Yes, for the rich boomers and even Gen Xers who bought up all those devalued mortgages for pennies on the dollar. I don't think you're appreciating how many average Joe working class boomers lost their homes and/or had their 401ks wiped out during the great recession. This relates to my point that it isn't a young vs. old issue, but a rich vs. "ordinary person" issue, which is a tale as old as time.
Gen X and Millennial median income has actually risen following the recession, with Gen X actually earning more than their boomer counterparts. Millennials saw the biggest gains.
https://imgur.com/a/UUEqYhZ
, even the Silent Generation (who aren't in the workforce anymore) saw gains.
The greatest generation suffered through something they brought on themselves, and in the process they raped the earth of natural resources, killed everything that walked or swam or flew, with zero limits or give a .
Yeah, great people. They were resolved, for sure, but great is something that should be reserved for individuals, not generations.
They consistently get a pass because of World War II, while millennials and younger people in general are irrationally focused on boomers because reasons. Yes, older people have always criticized younger people for being lazy. Get the over it. Anyhow, let's see.
- The Greatest Generation opened up trade with China and were the executives in charge of major corporations at that time that saw much of American manufacturing being parceled out to countries like Taiwan, Malaysia and then latter China proper.
- The Greatest Generation legalized stock buybacks and passed huge tax cuts, both of which stagnated middle-class growth.
- Carbon Emissions rose much faster during the Greatest Generation's reign than during the Boomer's.
To be fair, no one really knew that doing so would be harmful to the planet in those days, but millennials, et al love to spout angst toward the boomers about how they ruined the environment, when boomers have brought it down, and this is despite us using more plastic, more cars on the road and just basically manufacturing more consumer goods than at any time in human history. Millennials aren't really helping matters, either with their insatiable need for electronic gadgets. They just focus on "boomer things" like cars, while the carbon footprint of smartphone use and manufacturing is projected to be greater than transportation in a couple of decades.
Don't read this as defense of boomers, but more a call to millennials. Don't sit around on twitter and complain. Go in' vote. Don't whine about carbon emissions as you buy the new smartphone and Alexa model every 6 months. Don't cry about corporate domination and monopolies while you keep feeding the Amazon beast rather than shop locally in brick and mortar because "it's so convenient!" Don't complain about alienation and isolation while you conduct most of your social life on facebook and Instagram.
lol jimmy dore
Nancy
There's a name I wouldn't mind seeing on the coronavirus list
Trump Proposes Gov. Own Corporations It Bails Out!
Trump Proposes Socialism! UBI & Foreclosure/Eviction Freeze!
Are Trumpsters okay with this form of socialism because it's coming from daddy Trump and team Republican?
Curses, outflanked again!
You underestimate the trickle down effect
Tbh the money those Republicans got from selling their stock is going to trickle down so I don't know what people are upset about
I hope this passes, 2018 was the best earning year of my career. Time to get PAID!
Thanks McConnell!
Tax experts urge Congress to redesign coronavirus rebate checks
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill...e-checks%3famp
Feinstein sold it as well.
GOP stimulis plan to exclude the rich and the poor
Why exclude the poor? Cuz they don't vote Republican?
They're not getting excluded. Just getting chump change. nowhere near the touted 1.5k.
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