formerhawk

'The Shallowest Generation': A Rebuttal

I am a boomer who has no debt (yes none not even a house), I did not participate in this credit mess so I got no free credit, and I am watching my nestegg that must last me another 20 or 30 years dwindle down 30%. As for JGQ I did not appreciate your comments about boomers in general, I think they are unfounded although I do find many of today's youth to be shallow and unthinking (refer to mortgage brokers and others in finance of the last few years, we're making so much money). Did you teach them? If so aren't you partially to blame for this too? Did you teach them to be shallow? What about your colleagues in the other colleges and high schools and even elementary schools? They are to blame too. I too have a child that went to college. When he decided to cancel classes and lose the money I paid to put him in college I cut him off. He has student loans now but after 6 years of persuing a degree he was successful in obtaining that degree and finding a job in his field, something that most of his friends were unable to do. The whole episode was painful for both of us but he learned a valuable lesson. Many of us are not so lucky because we don't have parents and teachers that are able and willing to teach those lessons. Your rant really is an indictment of our education system both at home and in school. Our system teaches that its ok to lie (anyone out there ever read any of your childrens textbooks, history rewritten in most cases) and success comes with money and things so borrow your way to success. As for DVW, I never expected a luxurious retirement but I also did not expect to be on welfare. And are you sure the boomers caused this? Or was it one of your or later generations that had the great wisdom to come up with the CDO or the CDS? And certainly lets not forget the shallowest of all-congress and I don't care what the age is there. Don't believe me about congress, watch c-span for an afternoon then get sick. That is your tax dollar at work. Lastly Dennis, thank you for your rebuttal. With class envy and race envy we now have generation envy to deal with. And JGQ with your rant and subsequent lumping of all that is bad onto one group you prove that you are the shallowest of all.