tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post2403090668116244466..comments2023-12-30T10:06:37.450+00:00Comments on HousingPANIC - The Housing Bubble Blog with an Attitude Problem, 2005 - 2008: Are the Baby Boomers "The Worst Generation"? Let the epic Boomer / GenXY Battle beginbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-51021651254926040432008-05-05T05:16:00.000+01:002008-05-05T05:16:00.000+01:00"Whiny, hateful, miserable always gloomy Gen XY. G..."Whiny, hateful, miserable always gloomy Gen XY. Good. I'm glad your future will be something to whine about. I hope it is endless suffering without any hope. Your miserable shitty asses will reap what you sow. You will be buried in shit because you are shit"<BR/><BR/>_________________________<BR/><BR/>And you are the type of baby boomer that I will be happy to shove in the shittiest, most run-down retirement home I can possibly find. Have a good day, sir.<BR/><BR/>Now for the rest of the Baby Boomers, I know that there are a lot of good ones out there, and the idiot I quoted and replied to gives you all a bad name. I know how that feels...I'm a Generation Y (22 years old) and I'm given a bad name because of all the punk ass "gang bangers" and hip-hop dipshits running around. And I just know 50 years from now, future generations will blame me for something that the rest of my generation did even if I had no part in it. I KNOW that's going to happen for sure.<BR/><BR/>So the blame game serves no purpose. The real question is: What do we do now? We just might have to go back to the old days where the whole family lives under one roof. Grandparents can stay at home and help raise the grandchildren while the parents are at work. That way, we have children who are actually taught right from wrong, and then we won't have to worry about another Virginia Tech or Columbine.<BR/><BR/>This is just my vision, I don't know what's really going to happen. Maybe it's something really good....maybe it's something really bad...All I know, is that shit has to change-and soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-86579464066495055082007-05-15T02:02:00.000+01:002007-05-15T02:02:00.000+01:00Whiny, hateful, miserable always gloomy Gen XY. G...Whiny, hateful, miserable always gloomy Gen XY. Good. I'm glad your future will be something to whine about. I hope it is endless suffering without any hope. Your miserable shitty asses will reap what you sow. You will be buried in shit because you are shitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-61626101529037945472007-05-08T20:03:00.000+01:002007-05-08T20:03:00.000+01:00Dump the generational BS. There are plenty of peo...Dump the generational BS. There are plenty of people that fill the boomers "character" in other generations, and there are plenty of good, hardworking, conscientious people in the boomer generation. <BR/><BR/>The boomers certainly were poised to take advantage of the credit bubble, more so than other generations, but still that credit bubble was not the doing of a generation, but of the central banks. <BR/><BR/>Generational bickering will go nowhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-79692347968620488192007-05-08T08:11:00.000+01:002007-05-08T08:11:00.000+01:00It seems like Gen XY want to take the bus ride wi...It seems like Gen XY want to take the bus ride without paying the fare .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-49351943027761186652007-05-08T06:24:00.000+01:002007-05-08T06:24:00.000+01:00Nobody age 18 or over is owed a thing by their par...Nobody age 18 or over is owed a thing by their parents, including any "inheritance." It's their money and their choice. If one's parents are rotten people, then leave them be and move on. Let 'em go. You'll be better off in the long run. You don't owe them anything either, by the way. <BR/><BR/>These nonsensical government programs will inevitably fail, and these false ties between younger workers and older retirees will fall to pieces, as they should. <BR/><BR/>I don't believe in public schools, either! They're a boondoggle and a disgrace! Not to mention an indoctrination center for government propaganda...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-24078145236239459492007-05-08T06:18:00.000+01:002007-05-08T06:18:00.000+01:00I hate shopping, and I hate buying things. It's a ...I hate shopping, and I hate buying things. It's a waste of time and mostly unpleasant. I am quite happy with very few possessions, and this helps to save time for things that matter. Modern marketing is quite alien to me, and I think that it has helped to drive this country into the abyss. It's an accelerant for greed, like gasoline for fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-50326961377281678732007-05-08T05:16:00.000+01:002007-05-08T05:16:00.000+01:00Welfare programs started with the "New Deal " beca...Welfare programs started with the "New Deal " because of the depression . <BR/>Are you really blaming Baby Boomers for keeping welfare programs for the poor that were started years before BB's were of age ?<BR/>Civil rights was a very important issue during the 50's and 60's ,and even now they are .I lived in a time in which I saw black people not allowed into places .<BR/><BR/>The baby boomers were born into a society that was sick in many respects . I can tell you for a fact that BB's in their youth thought that materialism sucked .Where do you think the patched bell-bottom jeans came from .If you listen to 50'-70's music you could get a idea of what the thoughts of baby boomers were .<BR/><BR/>But like any generation Baby Boomers were a product of what was dished out to them .<BR/><BR/>I had no idea until I started reading blogs that the younger generations had this much hate for the boomers . <BR/><BR/>If you want to blame something for the state of the world today ,maybe it was TV that messed everything up .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-81635893656479109962007-05-08T04:31:00.000+01:002007-05-08T04:31:00.000+01:00sinis . Do you have any idea how much a baby boome...sinis . <BR/><BR/>Do you have any idea how much a baby boomer puts into SSI after 45 to 50 years ? Alot more than the little benefit that you end up getting . <BR/><BR/>Just like I thought some of you have rich kid envy . If you weren't born with a silver-spoon in your mouth ,than get over it. Your not mad at baby boomers ,your mad because you weren't born into a rich family .Are you going to mess up you life because of your envy and really think that you can't make a good life for yourself unless you get what the rich kids get . <BR/>Life is not fair ,get over it . I think you also might feel that being rich is the only way to a happy life , which isn't true . Just do the best you can with what you got and have been given . What other choice do you have because it's not going to get you anywhere wanting to be a rich kid and resenting that your not . <BR/><BR/>I would agree that people who are poor have a harder time making it and they might not ever reach the heights that rich kids can .I know the young people today have alot of anger . The world is getting more dog eat dog and I don't like it as much as you don't. I wish the best for you younger people and you people are smart enough to make great headway on the earth I think .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-26023495840712018312007-05-08T00:51:00.000+01:002007-05-08T00:51:00.000+01:00The baby boomers will pass on their wealth to thei...<B>The baby boomers will pass on their wealth to their children (if there is anything left) ,but you spoiled brats don't like the fact that Boomers might spend some of their own earned money on medical care or trying to have a nice retirement .</B><BR/><BR/>Thats just horseshit! BB HAVE NOT SPENT jack shit into SS, with regards to current and future output. Basically your welfare programs are tanking this generation and the Nation. Step up to the plate and demand that you get what you put into it and not a thin red cent more? Ain't going to do it are you? Didn't think so...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-53611612514030396692007-05-07T22:59:00.000+01:002007-05-07T22:59:00.000+01:00"it just seems like the whole world thinks they sh..."it just seems like the whole world thinks they should get everything for free without working for it and anybody who has something should just hand it over to someone else."<BR/><BR/>Gen X & Y is not asking for free goods. But we believe that BBs should treat life like an airplane toilet: you leave it in a better condition than it was found.<BR/><BR/>Baby Boomers' selfish legacy is the environment in shambles, a huge deficit, SS and Medicare insolvent, bubbles on every sector of the economy, an immigration out of control, higher poverty, the dollar weak, made all of us China's bitches, jobs with depressed wages, and no benefits, educational system broken and expensive, obese kids with diabetes, and the list goes on and on. You BBs should be ashamed of yourselves.<BR/><BR/>Go lease another Corvette you can't afford and import a bride from the Philippines, bunch of freaks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-73516062743709828102007-05-07T22:47:00.000+01:002007-05-07T22:47:00.000+01:00Funny story. A few years ago, I was taking a Marke...Funny story. A few years ago, I was taking a Marketing class (top 10 in the country) in a reputable B-School, given by a professor that was nominated "Marketing Professor of the Year" by BusinessWeek.<BR/><BR/>The professor told us that marketing companies don't like to target Gen Xs because they are too shrewd and cynic (= savvy). In other words, it was much easier for marketing companies to target the other generations because they are dumb, easier to fool.<BR/><BR/>True story, ask any marketing professional. No wonder Karl Rove makes Baby Boomers his bitches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-33210805943608209972007-05-07T22:36:00.000+01:002007-05-07T22:36:00.000+01:00"I think the younger generations want everything n..."I think the younger generations want everything now . Do you really think that it didn't take years for the average baby boomer to build up wealth ?"<BR/><BR/>Yeah, and then what do they do with it? The blow on bingo, selfish crap from China, gas guzzlers SUVs, expensive hookers or imported wives from Russia or Thailand, flipping properties, living large beyond their means.<BR/><BR/>Baby Boomers don't help their kids getting started in life knowing that good jobs and affordable housing are tougher to get these days, thanks to BB's irresponsible behavior. BTW, thanks for voting Bush and Cheney into office twice, making our future even more difficult and screwed up.<BR/><BR/>I really don't agree with this reasoning that making the kids of baby boomers go through hell in purpose, with a high probability of not having crap for retirement, is a great strategy to tough the kids up and make them succesful. That's another classic selfish excuse of disgusting Baby Boomers.<BR/><BR/>I have lots of rich friends that had an easier start because their parents helped them out financially, by paying for their expensive medical or law school, funding their business projects, helping them focus on their goals instead of distracting crap like health insurance, food, and a roof over the head. That's why the rich gets richer in this country, because they pass the wealth and knowledge to their kids, use their connections to get them good jobs, business contracts, or set their practices. Life is short and freaking expensive, so I would appreciate if my parents didn't blow all the money in BS and helped me out to save years of wasting my time with odd jobs, while my friends are going to good universities and starting early in life, to get all the opportunities first (like cheaper housing).<BR/><BR/>If you really think that having a tough life makes you successful, Africa would be a first world continent. It's stupid to think that making your kids suffer, instead of sending them to Wharton or Harvard, makes them more apt to succeed in life. Baby Boomers never respect the value of a dollar, that's why they come up with stupid excuses like that. Baby Boomers, the generation that destroyed the planet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-8519969531573143682007-05-07T21:48:00.000+01:002007-05-07T21:48:00.000+01:00Greenspan's not a Boomer, you moron.Greenspan's not a Boomer, you moron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-27505826962513288222007-05-07T17:12:00.000+01:002007-05-07T17:12:00.000+01:00"Did you know that pre-boomer they could declare a..."Did you know that pre-boomer they could declare anybody insane and imprison them in an institution to be castrated, used for medical experimentation, or as slaves? Orphans were treated that way y'know? Not now, however, thanks to whom?"<BR/><BR/>I think you're exaggerating, but we really should still institutionalize people then we might avoid situations like Virginia Tech.gsanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05533954512018638111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-35653309965772137282007-05-07T16:44:00.000+01:002007-05-07T16:44:00.000+01:00I think the younger generations want everything n...I think the younger generations want everything now . Do you really think that it didn't take years for the average baby boomer to build up wealth ? After you put 50 years into working than you tell me if you think you should be killed off like your children want .<BR/><BR/>The baby boomers will pass on their wealth to their children (if there is anything left) ,but you spoiled brats don't like the fact that Boomers might spend some of their own earned money on medical care or trying to have a nice retirement .<BR/><BR/>Many boomers are going to be starving in retirement because they didn't save enough and that will be their own fault, but why should you resent the boomers that did save for their retirement ? <BR/>If your employer doesn't offer benefits than you must provide for the future yourself .<BR/><BR/>it just seems like the whole world thinks they should get everything for free without working for it and anybody who has something should just hand it over to someone else .Look at history and you will see how much people liked to raid or steal other peoples wealth they worked hard for . Raiders of the lost ark . <BR/><BR/>There are many people who would be just very happy to take over America or defeat it because they know that the youth of America are a bunch of give me give me brats .<BR/><BR/>Sure the baby boomers were the first generation in America that got the benefits of mass production and a good job market after the war and depression . Sure some baby boomers abused the the great blank slate they had to work with . <BR/><BR/>i don't know why people don't want to save for the future but maybe it's because the youth do not believe there is any future ,so they live for today .You have to know that there might not be a future and work toward it anyway . <BR/>The baby boomer tried to fight against war that would blow up this earth also.<BR/><BR/>We live in a world of a battle between the have and have nots .This has been going on since the dawn of man .At least in America we have laws that try to protect a person earning their way to a better life .<BR/><BR/>I worked 16 hour days for years of my life to try to get ahead and I'm a baby boomer . I admit that one could get ahead in the timespan that I was working but it wasn't easy . My depression era parents didn't give me anything . In fact when I started building wealth I gave my parents alot of things they could not afford .I would always visit my parents and give them respect .<BR/><BR/>I would suggest that instead of hating the people who brought you into the world ,just work to get what you want in life .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-82713797515834447832007-05-07T14:58:00.000+01:002007-05-07T14:58:00.000+01:00"I have a huge age gap with my siblings, who are b..."I have a huge age gap with my siblings, who are baby boomers. They never paid for crap, went to private universities, got nice cars by 16, and enjoyed the money until there was nothing left from my father's estate by the time I was 10. I was the only one in the family who started working by age 15, out of the house by 18, bought my first car with my own money, paid for my own college education, and never went back to live at home even during my toughest times (and I had plenty). My BB siblings did all that, plus had babies without having a pot to pi** in.<BR/><BR/>During all my adult life, while living far away from home, neither my mom nor my brothers ever sent me a xmas card, b-day card, or called me to check how I was doing...not even an email. They only called when there was bad news or bills to pay. After I paid for most expenses, they took over my mom's house and everything that was inside of it."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Be glad of those experiences - they make you far more tough, creative and resilient than the majority of the people you will ever meet. Each of us is shaped by our experiences.<BR/><BR/>"If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,<BR/>Or walk with kings – nor lose the common touch,<BR/>If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;<BR/>If all men count with you, but none too much,<BR/>If you can fill the unforgiving minute<BR/>With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,<BR/>Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,<BR/>And – which is more – you'll be a Man, my son!<BR/><BR/>Rudyard Kipling"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-5969963196528633732007-05-07T14:51:00.000+01:002007-05-07T14:51:00.000+01:00Every generationBlames the one beforeAnd all of th...Every generation<BR/>Blames the one before<BR/>And all of their frustrations<BR/>Come beating on your door<BR/><BR/>I know that I'm a prisoner<BR/>To all my Father held so dear<BR/>I know that I'm a hostage<BR/>To all his hopes and fears<BR/>I just wish I could have told him in the living years<BR/><BR/>Crumpled bits of paper<BR/>Filled with imperfect thought<BR/>Stilted conversations<BR/>I'm afraid that's all we've got<BR/><BR/>You say you just don't see it<BR/>He says it's perfect sense<BR/>You just can't get agreement<BR/>In this present tense<BR/>We all talk a different language<BR/>Talking in defense<BR/><BR/>Say it loud, say it clear<BR/>You can listen as well as you hear<BR/>It's too late when we die<BR/>To admit we don't see eye to eye<BR/><BR/>So we open up a quarrel<BR/>Between the present and the past<BR/>We only sacrifice the future<BR/>It's the bitterness that lasts<BR/><BR/>So Don't yield to the fortunes<BR/>You sometimes see as fate<BR/>It may have a new perspective<BR/>On a different date<BR/>And if you don't give up, and don't give in<BR/>You may just be O.K.<BR/><BR/>Say it loud, say it clear<BR/>You can listen as well as you hear<BR/>It's too late when we die<BR/>To admit we don't see eye to eye<BR/><BR/>I wasn't there that morning<BR/>When my Father passed away<BR/>I didn't get to tell him<BR/>All the things I had to say<BR/><BR/>I think I caught his spirit<BR/>Later that same year<BR/>I'm sure I heard his echo<BR/>In my baby's new born tears<BR/>I just wish I could have told him in the living years<BR/><BR/>Say it loud, say it clear<BR/>You can listen as well as you hear<BR/>It's too late when we die<BR/>To admit we don't see eye to eye <BR/>Lyrics > Mike & the Mechanics Lyrics > Mike & the Mechanics The Living Years LyricsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-21001633413237833942007-05-07T14:49:00.000+01:002007-05-07T14:49:00.000+01:00"Every generation blames the one before"Mike and t..."Every generation blames the one before"<BR/><BR/>Mike and the Mechanics<BR/>The Living YearsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-49104889312062233932007-05-07T14:46:00.000+01:002007-05-07T14:46:00.000+01:00"While it is true that the Boomers are a spoiled n..."While it is true that the Boomers are a spoiled narcissistic generation, most of the Gen Xrs I see are just as bad if not worse."<BR/><BR/>Yep, the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. They (both generations) deserve one another, IMHO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-49974415249233149792007-05-07T11:41:00.000+01:002007-05-07T11:41:00.000+01:00"These notions of "greatest generation," "boomers"..."These notions of "greatest generation," "boomers", "gen-x," "gen-y" are just an invention, a mirage, and a tool to confuse and separate people from each other and from themselves."<BR/><BR/>Apparently you never had a freaking Marketing class in your life. I had 4 in B-School and work daily with that crap.<BR/><BR/>Do you really believe that Fortune 100 companies base their multi million dollar ad campaigns on "inventions"? These mega-companies must be all stupid. I suggest you read a book about marketing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-91117970700296880172007-05-07T11:07:00.000+01:002007-05-07T11:07:00.000+01:00BTW Baby Boomers, thanks for destroying the enviro...BTW Baby Boomers, thanks for destroying the environment with your sick consumerism and by voting into office war mongers and oil men.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-43131157436780725252007-05-07T10:58:00.000+01:002007-05-07T10:58:00.000+01:00I'm a Gen X. My father left my mother well-off but...I'm a Gen X. My father left my mother well-off but died when I was four.<BR/><BR/>She blew all my inheritance, all the properties, all the stocks, all the jewels, savings, etc, by playing bingo, living large, co-signing and lending money to crooks disguised as friends & family, and being irresponsible.<BR/><BR/>After my mom died, I had to pay for a bunch of back taxes on her little house (the only thing left), as well as funeral and other expenses. One of the pensions my father left to her, the only one she couldn't possibly lose it even if she tried hard, paid $5k per month + house paid off + good health insurance. Before she blew everything off, her income was in excess of $15k per month. My mother never worked a day in her life.<BR/><BR/>I have a huge age gap with my siblings, who are baby boomers. They never paid for crap, went to private universities, got nice cars by 16, and enjoyed the money until there was nothing left from my father's estate by the time I was 10. I was the only one in the family who started working by age 15, out of the house by 18, bought my first car with my own money, paid for my own college education, and never went back to live at home even during my toughest times (and I had plenty). My BB siblings did all that, plus had babies without having a pot to pi** in.<BR/><BR/>During all my adult life, while living far away from home, neither my mom nor my brothers ever sent me a xmas card, b-day card, or called me to check how I was doing...not even an email. They only called when there was bad news or bills to pay. After I paid for most expenses, they took over my mom's house and everything that was inside of it.<BR/><BR/>Baby Boomers suck! Bunch of selfish and irresponsible bastards. I know a bunch of baby boomer stories like mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-43431020932150933542007-05-07T08:57:00.000+01:002007-05-07T08:57:00.000+01:00To the posters that bring up the point that the ba...To the posters that bring up the point that the baby boomers had it made in the shade based on the time they were born ,and they blew it . <BR/><BR/>I guess you would have to grow up as a baby boomer to understand the psychological forces we were dealing with . Our parents were shell-shocked because of the Depression and WORLD WAR II. All they cared about is saving a dime and boomers felt they needed to rebel against our parents fear of Depression . Boomers felt unloved and that all our parents cared about is capitalism . So peace , love and rock and roll was a way to try to seek balance in a world where only money mattered .<BR/><BR/> Boomers in their youth hated capitalism and the concept of war .Boomers tried to go for saving the earth ,living off the land ,making love not war ,working on civil rights and womens rights .<BR/>The boomers eventually needed to get jobs and grow up because they found out you could not live on love . <BR/><BR/>Boomers did have the benefit of a good job market . Any boomer that had a good work ethic could get ahead in life . <BR/><BR/>Now the younger generations are faced with a a job market that is not as good and Coporations that do not offer as many benefits as the boomer employers did .<BR/><BR/>Inflation has screwed everybody .<BR/><BR/>All the causes that are becoming so important today the boomers tried to work on in their youth ,but they were unsucessful with alot of the causes .Eventually the boomers like everyone else started to realize that the system is rigged .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-39026082143430728422007-05-07T08:41:00.000+01:002007-05-07T08:41:00.000+01:00Alan Greenspan a boomer? Are you kidding? Maybe if...Alan Greenspan a boomer? Are you kidding? Maybe if by "boomer" you mean a guy who fired cannons during the Civil War...TMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972726941993291842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-90150334188528715182007-05-07T06:03:00.000+01:002007-05-07T06:03:00.000+01:00"I’m 50, I guess that makes me the tail end of the..."I’m 50, I guess that makes me the tail end of the Baby boomers."<BR/><BR/>Translated from baby boomer sophistry " I guess that makes me the donkeys ass".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com