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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:49 AM Original message |
Poll question: Boomers, how does your life now compare with your parents' lives then? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Once my stepfather got out from under alimony and child support |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. In terms of house, free time, family size etc... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wages have been depressed since the mid 70s |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. I learned to be thrifty from my parents and it has helped |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. I don't think my parent's life exists anymore. They raised 10 kids on |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm sort of between a boomer and a gen-xer, but |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Good point: one income vs. two incomes... |
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The Deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. My Parents |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. No comparison. My dad worked two low paying jobs, |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
10. I know what you mean |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
11. Here is all you need to know: In the 70s, GM was the largest employer |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. I can't say. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. Better and worse |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. You need to consider when folks' parents were born. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. It depends upon what you value |
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FILAM23 (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
16. I'm doing about the same |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. My mother was an immigrant. My father a "dust bowl refugee". |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. in addition to the differences people mention here |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. Better off in some ways, not as well-off in others. |
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