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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:07 PM Original message |
New study finds baby boomers are in a funk |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. indeed. nt |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. No shit. Pile all that on top of politicians gunning to cut Social Security and Medicare. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. They should have never voted for Reagan, especially twice. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. There's a big chunk of they who didn't |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. A lot fewer voted for Reagan than their elders did |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I didn't mean it as a smear, sorry.. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. I didn't vote for Reagan, and neither did anyone I knew at the time |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
73. I've seen people blame Gen X for Reagan! Most of us weren't old enough to vote in 80 or 84. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. No this one of them |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Some did. *puke* Don't blame me! |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Yes...Me. n/t |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I didn't vote for Reagan or either Bush and I'm a boomer. |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Me too. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Because money can buy power |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Agreed (with the help of the "greatest generation") |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. none of my "Greatest Generation" relatives ever |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Carter, Clinton, Gore,Kerry, Obama... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. never voted for ONE of these SOBS you name |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. This boomer never voted for either of them...Even once. |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. NEVER voted for Reagan or any Bush, and I'm a boomer. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Paint with a broad brush much? Giving GOP THEIVES a free pass? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I've already apoligized, and never said all baby boomers were Republicans. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Okay. I forgive... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. 'they' is a great big false net |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
62. Broad brush much? |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
69. I did? I voted for Reagan, Bush, and Bush? Dang! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
72. who is "they"?? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. 45 years ago = 1965. These are NOT Baby Boomers, who are the children of returning WWII Vets! |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Agreed....I always thought that was absurd. n/t |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Not necessarily just the children of WWll vets |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. I don't give a rat's arse what the revisionists claim! |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Those born between 1945/46 and 1964/65 had always been considered Boomers |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
77. Interesting, I always thought the cut-off date was 1959. I heard there was a substantial dropoff in |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Exactly! I see the post above you says the same too. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Born in 1962. Dad was a Battle of the Bulge vet. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Actually, Dad doesn't have to be a vet for you to qualify. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. True that. But a DOB of 1965 |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. That's a bit old for Gen X, too, though. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. No, It's Core Gen-X |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. Gen-X is folks born from 1961 to 1981, Boomers are 1943 to 1960. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. That's the time lines I've always heard......... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
79. Same here! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. It IS the origin of the term, but okay. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Yep. The reporter is more than a wee bit off there. nt |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
63. These generational labels are completely arbitrary anyway. |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
66. Wrong. |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. another boomer here |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've been in a funk since funkin Nixon. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. Don't say Recession, say Banana! |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. All right, already! I admitted I'm in a funk. Enough with the intervention! |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. Well of course they are - their 401Ks were looted and they |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. Deja' vu for real ain't fun. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
37. Deleted message |
bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. hateful and ignorant comment. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. Attention Baby Boomers: |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
43. And now it looks like we'll be losing the internet to big business and marketing. |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. This talk about different 'generations' is horseshit. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
45. It all depends on what sort of funk. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #45 |
68. word!! |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
46. I think boomers and millenials were hit hardest by the recession |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Two and part of a third generation are now suffering... |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
76. great assessment and I totally agree (I'm a millennial for the record) |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
48. Hey Uh Kids? You're the BIGGEST FRIGGING VOTING BLOCK! |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. LOL! + 1000! nt. |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
49. They needed a study to figure that out? |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
51. everyone's in a funk.... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
54. You mean the boomers who took away all the social programs they enjoyed when they were young? |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Think much? Or do you always shoot from the lip? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I've thought about this quite a bit, so ask yourself the question you've just asked me |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
55. If I were a Boomer I would be in a funk, too. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Do you think Odin |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Not unless he quits acting like Hoover. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. I'm not referring to whether he's been a good or bad leader |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
65. "Baby Boomers" is an it, not a them |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
67. I've been in the funk for a long time |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
70. Lots of people focus on the good things Boomers experienced, but forget |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
74. Of course they are. Boomers were sold bogus hope & change and now Social Security |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
75. I imagine they are, especially the back end that has worked their lives away |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
78. Funk is putting it mildly. |
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Elmore Furth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
80. Reality is a Bitch! |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
81. I guess I'll find the time to worry about this |
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