pnwmom	Dec 2013	#271
Why hasn't he spoken with a college campus?	xmas74	Dec 2013	#420
So work as a nanny instead?	lumberjack_jeff	Dec 2013	#139
IT job availability is pretty localized.	jeff47	Dec 2013	#183
Really?	gollygee	Dec 2013	#39
Then you guess wrong	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#45
So it's the first part	gollygee	Dec 2013	#48
HAHA I noticed that dodge too.	laundry_queen	Dec 2013	#80
So many personal anecdotes, so little analysis	erronis	Dec 2013	#158
So your world is a reflection of the entire nation?	Rex	Dec 2013	#47
The cartoon is no more a reflection of the entire nation	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#62
you gave YOUR anecdote… now others are giving theirs. and they do not jibe.	nashville_brook	Dec 2013	#81
Wow, now my strawman quota for the day is met <EOM>	Colorado Liberal	Dec 2013	#118
I don't know what fantasy world you are describing in your reply	Rex	Dec 2013	#201
Look to the signature line.	Hissyspit	Dec 2013	#284
Seriously, pokemon trading cards?	Blanks	Dec 2013	#235
Pokemon?	kcr	Dec 2013	#248
I 'm thinking your husband's experience is very much the exception	fishwax	Dec 2013	#79
Cool story bro! nt	Guy Whitey Corngood	Dec 2013	#85
There was a time...	freebrew	Dec 2013	#100
Buy that, it common	uponit7771	Dec 2013	#109
Where are you located?	DFW	Dec 2013	#129
Zero applications - Something is seriously wrong with	hedgehog	Dec 2013	#161
Then he's doing it utterly wrong.	jeff47	Dec 2013	#180
I would LOVE to see the job ad for that. I really would.	Brickbat	Dec 2013	#210
You want to know why? Post the details, we have a cadre of engineers that	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2013	#214
Best answer yet!	pnwmom	Dec 2013	#263
I think it's quite telling	a2liberal	Dec 2013	#264
They never do. I went around with this nonsense in the late '90s	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2013	#334
My husband works for a large engineering firm that is about to	pnwmom	Dec 2013	#262
I live in a college town.	xmas74	Dec 2013	#421
Maybe he's not paying enough and is looking for an excuse to	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec 2013	#280
What salary is he offering?	JoeyT	Dec 2013	#287
Maybe if the pay was above minimum wage	Blecht	Dec 2013	#371
Engineering jobs tend to be centered in specific city areas. And engineering degrees are expensive.	haele	Dec 2013	#422
Yes, relocation may be necessary	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#11
Why should relocation be necessary?	Laelth	Dec 2013	#29
Yes -- harder, especially in some areas -- but	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#32
Oh so really this is about an emotional response.	Rex	Dec 2013	#51
+1. This is it.	JBoy	Dec 2013	#93
Pissed her hubby isn't allowed to have indentured servants instead of employees.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2013	#157
Boomer parent here who couldn't agree more!	hedgehog	Dec 2013	#164
Exactly. And I'll never understand why some people seem to think relocation is just no big deal	kcr	Dec 2013	#35
No, I won't concede that	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#50
Yeah, and it's not like anything has changed since the 60's	kcr	Dec 2013	#58
EVERYTHING has changed since the Sixties..Even the minimum wage was worth Three Dollars more in	whathehell	Dec 2013	#103
Three dollars more?	Laelth	Dec 2013	#128
Yes, three dollars more in SPENDING Power..	whathehell	Dec 2013	#196
Admittedly, our VISA law is abused, and it hurts American labor. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#229
It certainly does, and this has been going on since the mid-nineties, at least.	whathehell	Dec 2013	#296
Another gift from Bill Clinton?	Laelth	Dec 2013	#297
You betcha...He didn't start it, but he continued it with no problems...As Michael Moore has said,	whathehell	Dec 2013	#330
What percentage of a person's income went to housing in the 60s?	gollygee	Dec 2013	#59
And then add to that you're likely moving to an area with a higher cost of living	kcr	Dec 2013	#65
And you are likely moving from an area where you had at least a bit of family	Nay	Dec 2013	#152
Additionally, assuming that you can sell your existing house in an economically depressed area...	Blanks	Dec 2013	#236
Wow. That's too bad.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#66
Twice?	jeff47	Dec 2013	#184
My field assumes up front anyone entering it will move several times a year. It's a bit annoying. nt	Posteritatis	Dec 2013	#239
Relocation costs money	gollygee	Dec 2013	#41
Doesn't matter to someone that got pissed off over a cartoon.	Rex	Dec 2013	#54
They forget that GenXers	gollygee	Dec 2013	#57
I agree, we cannot just magically pick up and move for free!	Rex	Dec 2013	#116
It might not be such a good choice even for someone very young	Art_from_Ark	Dec 2013	#251
One need only look at her signature...	Oilwellian	Dec 2013	#155
Yep. Middle finger to everyone, right out front.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2013	#187
I'll bet	GladRagDahl	Dec 2013	#68
We're talking about GenXers, not 20-somethings	gollygee	Dec 2013	#74
Or they could just borrow $20,000 from mom and dad to start a business, right?	last1standing	Dec 2013	#99
We GenXers have elderly parents	gollygee	Dec 2013	#111
I'll go further to say that her language is right out of the "Entitled Republican" playbook.	last1standing	Dec 2013	#124
So, everything's just like the 60's	kcr	Dec 2013	#130
WOW	tazkcmo	Dec 2013	#363
It wasn't for my parents, thats HUGE for people. Family infrastructure makes SO Much of a difference	uponit7771	Dec 2013	#112
I've been claiming that our kids won't be leaving our home...	Pholus	Dec 2013	#12
Been hearing alot about multi-generational housing this year ...	SomeGuyInEagan	Dec 2013	#177
I like the concept, but hate that it is implemented....	Pholus	Dec 2013	#249
Definitely agree.	SomeGuyInEagan	Dec 2013	#331
I agree. The 1% is having a good laugh at our expense.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#300
While I acknowledge there are some Boomers	chervilant	Dec 2013	#13
I'd guess over half of the boomers have had their own careers decimated while	elehhhhna	Dec 2013	#26
I'll have to reserve judgment	chervilant	Dec 2013	#78
You are right Chervilant.	dotymed	Dec 2013	#82
I am with you 100%!!!	blue14u	Dec 2013	#272
Thanks blue14u.	dotymed	Dec 2013	#291
Thanks for reading the post.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#301
Actually,	chervilant	Dec 2013	#361
I Get Your Point	RobinA	Dec 2013	#14
amen. read my post just above yours?	elehhhhna	Dec 2013	#27
Talking in terms of generations is useful.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#304
There must be some kind of sympathy & awareness.	Eleanors38	Dec 2013	#15
There are far too many of those, I agree.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#305
Have you read this article?	Ian_rd	Dec 2013	#17
No. I had not read that article.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#306
Not just us Boomers, but our parents too,,,,	KarenS	Dec 2013	#19
Many Boomers are parents and Aunts and Uncles so We know whats going on	kmlisle	Dec 2013	#171
Thank you. That was a lovely post. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#308
Thank You!	Springslips	Dec 2013	#20
Cheers, my friend. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#31
Hopefully this OP	blue14u	Dec 2013	#274
I hope so too, and thanks for the kind words. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#290
Not all of us Boomers are ignorant of the situation, we love our kids!	Dustlawyer	Dec 2013	#22
Thank you.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#298
"Many of us now need some real love"	Hubert Flottz	Dec 2013	#25
Thanks for callling attention to this quote from my OP.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#313
Most of we 98% are in that same boat!	Hubert Flottz	Dec 2013	#321
In my own time and on a few occasions, I have chosen love over money in my life.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#328
Well stated, Laelth.	brer cat	Dec 2013	#37
Thank you for the kind words.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#309
GenXer, born 1972, checking in .......	marmar	Dec 2013	#38
Thanks.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#314
thank you	G_j	Dec 2013	#43
We are all, definitely, in the same boat.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#316
Part of the problem is how the educational system operates	n2doc	Dec 2013	#44
For many years, I was one of those graduate students.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#318
You should blame the Boomers	ramapo	Dec 2013	#52
Gen X wasn't old enough to vote for Reagan	kcr	Dec 2013	#60
Not true.	Raine1967	Dec 2013	#160
No.	kcr	Dec 2013	#165
People born in '64 were able to vote for Reagan.	Raine1967	Dec 2013	#176
For one thing, not that many of them did	kcr	Dec 2013	#192
Fine. I didn't state this: "Gen X wasn't old enough to vote for Reagan"	Raine1967	Dec 2013	#205
You didn't state it. I did, because it's correct.	kcr	Dec 2013	#216
well those are the dates I like	hfojvt	Dec 2013	#168
Thanks for the info.	Raine1967	Dec 2013	#181
but it was NOT Boomers	hfojvt	Dec 2013	#188
It was a combination of things that included Boomers.	jeff47	Dec 2013	#191
but if only people under 30 got to vote	hfojvt	Dec 2013	#203
Because of that 44.	jeff47	Dec 2013	#213
the end of the baby boom does not factor at all	hfojvt	Dec 2013	#273
Thank you for pointing this out	kcr	Dec 2013	#197
Understoood. eom.	Raine1967	Dec 2013	#206
There were also Gen X'ers who may not have been old enough to	RFKHumphreyObama	Dec 2013	#242
Still a small portion of Gen X, and a very small portion of the voters over all	kcr	Dec 2013	#245
That is a pretty ridiculous claim	eilen	Dec 2013	#293
plenty of us did not fall for the Reagan con job	Skittles	Dec 2013	#223
Yup, and plenty of us are facing the same crap job-wise.	GoCubsGo	Dec 2013	#243
That makes a lot of sense.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#319
I am a Boomer who joined DU today (after lurking here daily for years) to reply to you....	zed nada	Dec 2013	#55
Welcome to DU ~ zed nada	In_The_Wind	Dec 2013	#98
The good news	jeff47	Dec 2013	#190
Welcome. Very thoughtful post. nt	cry baby	Dec 2013	#259
Welcome to DU zed nada	blue14u	Dec 2013	#275
I am honored. Thank you for the post.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#320
College mills and corporate America made a college degree worthless	Rex	Dec 2013	#56
My pleasure.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#322
Please stop with the boomer bashing	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Dec 2013	#64
No doubt, Wall Street is the real culprit, here.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#70
I understand the general point you're making	thucythucy	Dec 2013	#138
Excellent post. Thanks. I appreciate the thoughtful response.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#143
Interesting about George Will	flamingdem	Dec 2013	#347
Bingo! nt	Demo_Chris	Dec 2013	#69
I don't know if this is what you are talking about, but...	CoffeeCat	Dec 2013	#72
Relocation is essential if the jobs are elsewhere.	randome	Dec 2013	#90
On the college front	jeff47	Dec 2013	#195
I can see you have thought about this a great deal.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#372
You are so very sweet...	CoffeeCat	Dec 2013	#397
I took my son to the doctor last week...	meaculpa2011	Dec 2013	#86
Probably	PasadenaTrudy	Dec 2013	#101
I'm sure you're right.	meaculpa2011	Dec 2013	#166
My brother	PasadenaTrudy	Dec 2013	#212
+1	KurtNYC	Dec 2013	#179
Very true.	meaculpa2011	Dec 2013	#189
Good post. Sounds about right to me. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#332
As an early boomer	randr	Dec 2013	#87
Excellent post.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#335
Oh, believe me I understand	randr	Dec 2013	#382
I am happy for your kids and your grands.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#383
Back at ya	randr	Dec 2013	#384
In the 80's I worked with guys that are now retired or were and have since passed away that	brewens	Dec 2013	#88
Very insightful post. Thanks. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#337
This late Boomer gets it	PasadenaTrudy	Dec 2013	#94
You're definitely on the border, generation-wise.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#338
Sorry but as a boomer	LittleGirl	Dec 2013	#95
Sorry you took the post as a personal attack.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#339
The exact opposite of what you posted is true.	former9thward	Dec 2013	#96
Good points but I think it can get better if government played a better role than that of bystander.	randome	Dec 2013	#149
You and former9thward make good points.	Raine1967	Dec 2013	#186
I hear you about the infrastructure. Ours used to be the best. Now, not so much.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#342
Well, Laelth, I did my part.	malthaussen	Dec 2013	#102
That means I have fewer people to compete against for reasonably well-paying jobs.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#145
It would be inconsistent for a person with my nick to add to population.	malthaussen	Dec 2013	#153
Well said	Tumbulu	Dec 2013	#310
I'm SORRY !	penndragon69	Dec 2013	#107
I really don't blame you (or any other Boomer) for Reagan.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#175
AMEN!!! My wife and I talked about this very thing this week. That OUR generation has to do things..	uponit7771	Dec 2013	#108
Quite true.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#134
+1	Raine1967	Dec 2013	#172
My pleasure. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#230
too true	justabob	Dec 2013	#110
It's a colossal waste of human capital.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#343
Boomer checking in to say "I get it"	Lifelong Protester	Dec 2013	#113
Thank you.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#131
I would like to ask something of you, too, Laelth.....	llmart	Dec 2013	#244
I need to take some time to consider this post before I respond.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#345
i've had about as much "tough love" as i can stand.	Sheri	Dec 2013	#115
My pleasure, and thanks for the kind words. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#370
you're welcome, sweetie. nt	Sheri	Dec 2013	#419
It is quite true . . .	Brigid	Dec 2013	#122
Thanks for the response.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#348
People with disabilities have always faced this problem.	thucythucy	Dec 2013	#126
I appreciate your adding this perspective.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#353
The problem is the idea that simply creating a whole bunch more exotic degrees	lumberjack_jeff	Dec 2013	#135
my brother and his wife are on food stamps	southmost	Dec 2013	#136
The OP illustrates one of the many reasons why it DOES NOT MAKE SENSE to ...	Martin Eden	Dec 2013	#140
Hear, hear! n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#365
having been in the academic job market 20 yrs ago...	mike_c	Dec 2013	#141
I really can't accept "same as it ever was."	Laelth	Dec 2013	#368
I hear you....	mike_c	Dec 2013	#379
My expectations are quite low.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#381
Boomer tomato dude weighs in.....	NRaleighLiberal	Dec 2013	#142
+1	CountAllVotes	Dec 2013	#198
Lovely post, NRaleighLiberal.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#377
I can understand your feeling	riverbendviewgal	Dec 2013	#146
There's a reason GenX votes in record low numbers	jeff47	Dec 2013	#211
I greatly admired OWS	riverbendviewgal	Dec 2013	#218
Excellent analysis, jeff47. Thanks. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#378
Real love	CountAllVotes	Dec 2013	#148
Lovely post and a great story. Thanks. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#352
You think all us hippies voted for Reagan?	HomerRamone	Dec 2013	#150
This message was self-deleted by its author	CountAllVotes	Dec 2013	#154
If the welcome was for me, thanks but	HomerRamone	Dec 2013	#159
This message was self-deleted by its author	CountAllVotes	Dec 2013	#162
Divide et impera: plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose	struggle4progress	Dec 2013	#156
I thought I said the exact opposite.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#356
I saw that cartoon this morning.	leftyladyfrommo	Dec 2013	#163
I appreciate what you wrote.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#358
I saw this Doonsbury this morning, so was drawn to this OP	mountain grammy	Dec 2013	#167
What a beautiful post!	Laelth	Dec 2013	#366
Hang in there, kids! Times like this have happened before, just not as bad.	raging moderate	Dec 2013	#169
This time, it's lasting a lot longer.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#367
Strange.	Larabee9898	Dec 2013	#170
You have been very fortunate, perhaps? n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#373
A tale of two cities (and two countries and two cultures)	DFW	Dec 2013	#173
You have done well by your children. Kudos to you.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#374
I'd be very foolish if I didn't acknlowledge that n/t	DFW	Dec 2013	#399
I also want to say, I think you are better than we were.	raging moderate	Dec 2013	#185
Interesting analysis.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#375
I always think back to when I was in college.	Springslips	Dec 2013	#193
+1. Well said. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#376
The US was in an abnormal position 1945-1975	happyfunball	Dec 2013	#199
America begin declining in the 1980's during Reagan's terms in office.	Rex	Dec 2013	#202
No, the 1970's weren't all that	happyfunball	Dec 2013	#204
The problem I'm having with this is that there is an assumption	Skidmore	Dec 2013	#207
Thank you.....	llmart	Dec 2013	#349
This post deserves a response.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#385
An Engineering PhD has to wait tables??	philosslayer	Dec 2013	#208
Heard you the first time..	SomethingFishy	Dec 2013	#221
stop demonizing boomers	Skittles	Dec 2013	#222
Don't worry, Skittles.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#344
I'm Gen X (also with PhD) and almost everyone I know with a PhD has a decent job	aikoaiko	Dec 2013	#224
Well that was my first thought too, somewhat extreme.	Rex	Dec 2013	#225
Agreed.	aikoaiko	Dec 2013	#226
Are there lots of opportunities for people like you to hang out with waiters?	Laelth	Dec 2013	#380
My Ph.D. program tracks every graduate.	aikoaiko	Dec 2013	#391
Cool. Thanks for the response. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#392
What changed after Reagan?	JDPriestly	Dec 2013	#227
I am certainly no fan of "free" trade.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#387
As a boomer I do get it.	Pakid	Dec 2013	#228
I voted against Reagan twice. I hate Reagan's guts.	Enthusiast	Dec 2013	#231
My stepdaughter is just finishing up her degree in microbiology and immediately after is	1monster	Dec 2013	#232
20 years ago was better than this, 30 years ago was just as bad (early boomer)	diane in sf	Dec 2013	#240
Alas, it was the Boomer's PARENTS that gave us Reagan.	Demeter	Dec 2013	#241
How dare you say that!	CountAllVotes	Dec 2013	#362
My father sent him money	Demeter	Dec 2013	#369
For someone who didn't want generational warfare,	Curmudgeoness	Dec 2013	#247
I am sorry you dislike the thread.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#393
I was intrigued by this discussion,	Curmudgeoness	Dec 2013	#395
Fair enough.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#396
Well, it seems a Boomer like Garry Trudeau understands. But then, I'm not sure most understand....	Moonwalk	Dec 2013	#266
Good points.	llmart	Dec 2013	#351
Many of us late boomers went through this exactly in the early 80's	Tumbulu	Dec 2013	#268
Thanks for the response.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#402
Well, you raise a great question	Tumbulu	Dec 2013	#406
Thanks for the response.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#407
Yes, very true	Tumbulu	Dec 2013	#411
I just thought it was an interesting observation.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#412
I totally understand it	Lydia Leftcoast	Dec 2013	#276
The Millennials may save us all.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#390
As a late boomer, and a long time activist, I've been exhorting	Luminous Animal	Dec 2013	#281
k&r	avaistheone1	Dec 2013	#285
when they killed our heroes, JFK, MLK, RFK....what happened?	Chrom	Dec 2013	#315
You really think the money people who run things care about demonstrations?	djean111	Dec 2013	#326
Really? You need older people to fight? Do honestly believe that the majority of boomers have	Luminous Animal	Dec 2013	#389
I know some of these grads.	TxDemChem	Dec 2013	#282
I'd rather be lucky than good.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#394
"Boomers lack a frame of reference to understand how much harder it is to live in this world now."	Spitfire of ATJ	Dec 2013	#283
Most?	Kaleva	Dec 2013	#288
Boomer here - that not having a frame of reference? Bullshit. Born in 46, got one pair of shoes	djean111	Dec 2013	#302
Jobs were scarce when we got out of school, too.	leftyladyfrommo	Dec 2013	#317
Meanwhile we have overpaid assholes on TV telling us we don't deserve what we have.	Spitfire of ATJ	Dec 2013	#341
Broad brush? divisive? Look at the post which I had responded to.	Kaleva	Dec 2013	#324
I am so sorry - I didn't mean to reply to your post - my life as a Boomer likely was	djean111	Dec 2013	#325
A LOT of us boomers were the product of the flood of divorces in the 60s and 70s...	Spitfire of ATJ	Dec 2013	#340
No need to apologize!	Kaleva	Dec 2013	#346
I am pretty resourceful, can stretch a dollar a loooong way,	djean111	Dec 2013	#354
You ought to check out the Frugal Living group here at DU	Kaleva	Dec 2013	#357
Thanks! I will check that out right now.	djean111	Dec 2013	#360
"Money isn't everything."	Spitfire of ATJ	Dec 2013	#323
Precisely.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#350
In California apartments that used to go for $350 a month shoot up to $1,100 in 15 years....	Spitfire of ATJ	Dec 2013	#359
The joblessness of those who have very good educations is very rarely discussed	truedelphi	Dec 2013	#355
This boomer graduated at in 1982. Multiple degrees.	Yo_Mama	Dec 2013	#386
.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#388
I don't rmember life ever being very easy.	leftyladyfrommo	Dec 2013	#400
You are not a boomer to this boomer....	Bennyboy	Dec 2013	#403
The reason that shift happened was because the economy sucked so bad	Yo_Mama	Dec 2013	#404
My trade, Tilesetter/mason pays less, much less today	Bennyboy	Dec 2013	#405
All corrections go too far	Yo_Mama	Dec 2013	#410
Very informative post. Thanks. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#408
Uh huh... a whole generation of doctorate holders... That must be it...	Decaffeinated	Dec 2013	#398
Your scorn and derision are noted.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#401
For many people I know relocation is...	meaculpa2011	Dec 2013	#409
LOT OF TIME BEING WASTED ON THIS.....	Blus4u	Dec 2013	#413
Welcome to DU. n/t	Laelth	Dec 2013	#414
You might as well be yelling this into a wishing well. If the Boomers were capable of	jtuck004	Dec 2013	#415
Sadly, it feels that way sometimes.	Laelth	Dec 2013	#416
Just look around. We can't get enough debt, yet it is the very thing that is killing us.	jtuck004	Dec 2013	#417

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