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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 08:02 AM Original message |
Generation Vexed: Young Americans rein in their dreams |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's finally time to re-evaluate the dreams and goals altogether... |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep.....and it's SOOOO hard to get people to accept it. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. +1 |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Our entire system of values and priorities.... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Because energy is cheap |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. And America is still promoting mindless consumerism despite the crisis. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. in what sense is working for a non-profit, getting married & buying a house "mindless consumerism"? |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Huh? I wasn't referring to the woman in the story. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. my error then. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. just spent late into the night talking to niece, two nephews and a friend of theirs |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Yep. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. this older american has reined in his dreams, too. |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You're not alone. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. That's because if we did it would be a riot... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
9. "...marriages put off" |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I wonder why they would need to put a marriage off |
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Worried senior (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes, us older ones have put off our dreams too |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. And couples should |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. I want it and I want it now |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. Poet Langston Hughes said it best: |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. It wasn't much better for tail end Boomers who largely missed out on Real Estate gains |
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