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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boomers live in an echo chamber - nothing will penetrate it. More than these arguments about mortgages the real bitterness is over the feeling that the boomers pulled the ladder up behind them after enjoying things like pensions, unions, well funded state schools, etc. [/quote]

I'll bite.

Sucks being you.  Too bad; so sad  :cry: [/quote]

eh I'm GenX, got a job with no real qualifications, a college degree with small loans, a house during the 2008 crash, and going to retire early with plenty.

My parents are Silent Generation so I've not a big stake in this fight, other than be pleased that on the whole boomers are fading from the public eye. [/quote]

So is Genx who are close to retirement age.   Younger boomers and older genX are siblings and cousins.   That shows just how silly this whole thing is. [/quote]

It's silly because not everyone lucked out with timing or achieved success.  It's a stupid debate.  Successful people did well, wow.  Water is wet.  There are many broke boomers who live hand to mouth on SS and don't own anything, and there are many Gen X who have accumulated no wealth whatsoever.   There are also wealthy millenials and GenZ.    If you got wiped out by the crisis in 2008 and lost your source of income in addition you would be singing a different tune.  If whatever factors in economy made you lose your job or killed your career prospects and you failed to pivot to another equally or better paying field, you would find yourself screwed regardless of what generation you are.  Market crashes and mass unemployment happen time to time, not everyone reacts the same way.  Sometimes people panic and make decisions that hurt them later.  No generation is immune from this.   Smugness adds no value.  [/quote]

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