Nope, we are too busy working to pay off your generations public debt and managing the playground/arenas/golf courses to whine about "poor me". I don't think I have it bad at all. I'm merely pointing out how you seniors have the world by the balls and don't appreciate it (and expect the gravy train to continue). Why does that bother you so much?
Seniors don't want to give up money for younger gen: poll
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Nope, we are too busy working to pay off your generations public debt and managing the playground/arenas/golf courses to whine about "poor me". I don't think I have it bad at all. I'm merely pointing out how you seniors have the world by the balls and don't appreciate it (and expect the gravy train to continue). Why does that bother you so much?
Of course not everybody was. The overwhelming majority was. That is why there is a massive public debt (created by the seniors) in this country and little appetite from the seniors to cut their perks.
Doesn't bother me at all. I was just correcting you, ya whiny little ingrate.
When I was a kid we played on an out door rink. In this town, the arena was built by the people on weekends because it is too warm now to skate outdoor. And yes, I am enjoying this 12K annual gravy train. I am even starting to enjoy the taste of dog food.
Maybe you should have worked a little harder when you had the chance. I see you can afford a computer. what other toys do you have?
Good morning Cliff- Ain't it hilarious how these whining deprived pr*cks know so much about smart phones and I pods! :lol:
Maybe you should mind your own friggin' business! :lol:
Not really. More like too many with no life skills that refuse to move to where the jobs are. Just look at the help wanted adds for the resource areas. There are thousands of jobs yet young city kids just hang in their parents basement or camp in a park and demand that those that work share.
Besides this 5 year old computer, I have an 18 year old truck and a 31 year old motorcycle. No TV, no stereo, no cell phone or any other electronic gadgets. My net worth is about $2500. Do you want to trade places?
Holy sh*t, Cliff- What you have isn't even worth that silver spoon in his mouth. :lol:
I'm sure you probably wouldn't want to. Obviously hard work is not your bag and you would most likely have trouble keeping up to the pace I've established.
We seriously need to take this debate out of it's sniveling context and stick to the numbers.
I think you raise a good point about the benefits of new technology, Cliffy, but it's wholeheartedly biased to say that because the older generation endured suffering while the new generation is much happier and therefore must suffer. In fact, it's downright hypocritical when the older generation also says it wants the "best" for the younger generations.
The fact of the matter is that the cost of living is higher for the younger generation, despite all the additional perks that all of us enjoy right now.
Adjusted for inflation, housing costs are 76% higher now than they were before. The rate of population growth and families being introduced is at an all time low.
You are right. After being run over by the logging truck it was really hard to do any physical work, and then there was the two heart attacks and now struggling with congestive heart failure, it would be difficult to keep up your busy pace. But I am beginning to feel guilty for living off the fruits of your labour so I guess I'll just go and jump off a bridge. Thanks for showing me the error of my ways.
Yeah, but look at the houses today compared to the ones "before". The houses "before" had one toilet, one sink, one wash basin, a wood burning heater in the living room, a sawdust burning range in the kitchen, three or four light bulbs and three or four electrical outlet and 110 power. You are comparing grapes to water melons!
If his labour in fact could run a 10 watt light bulb! :lol:
The cost of housing is insane, but most of that has to do with the houses being too big, too much stuff in them, expensive to heat and power all the gadgets. Everyone has to have their own washers and dryers, dish washers, fridges, freezers, fancy ranges, barbeques.... it is endless. You need an endles liteny of stuff to make life easier so you work harder to get them. It is an endless tread mill of self imposed slavery. It is not really the cost of living that went up, it was the idea that you can't live without all that crap.
I lived ten years in the bush. I have built my own shelters for a few hundred dollars, a log home for $800. I hunted and fished and grew gardens and my wife and I lived on less than $5000 a year. I know not everybody can do that but what I learned is that housing can be had for a small fraction of what people are paying because their expectations are way too high. I was raise in suberbs. My dad was head of international sales for Northern Telecom. I was born into the American dream but I rejected it because it just seemed beyond stupid to be a slave to our wants.