Anonymous wrote:Well I feel like I was born too early...there was no ACA when I was young, I had to leave my parents' insurance at age 22, there was no (federal) paid parental leave when I had my children, we didn't really have internet forums where you could research every college and career choice.
Every age has pros and cons.

This. Colleges also didn’t have pledges that poor kids would be debt free. If I were going to college today, I’d be debt free. I was top 5% and had a high SAT. My parents made $50k combined and had no savings.

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely.

The way it’s currently operating it’s socialism for the boomers and the dregs of capitalism for younger millennials and zoomers. A modern FDR would serve us well.

The national debt is $31 trillion, and you want additional government spending?? How would additional spending work out? I think there is a huge amount of waste in Federal spending. It stimulates the economy but at what cost?

I feel the private sector is the real driver in the economy. With the rise in government spending you will see more red tape and lower returns in the stock market. The entrance of the federal government into student loans has led to a much higher rise in college costs as a prime example. And also in healthcare you see government involvement driving up costs. Our defense budget is bloated because government is very inefficient in its spending and procurement. I could go on.

What are you complaining about? If you're a woman, you might be able to work from home if you become a mom. You don't know how lucky you are. The WFH jobs didn't exist not too long ago.

Anonymous wrote:Same when I graduated in a recession in 1992.

Same here. Didn't buy our first house until we were 35.

30+ years later we've worked our way up to a less desirable portion of MoCo, and still have another 20 years on our mortgage.

The only people who got a break recently were early millennials / later Xer's who graduated during boom years and immediately bought a house.

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Anonymous wrote:Asset prices are insanely pumped right now, anyone just starting their career with no family money to help is screwed. Growth is probably going to suck for the next 20-30 years because of how overvalued the stock and real estate markets are right now. I’m pissed that I was born too late to benefit from any of it. Older generations got their 7%+ returns and now gen Z and younger millennials will be stuck with crappy 3-5% returns based on most forecasts.

OMG, shut up stupid entitled millennial/gen z brat. I'm so sick of you guys complaining all the time about how your lives are so hard, mommy/daddy are just awful people, blah blah blah. Grow up. You're presumably in your 30s you should consider acting like ite.

-Young Gen X.

K boomer

That doesn’t work because they’re literally not a boomer.

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Anonymous wrote:Asset prices are insanely pumped right now, anyone just starting their career with no family money to help is screwed. Growth is probably going to suck for the next 20-30 years because of how overvalued the stock and real estate markets are right now. I’m pissed that I was born too late to benefit from any of it. Older generations got their 7%+ returns and now gen Z and younger millennials will be stuck with crappy 3-5% returns based on most forecasts.

True. But at least we get to benefit from our parents’ wealth. I got a six-figure down payment for my house and also get a $30,000 annual gift tax-free from my parents. Their parents could never have afforded to give them those types of things.

Lol as if anyone not in the top 1% gets this from their parents

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Asset prices are insanely pumped right now, anyone just starting their career with no family money to help is screwed. Growth is probably going to suck for the next 20-30 years because of how overvalued the stock and real estate markets are right now. I’m pissed that I was born too late to benefit from any of it. Older generations got their 7%+ returns and now gen Z and younger millennials will be stuck with crappy 3-5% returns based on most forecasts.

LOL. Cheer up, OP. You could've been a Boomer and have been drafted to Vietnam. Or born to children of the Great Depression. It was a barrel of laughs.

+1. My grandparents are Holocaust survivors. Thank god I was born too late. Thank god I was born at all. Get a grip, OP.

+2. I'd have been traded in an arranged marriage and probably would have died in childbirth. But hey, maybe my husband would have invested well for his second wife?

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Anonymous wrote:Asset prices are insanely pumped right now, anyone just starting their career with no family money to help is screwed. Growth is probably going to suck for the next 20-30 years because of how overvalued the stock and real estate markets are right now. I’m pissed that I was born too late to benefit from any of it. Older generations got their 7%+ returns and now gen Z and younger millennials will be stuck with crappy 3-5% returns based on most forecasts.

LOL. Cheer up, OP. You could've been a Boomer and have been drafted to Vietnam. Or born to children of the Great Depression. It was a barrel of laughs.

+1. My grandparents are Holocaust survivors. Thank god I was born too late. Thank god I was born at all. Get a grip, OP.

Anonymous wrote:Asset prices are insanely pumped right now, anyone just starting their career with no family money to help is screwed. Growth is probably going to suck for the next 20-30 years because of how overvalued the stock and real estate markets are right now. I’m pissed that I was born too late to benefit from any of it. Older generations got their 7%+ returns and now gen Z and younger millennials will be stuck with crappy 3-5% returns based on most forecasts.

LOL. Cheer up, OP. You could've been a Boomer and have been drafted to Vietnam. Or born to children of the Great Depression. It was a barrel of laughs.

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Anonymous wrote:Asset prices are insanely pumped right now, anyone just starting their career with no family money to help is screwed. Growth is probably going to suck for the next 20-30 years because of how overvalued the stock and real estate markets are right now. I’m pissed that I was born too late to benefit from any of it. Older generations got their 7%+ returns and now gen Z and younger millennials will be stuck with crappy 3-5% returns based on most forecasts.

OMG, shut up stupid entitled millennial/gen z brat. I'm so sick of you guys complaining all the time about how your lives are so hard, mommy/daddy are just awful people, blah blah blah. Grow up. You're presumably in your 30s you should consider acting like ite.

-Young Gen X.

K boomer

OP I was born in 1980. I was born too early. I wish I could’ve stayed on my parents health insurance until age 26 like you!

OP is a half empty person. Work on your attitude.

Well I feel like I was born too early...there was no ACA when I was young, I had to leave my parents' insurance at age 22, there was no (federal) paid parental leave when I had my children, we didn't really have internet forums where you could research every college and career choice.
Every age has pros and cons.

Anonymous wrote:Were you just born this year? Even with the past year's downturn, I've made a killing in the market over the past 3-4 years. Sorrynotsorry that you've made bad choices. Maybe get yourself a financial advisor since you're not good at this??

I just invest in index funds

Were you just born this year? Even with the past year's downturn, I've made a killing in the market over the past 3-4 years. Sorrynotsorry that you've made bad choices. Maybe get yourself a financial advisor since you're not good at this??