Baby Boomers

countryboy said:
Um, no, actually it's how YOU spelled it.



I suppose you have some evidence to back this up, right?

Also, boomers were born up until 1964, I don't think too many new horns were attending college.
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These kids love to blame all of their problems on those who created the greatest leap forward this country had seen in a century.

They're entitled.
 
Sailor said:
Depends on what you do. Am I am not being argumentative. Around here if you can get a site on a fishing vessel for the summer you can make triple or more that tuition cost. I imagine there are jobs like that all over this country.
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That's too much like work for the little libs in training.
 
cawacko said:
Love this tweet about the Boomers. Not sure what she means about the environment but the rest is definitely true. (Of course there are many reasons for this but it's still fun to kick the Boomers)


Kim-Mai Cutler

They were born into a world with practically free higher ed, inexpensive housing, and pensions and are leaving behind a wall of crushing private and public debt, environmental degradation and a shattered state that had once enabled their upward mobility.
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I'm a Boomer. I don't agree with the last. I recall how filthy the air and waters and land of this country was till the EPA was created (by an (R) president, no less -- we'll never see that again). As for the rest, Yup.... we fucked it up.
 
cawacko said:
Maybe trailors are still cheap where you live. When you were young people your age could move to areas where the jobs were and purchase affordable homes. Today kids come out of school tens of thousands in debt and have no chance to buy a place in those same cities because home prices have skyrocketed.
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The mortgage for the house we are living in now is 475 a month (that's all inclusive). Rent is at .95% in my area. Pretty affordable.
 
countryboy said:
That's too much like work for the little libs in training.
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All of my "little libs in training" worked while in college. Thanks to their earnings, the generosity of the U.S. taxpayers, and my father bequeathing me some $$ all three of my youngest graduated community college with no debt. The youngest went on to earn her masters in special ed.; she carries a $30K student loan debt for that. The middle daughter worked at her graphics design career for three years, decided it sucked, and went back for a two-year veterinary technician/nursing degree.... while working FT as a vet assistant. She carries a $15K debt for that.... mainly because by then she was in her 20s and wasn't living for free at home. My oldest daughter just graduated last May with an AS in computer networking. She has three kids still at home; eventually she plans to get a BS in computer science -- with tuition assistance from her employer.

So it's possible to get at least an associates degree without a huge debt load, but higher education is going to be more difficult.
 
cawacko said:
Relatively speaking that seems pretty affordable. (not cheap but affordable) Dumb question but do UNC and NC State cost the same? (In California the UC schools cost much more than the state schools which is why I ask)
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Last year UNC was $11 more. That and State are the top tier. The others are a bit less.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
All of my "little libs in training" worked while in college. Thanks to their earnings, the generosity of the U.S. taxpayers, and my father bequeathing me some $$ all three of my youngest graduated community college with no debt. The youngest went on to earn her masters in special ed.; she carries a $30K student loan debt for that. The middle daughter worked at her graphics design career for three years, decided it sucked, and went back for a two-year veterinary technician/nursing degree.... while working FT as a vet assistant. She carries a $15K debt for that.... mainly because by then she was in her 20s and wasn't living for free at home. My oldest daughter just graduated last May with an AS in computer networking. She has three kids still at home; eventually she plans to get a BS in computer science -- with tuition assistance from her employer.

So it's possible to get at least an associates degree without a huge debt load, but higher education is going to be more difficult.
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Lol, you always take it personal when I talk about libs. I'm not talking about you. You must know you are the exception, not the rule. The fact is, a LOT of kids these days feel entitled, and don't want to work hard. Ask any employer of young people.

Kudos to you for instilling a good work ethic in your children.
 
countryboy said:
Lol, you always take it personal when I talk about libs. I'm not talking about you. You must know you are the exception, not the rule. The fact is, a LOT of kids these days feel entitled, and don't want to work hard. Ask any employer of young people.

Kudos to you for instilling a good work ethic in your children.
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I tend to do that when lumped into a category with a lot of dissimilar people. I imagine you all do too, eh? lol

No kudos necessary. Most parents, whether lib or con, do the same. We Americans are a hard-working people for the most part.
 
cawacko said:
Love this tweet about the Boomers. Not sure what she means about the environment but the rest is definitely true. (Of course there are many reasons for this but it's still fun to kick the Boomers)


Kim-Mai Cutler

They were born into a world with practically free higher ed, inexpensive housing, and pensions and are leaving behind a wall of crushing private and public debt, environmental degradation and a shattered state that had once enabled their upward mobility.
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How ironic that a baby boomer came up with the World Wide Web so that the bitch could put out that little gem of ignorance.
 
NOVA said:
My first job in the private sector was for $1.98 and hour, mid 60's....Full time...no part time job was gonna put anyone through college even in the 60's.....
Sounds to me most you we were born with a silver spoon in your pie holes....:)
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I'm not taking this personal I'm just honestly curious. What in my comment made you think that?
 
countryboy said:
Um, no, actually it's how YOU spelled it.



I suppose you have some evidence to back this up, right?

Also, boomers were born up until 1964, I don't think too many newborns were attending college.

I also noticed you skipped right over your ridiculous "$1000 per square foot" assertion.
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Feel free to check out the cost in 1968 of UC's.

http://www.dailycal.org/2014/12/22/history-uc-tuition-since-1868/

How can I skip over $1K/sf when I wrote it? You really want to dispute it?
 
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We as in baby boomers, maybe the last group to draw social security?!! I'm drawing mine now?
 
countryboy said:
I did refute it. There is nothing to dispute. The national average of the cost for new home construction is $150 per square foot.
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I'll write it slower. The big cities where the jobs are were in reach for almost all baby boomers when they were coming up, including buying a home in those cities. That is not the case today. A lot of young people can't afford to move to NY, SF or Seattle today and rent, let alone buy a place.
 
Only good Boomer is a dead Boomer. For the rest of human history they shall be remembered as the worst generation.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
I'm a Boomer. I don't agree with the last. I recall how filthy the air and waters and land of this country was till the EPA was created (by an (R) president, no less -- we'll never see that again). As for the rest, Yup.... we fucked it up.
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My Aunt's in her late 60's and is awesome. She's progressive politically but we get along great (not sure why people with different political opinions shouldn't be able to get along but clearly in some families that's not the case). I spent some time with her this summer and she said the exact same thing, "us boomers fvcked it up".

I mean we all know there is good and bad in every generation but it's interesting she used almost your same words.
 
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