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Anonymous wrote:As a Gen Xer who graduated into the recession of the early 90s and then endured the financial crisis I find the millennial attitude/ignorance that they are apparently the first generation ever to face economic hardship laughable. This generation has been feeding at their boomer parents trough all their lives is on track to receive the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history.

The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history occurred when the Greatest Generation who served in WWII passed their wealth to their Boomer children. The Baby Boomers, now in their 60s and 70s, squandered their children's futures. They did.

+1.

And just look at our escalating national debt. The boomers won't care if our country goes broke so long as their Social Security and Medicare is generously funded until they're dead.

Basically they're taking one last deep swig and then will toss the empty bottle to the younger generations.

And millennials are their children, so.
Yeah bc a $12M entry point for estate taxes (see: Boomers) in the wake of the longest bill market and lowest interest rates in history definitely is setting you up for serious deprivation.

This ALL benefiting boomers right now, not younger generations. They're the ones inheriting tax free, they are they ones riding the bull market into retirement, etc.

This. Some Millenials and Gen Z might inherit some of this wealth, but the vast majority likely will not. I know in our family, we are banking on nothing. My ILs pension and paid off home is going to pay for international travel and then will be channelled into end-of-life care -- we don't expect there to be anything left over. Maybe 40k or something that we would just funnel straight into our kid's college fund. My parents have more but they also have a lot more kids and grand kids and a history of very questionable financial choices.

+1000. My boomer parents recently inherited my grandparent's large house by the beach plus a million dollar nest egg. They could have lived in the beach house and/or run it as a family compound for the benefit of all. But what did they do? They immediately sold the house and liquidated the nest egg. They also keep bragging how they are flush now and 100% intent on spending it all on a gold-plated retirement. This could have been family wealth to help with future college for the grandkids or just to be passed down the generations. But no, they are laughing away the money as we speak on a round-the-world luxury cruise for the next 6 months. Can't make this up.

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Anonymous wrote:I am 34 and I am NOT middle aged. F off.

How long do you think you’re going to live????

Look, the average American woman lives to be 80 years old, so you entered the MIDDLE third of your life before 30. I don’t understand why this is so offensive:
0–30 young
30-60 “middle” aged
60-90+ old

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Anonymous wrote:As a Gen Xer who graduated into the recession of the early 90s and then endured the financial crisis I find the millennial attitude/ignorance that they are apparently the first generation ever to face economic hardship laughable. This generation has been feeding at their boomer parents trough all their lives is on track to receive the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history.

The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history occurred when the Greatest Generation who served in WWII passed their wealth to their Boomer children. The Baby Boomers, now in their 60s and 70s, squandered their children's futures. They did.

+1.

And just look at our escalating national debt. The boomers won't care if our country goes broke so long as their Social Security and Medicare is generously funded until they're dead.

Basically they're taking one last deep swig and then will toss the empty bottle to the younger generations.

And millennials are their children, so.
Yeah bc a $12M entry point for estate taxes (see: Boomers) in the wake of the longest bill market and lowest interest rates in history definitely is setting you up for serious deprivation.

This ALL benefiting boomers right now, not younger generations. They're the ones inheriting tax free, they are they ones riding the bull market into retirement, etc.

This. Some Millenials and Gen Z might inherit some of this wealth, but the vast majority likely will not. I know in our family, we are banking on nothing. My ILs pension and paid off home is going to pay for international travel and then will be channelled into end-of-life care -- we don't expect there to be anything left over. Maybe 40k or something that we would just funnel straight into our kid's college fund. My parents have more but they also have a lot more kids and grand kids and a history of very questionable financial choices.

+1000. My boomer parents recently inherited my grandparent's large house by the beach plus a million dollar nest egg. They could have lived in the beach house and/or run it as a family compound for the benefit of all. But what did they do? They immediately sold the house and liquidated the nest egg. They also keep bragging how they are flush now and 100% intent on spending it all on a gold-plated retirement. This could have been family wealth to help with future college for the grandkids or just to be passed down the generations. But no, they are laughing away the money as we speak on a round-the-world luxury cruise for the next 6 months. Can't make this up.

So what? It’s their money – they don’t owe you an inheritance.

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Anonymous wrote:I am 34 and I am NOT middle aged. F off.

How long do you think you’re going to live????

Look, the average American woman lives to be 80 years old, so you entered the MIDDLE third of your life before 30. I don’t understand why this is so offensive:
0–30 young
30-60 “middle” aged
60-90+ old

Don’t be stupid – by that definition, a 27-year-old is middle-aged.

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Anonymous wrote:I am 34 and I am NOT middle aged. F off.

How long do you think you’re going to live????

Look, the average American woman lives to be 80 years old, so you entered the MIDDLE third of your life before 30. I don’t understand why this is so offensive:
0–30 young
30-60 “middle” aged
60-90+ old

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Anonymous wrote:As a Gen Xer who graduated into the recession of the early 90s and then endured the financial crisis I find the millennial attitude/ignorance that they are apparently the first generation ever to face economic hardship laughable. This generation has been feeding at their boomer parents trough all their lives is on track to receive the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history.

The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history occurred when the Greatest Generation who served in WWII passed their wealth to their Boomer children. The Baby Boomers, now in their 60s and 70s, squandered their children's futures. They did.

+1.

And just look at our escalating national debt. The boomers won't care if our country goes broke so long as their Social Security and Medicare is generously funded until they're dead.

Basically they're taking one last deep swig and then will toss the empty bottle to the younger generations.

And millennials are their children, so.
Yeah bc a $12M entry point for estate taxes (see: Boomers) in the wake of the longest bill market and lowest interest rates in history definitely is setting you up for serious deprivation.

This ALL benefiting boomers right now, not younger generations. They're the ones inheriting tax free, they are they ones riding the bull market into retirement, etc.

This. Some Millenials and Gen Z might inherit some of this wealth, but the vast majority likely will not. I know in our family, we are banking on nothing. My ILs pension and paid off home is going to pay for international travel and then will be channelled into end-of-life care -- we don't expect there to be anything left over. Maybe 40k or something that we would just funnel straight into our kid's college fund. My parents have more but they also have a lot more kids and grand kids and a history of very questionable financial choices.

+1000. My boomer parents recently inherited my grandparent's large house by the beach plus a million dollar nest egg. They could have lived in the beach house and/or run it as a family compound for the benefit of all. But what did they do? They immediately sold the house and liquidated the nest egg. They also keep bragging how they are flush now and 100% intent on spending it all on a gold-plated retirement. This could have been family wealth to help with future college for the grandkids or just to be passed down the generations. But no, they are laughing away the money as we speak on a round-the-world luxury cruise for the next 6 months. Can't make this up.

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Anonymous wrote:As a GenXer, my parents are both deceased and left me with nothing. I know I won't be getting an inheritance. Baby Boomers still won't retire, so I know I won't be getting a promotion. Millennials still won't stop complaining, so I know I won't be getting any Millennials to work for me.

Millennials don't have an understanding of what older people experienced in life because you just don't know any better. Your standard of living is based off of your Boomer parents standard of living. Colleges were redesigned for you to look like resorts. You were given endless supplies of free money for college, which you most likely will never pay back. You were on your parents health insurance until age 25.

Most generations before you did not grow up with the internet, cable tv, microwave ovens, trips all over the world, granite counter tops, and yes, avocado toast and $5 latte! LoL.

I like how the standard Gen X argument about generational differences these days is to accuse Millennial of complaining too much... while complaining.

We are tired of reading about it. I will complain about that. Oh, poor me, poor me.

Then don't read it.

The whining is ridiculous. You think Gen Xers never wrote about their experiences, sometimes complaining or comparing them to those of their parents? I'm sorry, can I introduce you to an entire genre of writing called "blogging" that was basically invented by and dominated by Gen Xers for an entire decade. And most blogging was confessional in style, essays about parenting, work, society, culture, and media. Some of those folks are still blogging, some have moved on to non-media jobs, some now have more traditional media jobs at this point. They were the original influencers and popularized the idea of becoming internet famous for having a point of view and opinions.

But yes, please tell me about how the occasional essay by a Millennial in their 30s about their lived experience is somehow too much. Or how ALL Millenials are rich and privileged because they will ALL inherit a bunch of money from their universally wealthy Boomer parents.

And then explain to me how Gen Xers, as a group, are amazing at suffering silently while Millenials are whiny. Because like many Gen Xers, I adore irony. But unlike you, I understand it.

I normally don't bother to read the whining. As for irony, I think millennials are in for a surprise regarding wealth transfer when their boomer parents kick off. Boomers will either spend every dime, donate it to some "worthy" cause, or attach crazy riders. Reverse mortgages make it is to transfer the wealth to someone and it isn't the millennial children.

Anonymous wrote:I am 34 and I am NOT middle aged. F off.

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Anonymous wrote:As a Gen Xer who graduated into the recession of the early 90s and then endured the financial crisis I find the millennial attitude/ignorance that they are apparently the first generation ever to face economic hardship laughable. This generation has been feeding at their boomer parents trough all their lives is on track to receive the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history.

The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history occurred when the Greatest Generation who served in WWII passed their wealth to their Boomer children. The Baby Boomers, now in their 60s and 70s, squandered their children's futures. They did.

+1.

And just look at our escalating national debt. The boomers won't care if our country goes broke so long as their Social Security and Medicare is generously funded until they're dead.

Basically they're taking one last deep swig and then will toss the empty bottle to the younger generations.

And millennials are their children, so.
Yeah bc a $12M entry point for estate taxes (see: Boomers) in the wake of the longest bill market and lowest interest rates in history definitely is setting you up for serious deprivation.

This ALL benefiting boomers right now, not younger generations. They're the ones inheriting tax free, they are they ones riding the bull market into retirement, etc.

This. Some Millenials and Gen Z might inherit some of this wealth, but the vast majority likely will not. I know in our family, we are banking on nothing. My ILs pension and paid off home is going to pay for international travel and then will be channelled into end-of-life care -- we don't expect there to be anything left over. Maybe 40k or something that we would just funnel straight into our kid's college fund. My parents have more but they also have a lot more kids and grand kids and a history of very questionable financial choices.

+1000. My boomer parents recently inherited my grandparent's large house by the beach plus a million dollar nest egg. They could have lived in the beach house and/or run it as a family compound for the benefit of all. But what did they do? They immediately sold the house and liquidated the nest egg. They also keep bragging how they are flush now and 100% intent on spending it all on a gold-plated retirement. This could have been family wealth to help with future college for the grandkids or just to be passed down the generations. But no, they are laughing away the money as we speak on a round-the-world luxury cruise for the next 6 months. Can't make this up.

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Anonymous wrote:As a Gen Xer who graduated into the recession of the early 90s and then endured the financial crisis I find the millennial attitude/ignorance that they are apparently the first generation ever to face economic hardship laughable. This generation has been feeding at their boomer parents trough all their lives is on track to receive the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history.

The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history occurred when the Greatest Generation who served in WWII passed their wealth to their Boomer children. The Baby Boomers, now in their 60s and 70s, squandered their children's futures. They did.

+1.

And just look at our escalating national debt. The boomers won't care if our country goes broke so long as their Social Security and Medicare is generously funded until they're dead.

Basically they're taking one last deep swig and then will toss the empty bottle to the younger generations.

And millennials are their children, so.
Yeah bc a $12M entry point for estate taxes (see: Boomers) in the wake of the longest bill market and lowest interest rates in history definitely is setting you up for serious deprivation.

This ALL benefiting boomers right now, not younger generations. They're the ones inheriting tax free, they are they ones riding the bull market into retirement, etc.

This. Some Millenials and Gen Z might inherit some of this wealth, but the vast majority likely will not. I know in our family, we are banking on nothing. My ILs pension and paid off home is going to pay for international travel and then will be channelled into end-of-life care -- we don't expect there to be anything left over. Maybe 40k or something that we would just funnel straight into our kid's college fund. My parents have more but they also have a lot more kids and grand kids and a history of very questionable financial choices.

+1000. My boomer parents recently inherited my grandparent's large house by the beach plus a million dollar nest egg. They could have lived in the beach house and/or run it as a family compound for the benefit of all. But what did they do? They immediately sold the house and liquidated the nest egg. They also keep bragging how they are flush now and 100% intent on spending it all on a gold-plated retirement. This could have been family wealth to help with future college for the grandkids or just to be passed down the generations. But no, they are laughing away the money as we speak on a round-the-world luxury cruise for the next 6 months. Can't make this up.

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Anonymous wrote:As a Gen Xer who graduated into the recession of the early 90s and then endured the financial crisis I find the millennial attitude/ignorance that they are apparently the first generation ever to face economic hardship laughable. This generation has been feeding at their boomer parents trough all their lives is on track to receive the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history.

The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history occurred when the Greatest Generation who served in WWII passed their wealth to their Boomer children. The Baby Boomers, now in their 60s and 70s, squandered their children's futures. They did.

+1.

And just look at our escalating national debt. The boomers won't care if our country goes broke so long as their Social Security and Medicare is generously funded until they're dead.

Basically they're taking one last deep swig and then will toss the empty bottle to the younger generations.

And millennials are their children, so.
Yeah bc a $12M entry point for estate taxes (see: Boomers) in the wake of the longest bill market and lowest interest rates in history definitely is setting you up for serious deprivation.

This ALL benefiting boomers right now, not younger generations. They're the ones inheriting tax free, they are they ones riding the bull market into retirement, etc.

This. Some Millenials and Gen Z might inherit some of this wealth, but the vast majority likely will not. I know in our family, we are banking on nothing. My ILs pension and paid off home is going to pay for international travel and then will be channelled into end-of-life care -- we don't expect there to be anything left over. Maybe 40k or something that we would just funnel straight into our kid's college fund. My parents have more but they also have a lot more kids and grand kids and a history of very questionable financial choices.

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Anonymous wrote:As a Gen Xer who graduated into the recession of the early 90s and then endured the financial crisis I find the millennial attitude/ignorance that they are apparently the first generation ever to face economic hardship laughable. This generation has been feeding at their boomer parents trough all their lives is on track to receive the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history.

The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history occurred when the Greatest Generation who served in WWII passed their wealth to their Boomer children. The Baby Boomers, now in their 60s and 70s, squandered their children's futures. They did.

+1.

And just look at our escalating national debt. The boomers won't care if our country goes broke so long as their Social Security and Medicare is generously funded until they're dead.

Basically they're taking one last deep swig and then will toss the empty bottle to the younger generations.

And millennials are their children, so.
Yeah bc a $12M entry point for estate taxes (see: Boomers) in the wake of the longest bill market and lowest interest rates in history definitely is setting you up for serious deprivation.

This ALL benefiting boomers right now, not younger generations. They're the ones inheriting tax free, they are they ones riding the bull market into retirement, etc.