Comments on: While We Cope With Recession, Baby Boomers Keep Spending http://www.swanfungus.com/2008/04/while-we-cope-with-recession-baby-boomers-keep-spending.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:08:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jack http://www.swanfungus.com/2008/04/while-we-cope-with-recession-baby-boomers-keep-spending.html/comment-page-1#comment-2624 Jack Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:01:04 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/wp/?p=1131#comment-2624 I believe it was the war in Iraq that ran up the tab, but it was also the earmarked pet projects of Congress. All of which you could argue added to the sum total of economic output, which also helped build the wealth of the nation. I believe it was the war in Iraq that ran up the tab, but it was also the earmarked pet projects of Congress. All of which you could argue added to the sum total of economic output, which also helped build the wealth of the nation.

]]> By: Crystal http://www.swanfungus.com/2008/04/while-we-cope-with-recession-baby-boomers-keep-spending.html/comment-page-1#comment-1946 Crystal Wed, 13 May 2009 14:15:16 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/wp/?p=1131#comment-1946 Here's another reason to hate the fact that a Boomer can actually use Facebook. A quick check on Daniel Costello (author of the LA Times article) reveals that you could be just in time to wish him a Happy Birthday as he celebrates his date of birth: May 15, 1973. Not a douchy Boomer after all. I will admit, he seems much more mature than this blogger. Here’s another reason to hate the fact that a Boomer can actually use Facebook. A quick check on Daniel Costello (author of the LA Times article) reveals that you could be just in time to wish him a Happy Birthday as he celebrates his date of birth: May 15, 1973. Not a douchy Boomer after all. I will admit, he seems much more mature than this blogger.

]]> By: SickOfTheBashing http://www.swanfungus.com/2008/04/while-we-cope-with-recession-baby-boomers-keep-spending.html/comment-page-1#comment-1633 SickOfTheBashing Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:16:35 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/wp/?p=1131#comment-1633 Sorry, but I don't agree with the Boomer bashing. Thanks to a many Boomers we have experienced a lot of freedoms and benefits. They were hard and efficient workers. We have civil rights, womens rights, etc. Show some appreciation for what our parents and grandparents sacrificed along the way. The downside is that because we have been given just about everything (didn't work for it) and every gadget, car, and computer at their expense, we are impersonal, rude and impatient. Maybe they should have treated us like they were treated as kids . . . but kids would have lost their minds. Not all Boomers caused this mess, it's due to a certain group of greedy, privileged individuals who had no respect for taxpayers' money. We need to do a better job at holding elected officials accountable. We let the last Administration extend a huge bailout scott free, without any accountability. What we need to understand is that things continue to evolve, life changes, and gravy eventually runs out. So guess what, we are now required to find smart new ways to do old things. Sorry, but I don’t agree with the Boomer bashing. Thanks to a many Boomers we have experienced a lot of freedoms and benefits. They were hard and efficient workers. We have civil rights, womens rights, etc. Show some appreciation for what our parents and grandparents sacrificed along the way.

The downside is that because we have been given just about everything (didn’t work for it) and every gadget, car, and computer at their expense, we are impersonal, rude and impatient. Maybe they should have treated us like they were treated as kids . . . but kids would have lost their minds.

Not all Boomers caused this mess, it’s due to a certain group of greedy, privileged individuals who had no respect for taxpayers’ money. We need to do a better job at holding elected officials accountable. We let the last Administration extend a huge bailout scott free, without any accountability. What we need to understand is that things continue to evolve, life changes, and gravy eventually runs out. So guess what, we are now required to find smart new ways to do old things.

]]> By: Seven No BS HR Career Strategies Your Boss Won’t Tell You About! | Success in HR http://www.swanfungus.com/2008/04/while-we-cope-with-recession-baby-boomers-keep-spending.html/comment-page-1#comment-1622 Seven No BS HR Career Strategies Your Boss Won’t Tell You About! | Success in HR Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:36:46 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/wp/?p=1131#comment-1622 [...] a baby boomer, it hurts me to say this.  But let’s face the facts.  We boomers got our country into this mess. We borrowed against future generations.  We mishandled SEC regulations.  We ignored the [...] [...] a baby boomer, it hurts me to say this.  But let’s face the facts.  We boomers got our country into this mess. We borrowed against future generations.  We mishandled SEC regulations.  We ignored the [...]

]]> By: 5 Emerging trends from the recession | Career Guerrilla http://www.swanfungus.com/2008/04/while-we-cope-with-recession-baby-boomers-keep-spending.html/comment-page-1#comment-1331 5 Emerging trends from the recession | Career Guerrilla Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:34:42 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/wp/?p=1131#comment-1331 [...] The baby boomers got us into this mess. They borrowed against future generations. They mishandled SEC regulations. They ignored the [...] [...] The baby boomers got us into this mess. They borrowed against future generations. They mishandled SEC regulations. They ignored the [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.swanfungus.com/2008/04/while-we-cope-with-recession-baby-boomers-keep-spending.html/comment-page-1#comment-1326 Chris Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:08:01 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/wp/?p=1131#comment-1326 The real irony of all this is the fact that recessions always seem to come about every 10-30 years, and yet each time we approcah one (normally during the good times) we hear facts about that was the past, or here in the UK - its the end to boom and bust. Personally I think the blame lies with a few select people. The real irony of all this is the fact that recessions always seem to come about every 10-30 years, and yet each time we approcah one (normally during the good times) we hear facts about that was the past, or here in the UK – its the end to boom and bust. Personally I think the blame lies with a few select people.

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