So I guess itâs not just my generation that had an entitlement mentality and spent way too much. Regardless, I donât know that many baby...
Iâm not sure what youâre getting at. Iâm not comparing stocks to real estate. A simple buy and hold approach in both markets have proven...
Thank you for the kind thoughts. You guys have certainly showed much more understanding than others here. I donât want sympathy though. Yes I am...
When I first went to the local community college a few years ago, I filled out all of the typical financial aid forms. I live with my parents but...
You seem mad at the world. Well the baby boomers benefitted for years from inflation, so I have no problem with their portfolioâs being cut in...
I list a bunch of items all at once, get the emails when they sell, print the postage labels, throw the item in a box, and drop it at the post...
I never said people should have a free ride toâget aheadâ I am saying for my generation it is much more difficult to get ahead than the last....
Thank you. I sold a lot on eBay and enjoyed that very much. I donât have anything to sell right now. Itâs very difficult to find good stuff....
I still donât see your point. This thread is about people not saving. I thought one of the ways to save is to work a lot. So what if people...
I guess youâre getting at a bigger point, but everybody knows accounts are only insured up to 100k and now I guess itâs 250. You should divide...
Well I definitely think that you raise some very good points. Thank you for pointing out specific topics rather than the typical barage of useless...
On another ET thread, I offered the idea that perhaps people keep going into debt because the cost of living keeps going up and up and wages keep...
I have mentioned this and other things like this on ET a little. When I suggested that somebody who works 40+ hours a week should be able to...
Exactly!
You want to know why you probably donât have to keep up with the Jonesâ? Because you are the Jonesâ.
Your attitude is very typical of a baby boomer. While some in my generation may have an entitlement mentality, I contend that your generation...
I live in Maryland outside DC in the supposedly the 12th richest county in the country. Nobody I know seems to be doing all that well right now....
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yearly_working_time.jpg Sorry to burst your bubble, but the facts donât support your argument. Fact is...
Well most people (probably most of them over 40) will probably say itâs because Americans lead extravagant lifestyles, which may be true for...
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