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rwsanders

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6. I'm not a boomer (my dad was born in '38), but by age could be...

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 14, 2013, 01:09 PM

Nov 2013

and I'm disgusted that they rode on the wave of prosperity brought on by the ones that suffered through the great depression and WW2 and think that they did it on their own. They seem to be perfectly happy to have our technology, manufacturing capability and jobs shipped overseas as long as it keeps their stock dividends up.
Sad that the children of the greatest generation seems to have grown into the "I've got mine, leave me alone" generation.

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