Plantagenet wrote:I'm a little surprised that other posters are criticizing young people and their parents, but no one is blaming the evil corporations for the lack of good jobs for young people.
After all, that is what young people themselves believe-----the whole point of the Occupy Wall Street movement is that wall street and the corporations are to blame for all their problems.
IMHO, I think the kids are all right, but years of bad government economic policy have severely damaged the economy.
SeaGypsy wrote:Personally, I find the Occupy position naive in the extreme, if well meaning. These people need to get out of their suburbs and go have a look at how people live in the 70% of the world who are struggling to earn $3 a day. The gall of these people in aligning these massive percentages with their's, generally in the top 10% globally, even if unemployed on benefits.
These calling themselves the 99% are really the 8% between the top 10% and the top 2%; not such a punchy banner.
Those calling for a hands off Government approach, had they had their way, would much more rapidly be facing wage equity with China; the inevitable conclusion of globalization.
Loki wrote:I find it ironic that Boomers are the ones moaning the loudest about how lazy and just generally useless Millennials are. Most ironic was the post on how poor the parenting of the Millennials has been. And who was doing said parenting?
Let's conveniently ignore the economic meltdown that the US has experienced in the last few years, not to mention the long-term decline of the American middle class. Nope, it's all because youngin's today don't have the “get up and go” that the Boomers had
And since we're conveniently ignoring reality, let's forget the fact that Boomers came of age during the greatest boom in human fucking history. Born on third and y'all think you hit a homer.
I'm Gen X, not Millennial, but I've worked with the latter enough to know there are plenty of hard working folks in their 20s. That the job market is utter shit is not their fault. It's largely the fault of Boomers. So if you want to engage in generational finger pointing, look in the damn mirror.
I find it ironic that Boomers are the ones moaning the loudest about how lazy and just generally useless Millennials are. Most ironic was the post on how poor the parenting of the Millennials has been. And who was doing said parenting?
Let's conveniently ignore the economic meltdown that the US has experienced in the last few years, not to mention the long-term decline of the American middle class. Nope, it's all because youngin's today don't have the “get up and go” that the Boomers had
And since we're conveniently ignoring reality, let's forget the fact that Boomers came of age during the greatest boom in human fucking history. Born on third and y'all think you hit a homer.
I'm Gen X, not Millennial, but I've worked with the latter enough to know there are plenty of hard working folks in their 20s. That the job market is utter shit is not their fault. It's largely the fault of Boomers. So if you want to engage in generational finger pointing, look in the damn mirror.
MarkJ wrote:One of my nieces, a recent high school graduate and current college student with little work experience turned down 4 well paying jobs since the schedules were in conflict with school and study.
I find it ironic that Boomers are the ones moaning the loudest about how lazy and just generally useless Millennials are. Most ironic was the post on how poor the parenting of the Millennials has been. And who was doing said parenting?
And since we're conveniently ignoring reality, let's forget the fact that Boomers came of age during the greatest boom in human fucking history. Born on third and y'all think you hit a homer.
ralfy wrote:The only way out for the U.S. is to decrease borrowing and spending considerably across the board--government, corporations, households. That means for this issue lower wages across the board, a major decline in consumer spending and a middle class lifestyle, a return to factories and farms, etc., given a "business as usual" orientation. For those who are aware of peak oil, that will mean localization.
SeaGypsy wrote:That's a very sweeping statement. My parents were born 44/45 (boomer) I was born 67 (xer) my 1st child was born in 1992 (millenial) and I now have a 2 year old and 9 month old (?gen). My father also had 2 families, so my eldest son is the same age as my youngest brother & sister. Things have become less straighforward for many families.
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