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30 Mindblowing Statistics About Americans Under The Age Of 30

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Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,

Why are young people in America so frustrated these days?  You are about to find out.  Most young adults started out having faith in the system.  They worked hard, they got good grades, they stayed out of trouble and many of them went on to college.  But when their educations where over, they discovered that the good jobs that they had been promised were not waiting for them at the end of the rainbow.  Even in the midst of this so-called "economic recovery", the full-time employment rate for Americans under the age of 30 continues to fall.  And incomes for that age group continue to fall as well.  At the same time, young adults are dealing with record levels of student loan debt.  As a result, more young Americans than ever are putting off getting married and having families, and more of them than ever are moving back in with their parents.

It can be absolutely soul crushing when you discover that the "bright future" that the system had been promising you for so many years turns out to be a lie.  A lot of young people ultimately give up on the system and many of them end up just kind of drifting aimlessly through life.  The following is an example from a recent Wall Street Journal article...

James Roy, 26, has spent the past six years paying off $14,000 in student loans for two years of college by skating from job to job. Now working as a supervisor for a coffee shop in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles, Ill., Mr. Roy describes his outlook as "kind of grim."

 

"It seems to me that if you went to college and took on student debt, there used to be greater assurance that you could pay it off with a good job," said the Colorado native, who majored in English before dropping out. "But now, for people living in this economy and in our age group, it's a rough deal."

Young adults as a group have been experiencing a tremendous amount of economic pain in recent years.  The following are 30 statistics about Americans under the age of 30 that will blow your mind...

#1 The labor force participation rate for men in the 18 to 24 year old age bracket is at an all-time low.

#2 The ratio of what men in the 18 to 29 year old age bracket are earning compared to the general population is at an all-time low.

#3 Only about a third of all adults in their early 20s are working a full-time job.

#4 For the entire 18 to 29 year old age bracket, the full-time employment rate continues to fall.  In June 2012, 47 percent of that entire age group had a full-time job.  One year later, in June 2013, only 43.6 percent of that entire age group had a full-time job.

#5 Back in the year 2000, 80 percent of men in their late 20s had a full-time job.  Today, only 65 percent do.

#6 In 2007, the unemployment rate for the 20 to 29 year old age bracket was about 6.5 percent.  Today, the unemployment rate for that same age group is about 13 percent.

#7 American families that have a head of household that is under the age of 30 have a poverty rate of 37 percent.

#8 During 2012, young adults under the age of 30 accounted for 23 percent of the workforce, but they accounted for a whopping 36 percent of the unemployed.

#9 During 2011, 53 percent of all Americans with a bachelor’s degree under the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed.

#10 At this point about half of all recent college graduates are working jobs that do not even require a college degree.

#11 The number of Americans in the 16 to 29 year old age bracket with a job declined by 18 percent between 2000 and 2010.

#12 According to one survey, 82 percent of all Americans believe that it is harder for young adults to find jobs today than it was for their parents to find jobs.

#13 Incomes for U.S. households led by someone between the ages of 25 and 34 have fallen by about 12 percent after you adjust for inflation since the year 2000.

#14 In 1984, the median net worth of households led by someone 65 or older was 10 times larger than the median net worth of households led by someone 35 or younger.  Today, the median net worth of households led by someone 65 or older is 47 times larger than the median net worth of households led by someone 35 or younger.

#15 In 2011, SAT scores for young men were the worst that they had been in 40 years.

#16 Incredibly, approximately two-thirds of all college students graduate with student loans.

#17 According to the Federal Reserve, the total amount of student loan debt has risen by 275 percent since 2003.

#18 In America today, 40 percent of all households that are led by someone under the age of 35 are paying off student loan debt.  Back in 1989, that figure was below 20 percent.

#19 The total amount of student loan debt in the United States now exceeds the total amount of credit card debt in the United States.

#20 According to the U.S. Department of Education, 11 percent of all student loans are at least 90 days delinquent.

#21 The student loan default rate in the United States has nearly doubled since 2005.

#22 One survey found that 70% of all college graduates wish that they had spent more time preparing for the "real world" while they were still in college.

#23 In the United States today, there are more than 100,000 janitors that have college degrees.

#24 In the United States today, 317,000 waiters and waitresses have college degrees.

#25 Today, an all-time low 44.2 percent of all Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 are married.

#26 According to the Pew Research Center, 57 percent of all Americans in the 18 to 24 year old age bracket lived with their parents during 2012.

#27 One poll discovered that 29 percent of all Americans in the 25 to 34 year old age bracket are still living with their parents.

#28 Young men are nearly twice as likely to live with their parents as young women the same age are.

#29 Overall, approximately 25 million American adults are living with their parents according to Time Magazine.

#30 Young Americans are becoming increasingly frustrated that previous generations have saddled them with a nearly 17 trillion dollar national debt that they are expected to make payments on for the rest of their lives.

And this trend is not just limited to the United States.  As I have written about frequently, unemployment rates for young adults throughout Europe have been soaring to unprecedented heights.  For example, the unemployment rate for those under the age of 25 in Italy has now reached 40.1 percent.

Simon Black of the Sovereign Man blog discussed this global trend in a recent article on his website...

Youth unemployment rates in these countries are upwards of 40% to nearly 70%. The most recent figures published by the Italian government show yet another record high in youth unemployment.

 

An entire generation is now coming of age without being able to leave the nest or have any prospect of earning a decent wage in their home country.

 

This underscores an important point that I’ve been writing about for a long time: young people in particular get the sharp end of the stick.

 

They’re the last to be hired, the first to be fired, the first to be sent off to fight and die in foreign lands, and the first to have their benefits cut.

 

And if they’re ever lucky enough to find meaningful employment, they can count on working their entire lives to pay down the debts of previous generations through higher and higher taxes.

 

But when it comes time to collect… finally… those benefits won’t be there for them.

Meanwhile, the overall economy continues to get even weaker.

In the United States, Gallup's daily economic confidence index is now the lowest that it has been in more than a year.

For young people that are in high school or college right now, the future does not look bright.  In fact, this is probably as good as the U.S. economy is going to get.  It is probably only going to be downhill from here.

The system is failing, and young people are going to become even angrier and even more frustrated.

So what will that mean for our future?

 

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Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:53 | 4025097 LetThemEatRand
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"The world isn't some fucking bubble that you can live in without the risk of people beating the crap out of you and stealing your shit rand"

Thanks for being honest about your worldview.  And proving my point.  The Fed sees things exactly the same way.  And to them, you are the useless eater whose shit needs to be stolen because you are some wannabe small business owner.   They appreciate your support comrade.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 02:02 | 4025114 Burnbright
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I don't see your point at all Rand, you are just talking in fucking circles at this point.

My statement was to point out the reality that "shit" happens. And no amount of governance is keep it from happening. Nothing can keep you from getting into conflict. 

You some how delisionally read into that as me saying I support the idea of how some people treat others? You are a complete idiot Rand. You are one of those kinds of idiots that doesn't understand that it is possible to create or add value without taking or reducing value from someone else. I don't see people as usless eaters or consumers. I see people as individuals with rights given by god or politically correct, as is inherent to their nature. But what ever, keep arguing with yourself. 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 07:41 | 4025282 Winston Churchill
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It not even intelligence as you define it,its drive.

I have known some wildly successful people that were illiterate.

You could barely hold a conversation with them.

They had street smarts ,and the drive to succeeed.

They worked hard, a pre condition to get the luck you also need.

Luck only finds you when you have you have worked for it,short of the lottery..

A truism in my life experience.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:59 | 4025107 Professor Fate
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Again you miss the point Rand and you need to get off this "lesser" kick.  That seems to be your problem...not mine.   

It is often not about desire but rather necessity.  One of my employees was telling me about her neighbor who had been laid off (I have no idea what he did) but he could not find a job in our area.  He was about to lose his home but with a little grubstake he borrowed, he took a chance, bought an old beat up pick up truck and a pressure washer from Home Depot.  He went into the pressure washing business and here in Florida, its like lawncare, there is always some work blowing off mildew.  I'm sure that was not his dream vocation and he may not of wanted to own his own business.  But he did it...probably not out of desire, but out of necessity.  She tells me he now has a helper and seems to be doing OK.  Necessity (food on the table, clothes for the kids, roof over the head) is a great motivator.  Over the last 20 years I have financed hundreds of small service companies. (Janitorial, Lawncare, Building Maint., Caterers, Staffing companies, Guard Services, etc.) and many started on a shoestring and I bet many out of necessity. 

Fate the Magnificent
"Push the Button, Max"  

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 10:21 | 4025433 shovelhead
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Rand likes everyone to get a gold star just for showing up.

Having minimum skills and ambition in a downsloping employment picture has a cost.

 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 10:57 | 4025477 Herd Redirectio...
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Lets not forget that most learning comes from doing.   My generation has had fewer opportunities to DO, to gain experience, to be given a shot.  Thats just mathematical fact. 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 09:21 | 4025361 Abaco
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The problem with the guy who is happy as a clam ding his forty and popping a couple brews is that he is epxpecting someone else to pay attention and keep bad shit from threatening his comfort.  He takes for granted that it will always be so and then bitches WTF when his world crashes. Finding a balance between work and home is difficult. Tradeoffs are made. But when part of the tradeoff is leaving someone else to worry about your future you can't complain when your future turns to shit.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 00:51 | 4025021 Burnbright
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Professor Fate,

 

Rand doesn't get the attitude that you and I share. It took me a long time, well mostly having my children before I realized something important about having a job. Most people sit at work watching the clock dragging their feet hoping that another customer doesn't walk in the door or that their work can just be done. I was in bad shape a few years ago. Just married, infant son, no real job experience, degree was next to useless. So I took any non-minimum wage job I could find and randomly found a job draft line cleaning for a professional draft cleaning company. I had to move 7 hours away to get the job which was a bitch and I had to deal with my psycho mother in law but some how I made it work. I was almost sure I was going to not make it through the first two weeks of training because I failed miserably everyday of training. I remember about the 6th or 7th day my boss asked me if I wanted to just let it go and go home. My wife was still packing the house while watching  our son and I was in the middle of finding an apartment for us to live in as well. Needless to say the amount of stress I was experiencing was rather epic, I broke down a few times. But I stuck to it and with that job I realized that I would never take experience for granted again. I would never look at a job as a place to go to get a check at the end of the week but rather as a place to learn how to be better at what ever it was I was doing so that I would be adding value to myself. Getting by is easy, getting a head is a much harder path. 

A couple moves latter and a couple jobs latter I am working as a Draft Manager for a beer distribution company in northern California and can do draft installs, fix anything draft related, and am the fastest, most through draft cleaner their is (at least in my area). I took up wood working, bullet casting, reloading, and shooting as hobbies and right now I am working on restoring a 1974 honda CB 350. The 350's frame is completely taken apart right now with ospho so that I can paint it here soon and I need to clean the carbs and see if the engine fires up (it turns over, don't know how good compression is). 

When you said it has nothing to do with skill level because you are not special you are absolutely right. It has everything to do with attitude. Not being afraid of taking risks, of doing the work, making the mistakes, and learning from them. 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:11 | 4025048 LetThemEatRand
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"I am working as a Draft Manager for..."

Funny how you missed the part about how you are supposed to be your own boss per Professor Fate.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:26 | 4025064 Burnbright
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That is actually in the works, so calm down dude. Not even kidding either I am negotiating with my boss and another beer distributor to do cleaning, tech, and install work for both. I am working out how much they can afford and how much I wan't and see if we can come to a deal. 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:27 | 4025066 LetThemEatRand
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And if it doesn't work out are you worthless?  Hasn't worked out yet, so are you worthless now, or do you think the test is that you are trying?

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:33 | 4025074 Burnbright
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I don't believe he ever implied that someone that wasn't their own boss was worthless Rand. But if that is how you want to read into what he said by all means. And the test of anyone Rand is everyday. 

My first boss at the draft line cleaning company told me something that stuck with me to this day. "Eternal vigilance is the price of integrity". What that meant to me was that as long as I did everything I could I had nothing to worry about. And that Rand, is an everyday test. But being that you own your own business I am sure you know that already.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:28 | 4025070 Professor Fate
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Your story is a bit like mine, Bright.  When I left the railroad to become a stockbroker, my salary dropped from $10,000 a year to $6,000 a year and I too had a new wife and small child.  (Scary)  When training as a broker I looked so rough (just came off working for the railroad), they locked me in the basement of the St. Louis office during the day to make cold calls.  I survived by fixing up cars and painting them for extra money.  I also painted refrigerators (LOL).  Fridges with black doors had just come out but the rest of the fridge was white.  I used to go to homes and mask the kitchen off and paint em' black on the spot with a little Sears compressor.  $100 bucks per fridge.  I also got a little lucky along the way.  I went to work for a body shop sanding cars and learned a lot about body work and was taught to paint by an true expert.  The first car I helped sand was the Ferrari race car that Fred Astaire drove in the movie "On the Beach".  I think the point to all this is that if you just sit around waiting for something to happen, it seldom does.  The more skills, trades, and crafts you master, the more secure you will be.  I'm a big believer in learning a trade or two. I think it gives you the confidence to explore entrepreneurial opportunities.  White collar is fine and my careers have certainly been white collar, but everyone should have a trade or two to fall back on.  Good luck on the CB 350.

Fate the Magnificent
"Push the Button, Max"

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:39 | 4025081 LetThemEatRand
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Everyone learns on Fred Astaire Ferraris if they just want it bad enough.  You're gifted, special and exceptional.  Enjoy it.  Take the wife to the theater and blow a few hundred on dinner.  But stop pretending that everyone can have your life as your excuse for treating everyone else like shit.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:53 | 4025100 Burnbright
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I understand exactly what you mean about opportunity. I moved three times in three years. The first was to get that draft cleaning job I told you about, the second was because my wife couldn't find work in the same area so she found one near my parents and we moved there. Randomly I found a Draft Technician Job for a beer distributor there. We moved again because we wanted to move back to where we had started. My wife has a great reputation where she works and they offered her a better position than what she had and we wanted to move back anyway so we said why not. It took us almost 2 years to figure out that we didn't want to leave in the first place but I had learned the draft trade. 

When we moved back to where we live now one of her friends happened to know the son of a beer distributor and she let him now that I had a lot of experience and that I was available. So shortly after moving up I got a call and the job was mine. It was a very strange series of events to say the least, but I kept moving up and it had everything to do with having that drive and some luck. 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 08:04 | 4025300 Arius
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THIS IS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ZH!

it provides a platform for an exchange of ideas among rather educated people ..in real life you might have a friend or two you can talk to ... here you have many, and thanks to Tyler or Tylers (if you may, i dont really care) providing intellectually simulating topics, it has drawn to this platform many interesting above average people i might add ... it seems ZH fighting club does the selection of the fittest ....

i would put ZH in the same footing with FT, the Economist, in the rather interesting blog arena which is the FUTURE>

btw, i saw a different side of LER in these postings, intereresting and articulated views...

one thing though, people tend to have their own views which take time to shape and equal time to change ...

we have a long mountain road ahead ... highway? it will take a decade to reach it again ...hopefully, then you can talk about entreprenerial spirit and all that.  i recommed you read a book from Thomas Friedman "That used to be us" ... he talks how average american has to be prepared to compete with the world ... good luck right?

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 15:56 | 4026139 Lednbrass
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I have to say it-

Average ZH poster intelligence level >>>>>>> average FT, Economist poster intelligence level. In my opinion those other two places are more the home of inside the box, orthodox and socially agreed upon polite dinner conversation sort of thought.

As you noted, here it's more Fight Club. ZH types are more the people who throw dinner conversation with family and friends into an uproar by verbally crotch kicking everyone else and yanking the rug out from under them. :-)

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 22:19 | 4024722 El Tuco
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I read this on a site I frequent and found it agreeable. I can't find the original post anymore but I clipped it so my kids could read it and here it is for you.

The guy says it better than I can.

 

There are two type of people in life.

The first type graduates from college and their learning stops for the most part. They say to themselves, "well, I studied for four years and got a job, now it's finally time to sit back and relax." So they put in their regular 9-5 and then come home and waste their lives away by watching TV shows and playing video games and going out and getting drunk on weekends. Essentially, they "settle" into a middle-class lifestyle, where they earn enough money to get by and may be save a little too. They may be content, but they are also always stressed about the prospect of losing their jobs, because at their level of skill and ambition, they are almost always employees, rather than employers. Eventually, that's exactly what happens as the work they do is automated and they find themselves unemployed with little savings and no other skill that they can contribute to the economy.

The second type has a perpetual hunger for knowledge. They see college as the "launch pad" for a lifetime of learning. So they graduate and get jobs, but on the side they continue to read, discuss, listen and apply. They hang out with smart and successful people who also read, discuss, listen and apply. They look for problems and opportunities, and figure out what they need to learn to be able to work on them. These  types whose ambition and discipline set them up for a continuously upward trajectory. They are the ones who refuse to settle, and therefore end up as leaders in organizations that innovate and change humanity.

It's funny because over the years I have developed what I think to be a very reliable method for predicting someone's future success. The method involves asking the person what they do in their spare time. Based on their answer, I can picture where they will end up in five to ten years.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 22:53 | 4024814 LetThemEatRand
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Narcissist.  What if the other guy's idea of success is working 40 hours and going home and drinking a beer -- he's worthless because he does not share your drive?  I know I'm explaining the color blue to a blind person, but maybe one day when you're dying and some nice nurse who just goes to work and doesn't try to be exceptional gives you a pleasant hello and makes you comfortable and makes your day, you'll get it.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 23:29 | 4024894 Oldwood
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Not worthless, just worth less. I got no problem with those who don't want to work as hard as others, but just don't bitch because others do want to work harder. You ever work for a union? Nobody is allowed to work any harder than anyone else. It sounds like you want freedom to choose your lifestyle but none of the responsibility for its results. Not equal opportunity to achieve but equal results.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 23:42 | 4024910 LetThemEatRand
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I worked for a union one summer in a chemical plant.  Made great money, got yelled at for reading a magazine because I had nothing to do.  So I walked around and pushed a broom on a swept floor and oiled some drawers that didn't need oiling.  I now own my own business.  

You miss my point.  I am advocating for not squeezing the traditional middle class out of existence.  There is nothing wrong with making a decent living putting in a decent day's work.  Some unions are corrupt but there are few left so who cares.  Those of us who do more will do better if there is a middle class.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:27 | 4025067 StychoKiller
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Times have changed, only having a single skill guarantees some droid is gonna take yer middle-class job away from you.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 03:07 | 4025154 LetThemEatRand
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You say gleefully.  Fuckhead who has no skill and who is a wannabe.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:17 | 4025052 Harry Dong
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Robert Kiyosaki quote? Rich dad poor dad sorta kinda.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 08:12 | 4025308 mofreedom
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Spare time?  Can that be an interview question, or would that be racist, sexist and/or homophobic?

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:37 | 4025082 mrpxsytin
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Your achievements are impressive. However, what a lot of people in your generation fail to understand is that the days of capitalising money are over. What was the average interest rate during your working life? At the moment it is probably negative in real terms. This means that it is impossible to save wealth in fiat. In your time, you were able to save a portion of your income and reinvest it into education and other business enterprises. This is simply impossible for people starting out in this economy. 

If you cannot store wealth, then you cannot do as you have suggested. My grandfather did exactly what you did (built up his fortune through saving and hard work). And you know what he said to me not long before he died? He said that if he were a young man now he'd just go on welfare and do nothing. 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 03:17 | 4025166 Professor Fate
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You scare me mrpxsytin.  We're not talkin' Warren Buffett here.  The fact that you think anything that I have done is "impressive" is not good.  Interest rates?  Who cares.  I have never bought a bond or a CD in my life.  The biggest capital gain I ever had was on a car.  Traded my Austin Healey 3000 for an AC Bristol my first year of college.  The Healey and $100 bill.   $1,200.  Sold that car (AC) when my wife got in some financial trouble around 1982 for $75,000.  The car is now in Belgium and was recently offered for 200,000 Euro Serial number BEX 382 (you can google it).  All of my "great" investments have been cars.  Never real estate or investment securities.  I never saved anything when I was young.  What for?  And...

Anyone can become a stockbroker.  Anyone can become a factoring broker (not even a license required for that).  Factor is a little different but you start (as I did) as a broker.  I bought the cable lock company for a lousy $10,000 from an insolvent owner.   I'm self taught in web design (School of Barnes and Noble).  I have a genius programming partner in the web hosting business. 

Your grandfather may have been the greatest guy in the world but that is really some bad advice.

Fate the Magnificent
"Push the Button, Max"   

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 04:04 | 4025194 mrpxsytin
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I don't know whether it's good or bad advice. The man died with over $2mil cash in the bank and around $10mil in property. I'm just saying he wasn't out there teling young people to bust their balls like you are. He played the game, was 'successful' and said that he would not play the game if he had his life over. But then again, he really didn't like the idea of slavery. Your advice is for people to become slaves, who toil away for an ever decreasing piece of the pie. 

Maybe you're right. 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:44 | 4025087 putaipan
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no offense dr.fate, but i'm gonna call bullshit on you- just for the sake of getting my generational rant off my chest. if i'm wrong i'm wrong, and i appologize in advance-

 

i'm thinkin' the entance into the market , as opposed to your real life marketable skills, was when you were 31- not 21. that would make you "of hireable age" in 1981, as opposed to "fresh out of colledge"- the so called 'yuppies'. i had to watch all of the msm hype regarding the 'so called yuppies' upon my graduation, when they were actually your age looking, and easily found, 'direction in life'. so, your career in the market was 20 years, just not the 20 years that you said they were.

 

otherwise- i respect your choices of direction and possibility, but that one slip- belies you.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 02:25 | 4025133 Professor Fate
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No, you are wrong there Pan,
I was licensed when I was 21 in 1971.  Worked in St. Louis for 4 years and moved to Florida when I was 25 and went to work for McCormick and Co which merged into Paine Webber.  I only had two years of college when I went to work for Stifel.  That was a long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away).  We got our quotes from heat sensitive paper tape and watched the trading on a Translux Jet. I traded options OTC until the first day the CBOE opened for with Dupont, National Semiconductor, Bethlehem Steel, IBM, and I think AT &T was the 5th.  Any other questions?

Fate the Magnificent
"Push the Button, Max 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 02:44 | 4025145 putaipan
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fine. you are exempt. but you might know what i was talkin' about....

otherwise-then"let them eat ayn" gave you hard enough time.

it is fight club afterall.... but i do resent true boomers with your attitude.

big up cool cars and factoring!

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 03:24 | 4025171 Professor Fate
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Thanks,

More on the cool cars in the post above (AC Bristol).  I have had a LOT of cool cars over the last 45 years.  I wish I still had them all.  Especially the Bristol,  Working on an 88 Lotus Turbo Esprit in the shop now.

Fate the Magnificent
"Push the Button, Max"

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 08:54 | 4025333 Arius
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so, you were in brokerage business for 20 years and the best investment was cars?  that seems rather strange ... in retrospective perhaps you chose the wrong path at a time when there were many paths to choose from. 

you migth be hard working and entreprenerial (whatever that means) but, perhaps just perhaps, seeing the big picture is not your strongest suite, otherwise you would sympathize more with the situation the young people face today; remember they did not create this world ... they are just coming into it.

Sun, 10/06/2013 - 09:03 | 4027403 Professor Fate
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If you doubt cars are as good (or better) investment than stocks and bonds, tune in sometime to a Mecom, RM, or similar auction.  Plus, they are a LOT more fun.   As far as sympathizing with young people, every generation has faced train wrecks.  My father's was the Great Depression and WWII.  For my generation, of course, it was the Vietnam years, the draft, and the early 80's recession.  For you it is now the Great Recession and the economic crippling effects of BIG Governemnt.  None of us created "our worlds", Arius.  But you can vote your problems out.  Join the TEA.

Fate the Magnificent
"Push the Button", Max" 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 07:52 | 4025286 johnnynaps
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Yep, it was more the land of opportunity then! Now, your stint as an auto body painter would land you a career in.......auto body painting! You are comparing apples to trains my friend.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 10:18 | 4025429 BlueCheeseBandit
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Good for you.

But I would be surprised if you could make it starting out today, when the world has been credentialized and your labor is bid against slave labor the world over.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:48 | 4024487 Bill D. Cat
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So . Sugar daddy look'in a whole lot cheaper these days  ?

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 23:13 | 4024849 Groundhog Day
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the youth will have had enough and will start taking matters into their own hands.  more riots to come, thats why they ourchased all those bullets

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 00:06 | 4024957 BitingTruth
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#37 Just like the last 3 generations before you...BFD! Yeah, I remember listening to "My Generation" (the Who)...nothing changes, stop the shill-it...what's next...blame Hispanics? The they start little backstabbing wars, the less the 99% "sees" them, or God forbid, organizes...

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 00:18 | 4024976 Freddie
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Stupidest people on earth are under 40 white Americans who voted for the down low mudslime.  LOL!  You really F'ed-ed your future. 

These young-uns are as dumb as baby boomers still watching TV and Hollywood's shit who enabled it.  They are all as stupid and as g*y as this song and video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFZUDQ85bFU

Singing about LBJ-MIC's war in Vietnam to a studio audience - what a ***king joke it all is.  but hey - those youngersters got a cool wireless handheld device and a FaceBook page used to spy on them  ****ing sheep.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 02:45 | 4025146 putaipan
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chuck norris inna snivling patriotic dojo! i still see yer yearbook picture freddie!

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 05:14 | 4025216 ManWithaPlan
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Are you suggesting that a vote for another candidate would have produced a different result? Are you insinuating that all the has come to pass has been a result of just this current administration? Are you implying that people under 40 are solely to blame for the current affairs? Are you a fucking moron? Do you have anything to say that has any kind of value or do you just normally spout bullshit from all orifices?

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 03:19 | 4025168 ManWithaPlan
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I am without question lost. I will drift throughout this land without purpose or meaning. You shall be witness to my demise. I am the seed that you have sown. I am wraith upon you. I am youth and I am death. No one shall escape me.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 06:49 | 4025249 Zero Point
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Generation Y (bother).

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 11:04 | 4025487 j0nx
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The only people who have a valid complaint are those who are under 18 and have never voted. If you're 18-30 and voted for Obama (which last statistics I read had them at around 80% democrat voters) then you deserve everything you have now and what is coming your way. Suckas! Consider it a life lesson learned.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:17 | 4024183 TeamDepends
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Mindblowing?  Nobody saw this coming?

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 23:20 | 4024871 Ineverslice
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Michael Schneider,  You are really scrapin' the barrel (bottom) now.  Over a year now, eh?

Come up with some stuff of ur own and stop cloggin' up what use to be a great site.

ps.  all this doom will do a number on you, physically.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:12 | 4024185 Atomizer
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Repeat post: Just look at your future. The handwritting is on the wall. Don't have any vested interest other than helping you see the fog bank of deception.

The United States debt limit explained for Barack Hussein Obama.

 

 

 

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:12 | 4024188 McMolotov
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Thank God I'm 35. I'm safe.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:12 | 4024192 90's Child
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Cause you ain't the one gettin fucked over, right?

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:15 | 4024205 McMolotov
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I'm on the cusp of being fucked over. Graduating in 2002 was a bitch, but nothing like today.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:20 | 4024215 90's Child
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2002-2008 come on now those were the golden years. I managed to land a job in 2006 right after I turned 16. Held it till 2011 and got lucky landing a good job since then it's been shit and they haven't hired.

With no degree or any college committed.
It's not what you know but rather who ya know.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:29 | 4024254 Harbanger
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"It's not what you know but rather who ya know."

You know what I know? Your age group helped elect Obama twice.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:42 | 4024275 90's Child
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@Harbanger

I'm not Obama's son. Nor expect anything from the government.

Not my fault my generation is clueless.

But it was your generation who raised us.

Nice job cocksucker, that's on your hands.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:51 | 4024302 Harbanger
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I didn't raise you :)  I'm your older brother that's going to kick your ass when the hippies move on.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:54 | 4024313 90's Child
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Really? Cause your statement was a fallacy assuming my generation voted Obama in. I could only assume on that basis you raised that generation.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:55 | 4024320 JohnG
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STFU Boy! :)

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:57 | 4024328 90's Child
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John you must be one of those that raised this failed generation.

Can only image if this is how we turned out how you must be doing.

Definitely better off than you are.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:17 | 4024401 JohnG
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I'm 63 years young and pissed off boy.

My life in a nutshell:

Born.

Drafted.

Shot.

College (Earned 2 PHD'S),

Taught.  Wrote (books still in use!).

Retired.

How's that?

 

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:24 | 4024416 90's Child
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Damn to give me your life story that's amazing. I'm sorry you felt the need to vindicate yourself to me.

Let me guess you a POW? Share the same box as Mccain?

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:49 | 4024502 JohnG
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Fuck you boy.

I did what I had to, and lived.

Whinybags had no chance.

So stop whining.

World don't owe you a living boy.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:59 | 4024522 Totentänzerlied
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"World don't owe you a living boy."

With my patented irony conversion technology, I can power all of the Indian subcontinent with only the above quotation. All I need is for the author to verify he belongs to the Boomer generation, and presto, the infinite irony is transformed into electrical power with an efficiency of 97.5%!

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:17 | 4024572 Stoploss
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OK. So what about your fucked up parents? Try blaming them first, unless they are Boomers, then try blaming them first.

 

LOLOL!!!!

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 00:26 | 4024991 Freddie
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Vietnam was LBJ-MIC's war.   Oddly enough most of the biggest defense shareholders were AIPAC families like the one who helped pick and fund Obama.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:34 | 4025075 merizobeach
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"I did what I had to, and lived."

Yeah, how many murders on behalf of the MIC was that?  You deserved that bullet.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 03:45 | 4025183 JohnG
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And fuck you too.

Probly took around 80 kills.

They fired first asshole I was defending myself.

Oh, and fuck you!

Wed, 10/09/2013 - 02:22 | 4037133 merizobeach
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Fuck you, too, gullible statist murderer.  They fired first?  When you traveled to their country with the intent to kill them, and they fired first?  You're as dumb they come.

Do you tell your children what a dispicable piece of shit you are, or do they just figure that out for themselves?

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 22:51 | 4024802 Lednbrass
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You made a good point earlier, then jumped the shark and became a whiny disrespectful little brat.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:56 | 4024318 LetThemEatRand
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I was going to call you out (again) for using the word "hippie" in a sentence, but I'm going to go explain physics to my dog instead.  More likely that he'll get it.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:03 | 4024334 Harbanger
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You raised that boy.  He's your responsibility, Lola.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:08 | 4024362 90's Child
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@Harbanger

You're not accepting responsiblity for raising my generation?

So is it the only pussy you've seen is when you look in a mirror?

And the only piece of ass you ever get is when your finger rips through the toilet paper?

Since that's the case I understand why you didn't raise this generation.

My bad.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:16 | 4024393 Harbanger
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I know I didn't raise you because you have no respect or sense of reality.  My childrens generation will be your future leaders.  Unfortunately you will likely end up as cannon fodder for the failed experiment before then.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:28 | 4024436 90's Child
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Haha you have a false sense of entitlement. I don't owe you shit. Nor respect.

If you have any offspring which I'm sure laws should and will be passed preventing that for people of your caliber.

I'll be sure to tell them I'd like a large coke with my fries.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:39 | 4024470 Harbanger
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That's why you will never be repected.  Did you sign up and pay for your free Obamacare, dipshit.  You owe some money.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:47 | 4024493 90's Child
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Respect is earned, you're just a clueless as my generation no wonder you raised them so good.

I don't need Obamacare. I probably gross more than you.

Just be greatful there are some people in my generation who pays taxes for your benefits.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:56 | 4024518 Harbanger
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You don't need Obamacare because you're succesful? :)  Come on, you're smarter than that.  You have to pay for it, everyone does, you dipshit.  Did you get a waiver from Barry?  You still haven't earned my Respect.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:01 | 4024530 90's Child
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Really so the health insurance I'm already on I'll also need Obamacare with it... Hmmm

No actually I won't need it.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:07 | 4024543 Harbanger
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What do you know?  Ask your boss if he's paying more or less.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:09 | 4024552 90's Child
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My company pays a lot more to cover our ass.

+$100K life insurance policy

But since you seem to know more I guess I shouldn't take heed of the letter received stating otherwise.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:03 | 4024535 90's Child
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Try running for office Harbanger, you're more than qualified cause you don't seem to know your own head from your ass.

Please go on and tell me how I will be forced to buy Obama care to cover my healthcare needs when I am already enrolled in a healthcare from a none government provider.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:07 | 4024547 90's Child
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On another note I'll +1 ya for acknowledging my accomplishments as success. I wouldn't call it at all but I'm happy you do.

I just happen to be motivated, informed and raised by someone proper.

If only I could say the same bout your offspring.... Better luck next time.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:07 | 4024546 Jam
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Raise your generation, you must be fucking kidding me. Raise yourself, you are still wet behind the ears fella. You still have a lot of living to do, some times it is best to shut the fuck up. Your life could turn to shit any moment for a number of reasons. Best of luck to you though.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:13 | 4024559 90's Child
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Jam, you're age is showing by your lack of reading skills. It's "raised" past tenths, or maybe it's comprehending the word it's self you're having trouble with.

Your generation raised us. I never stated you are raising us that's said and done for. We are the product of your work. Accept it.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:20 | 4024578 Ralph Spoilsport
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"past tenths"

Oh the irony.....

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:31 | 4024604 90's Child
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My Obama phone really good with predictive writing.

Nice catch.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:32 | 4024607 DaddyO
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Given enough rope...

DaddyO

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:37 | 4024618 kekekekekekeke
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what about the "you're age is showing"

or is that too easy

seems par for the course on this site

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:34 | 4024616 Pure Evil
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Well, well, well. I guess the more things change the more they stay the same. Here we have a petulant child that doesn't appreciate the world his elders are leaving him. So instead of rolling up his shirtsleeves and working toward a solution to change the status quo he resorts to bitching and whining about how we’ve raised such a generation of misfits. As if it’s the fault of every generation that preceded the one before it for the lousy way their generation turned out to be such miserable, ungrateful, navel gazing narcissists.

You sound like the hippies from the 60's generation that grew up in the 50's and then turned around and decided they didn't like the world their parents made for them. Well as it so happens it’s the 60’s generation currently running this Animal Farm. When they hit their thirties they gave up the party life and decided being greedy wasn't all that terrible. I guess driving Bemer’s and BMW’s along with living in McMansions was a lot more fun than not bathing, smoking dope, and living the hippie life.

If you make it to your fifties or sixties, stop, turn around and take a second to look back into the glowering eye's that are burning holes into the back of your head from the generations of young adults that will be following you and blaming you for all the faults of the world and for having raised a generation of miserable brats. And just remember, the people you're blaming today for all the problems of the world won't be around for you to blame any more. Your generation will now be the one at fault. And, payback will be a hysterical bitch. Cause we’ll all be laughing somewhere from heaven or hell.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 03:39 | 4025179 ManWithaPlan
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You fucking think for one godamn second this shit will not have reprocussions from me.....well, it's fine. You shall be witness...

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:37 | 4024625 Harbanger
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"you're age is showing by your lack of reading skills."

You're telling people that respect is earned?  "We are the product of your work. Accept it."  Your blaming your parents? Blame your father for not pulling out.  What a self entitled little twirp.  You'll never make it in the real world.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:46 | 4024650 Jam
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Wait a few years,and like a dumb fuck post another chicken shit paycheck little boy,

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:58 | 4024667 NidStyles
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You know eventually you will have to start accepting the responsibility for you limiting yourself to how you were raised and grow the fuck up. Quit blaming your elders for you being a worthless POS.

 

If you are going to blame them for anything, blame them for their arrogance or ignorance that still stands to this day. Not for what you have control of.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 23:45 | 4024896 Things that go bump
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90's Child, if you're going to comment on someone else's grammar and spelling you should probably be certain your own is perfect; otherwise, you simply look foolish. Its past tense and itself, and those are only your most egregious errors. You ended a sentence with a preposition, you use apostrophes incorrectly, and frankly, your sentence structure is appalling. By the way, Jam's usage was perfectly correct in this instance.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 04:08 | 4025197 NidStyles
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Please, in the future, do not examine my grammar. I know it's horrible.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 10:37 | 4025451 Things that go bump
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Oh, my dear, I wouldn't normally comment on such a thing, and I hope that others extend me the same indulgence, but people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 07:17 | 4025261 wisehiney
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Just reminded me. Find that refresher book on grammar. Any suggestions?

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 10:45 | 4025466 Things that go bump
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English Book of Style, if your'e not just being a wisehiney.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 12:59 | 4025738 wisehiney
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Thanks. Amazon here I come.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 15:47 | 4026120 Things that go bump
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Its you're, not your'e. I beg your indulgence.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:06 | 4024338 knukles
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Fuckin' hippie....  ;)

 

Say, just thinkin'.... Obie's younger than me and he just got hisself a real job.
There.
See....
If he can make it as a poor, disenfranchised, college (whatever his grades were) Kenyan, Muslim, illegal alien, self-made, climbing up the social economic strata ladder than any of them youngin's can, too.
Man's a bloody miracle.
And example of American Exceptionalism, the go getter of hard work and dedication to the Olde American Spirit.

We should be looking up to him as an example for (whatever).

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:34 | 4024455 Pure Evil
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I think we have a troll herebouts that wants to blame the problems of the world on his parents. Maybe one day he'll grow into an adult and realize that the vast majority of those that preceded him were struggling to survive just as he is struggling to survive today, along with the rest of us.

And, I didn't raise your generation bitch.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:03 | 4024536 ElvisDog
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My dad used to beat me. His reason was when me and my brothers and sisters did something "wrong" but I think he just liked it. When my in-laws recently found out that story, they were surprised because I'm nothing like that. I tried to tell them that everyone makes their own choices. I chose not to beat my kids, so I don't. This idea that our parents are responsible for our bad behavior is bullshit.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:47 | 4024654 James
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ElvisDog, You ever hear the story of a drunken foul-mouthed violent father who had two boys who were abused by him?

The boys sister was concerned for them having grown up that way so she had a Shrink talk to them.

The one in Prison said " What choice did I have?

The other one, a successful businessman, said "What choice did I have".

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:48 | 4024656 A Lunatic
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While I mostly agree, people are often a product of their environment. That said, it is the responsibility of the individual to adapt and overcome whatever barriers are perceived to block the path to success (however that is defined).

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:48 | 4024290 LetThemEatRand
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"You know what I know? Your age group helped elect Obama twice."

 

As it is implicit in your statement that it would have made a difference if McCain or Romney had won instead or else you are just the entirely mindless person who likes to say "Obama's fault" and stop there, why don't you go ahead and lay out for us again how everything would be peaches and cream if McCain or Romney had won.  And then tell us again how you're not a Red Team/Blue Team person.  And then go read about the Fed, crony capitalism, MSM picking candidates who all answer to the big money interests, how offshoring affects middle class jobs, how lower taxes for the mega-wealthy and deregulation of the banks have not solved the problem and that said "solutions" have been supported by both parties for the last 40 years, and so forth.  

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:52 | 4024305 90's Child
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You and Francis LTER

Past few years on Zh only persons who's comments I've always or almost always agreed with.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:58 | 4024326 Harbanger
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You agree with Lola?  Maybe you can't help it if your generation is clueless.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:02 | 4024337 90's Child
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Harbanger I've been on this site long enough. I know skewed logic and spewing bullshit when I see it.

That's why I'm better off than some in my generation.

Your comments are jaded. Sorry you didn't amount to much in your generation.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:38 | 4024468 Pure Evil
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I guess it takes a jaded bullshitter with skewed logic to be able to recognize his own kind.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:40 | 4024474 NidStyles
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Shit going on three weeks and he think's he has it all figured out....

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:09 | 4024373 Burnbright
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Harbanger, normally I agree with your comments but blaming my generation for the shit storm about to come to pass is way the fuck out of line. 

It's equivelent to me blaming your sorry ass for not saving us from the present. Get real man. Everyone was complicit in what has happend and is happening. Blaming those that came later, the up and commers for the spilt millk all over the ground is real fucking low.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:32 | 4024442 Harbanger
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It's a fact that they came out in force to vote for Obama.  I don't blame them, they were sold on the cult of personality by the MSM.  The question is whether they learn going forward.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:00 | 4025032 Burnbright
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No Harbanager, it isn't about that. It's about laying blame. I don't blame you, or your generation. Thats bullshit. I could cry all day about how my daddy raised me but it wouldn't change the fact that I have my own choices to make in life and regadless if my choices were made based on a false premise created by him and his generation blaming others for your own poor decisions is simply not taking responsibility for oneself. 

Lack of accountability is why our governement is the way it is and why our lives, not just mine, but yours as well is worse off than it should be other wise. I am accountable for my share, what ever that is, but don't make this some bullshit arguement about how generation x or y came out strong to support Obama. Who gives a shit. I voted Ron Paul, that is all I got to say.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:12 | 4025049 Curiously_Crazy
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As someone in my late 30's with no kids I don't really have a position in either side of the argument, but I agree with your sentiments. I mean we all know that red/blue, black/white and male/female issues are all concocted to divide and conquor so in some ways it's almost amusing to see the generational infighting that so often goes on around this joint.

Cheers

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:17 | 4025053 Curiously_Crazy
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heh it's also amusing when ya post and then immediately find an entire thread below what you'd only said a few seconds ago...

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:08 | 4024361 gatorengineer
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you mean for the last two weeks and 5 days.....

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:10 | 4024368 90's Child
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My other profile got deleted for some Zionist comments or something like that.

Avatar has been the same.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:41 | 4024478 NidStyles
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Yet no one recognizes it.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:57 | 4024516 JohnG
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Do you admit to being a racist scumbag?

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 02:02 | 4025110 Curiously_Crazy
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And the other profiles name was? Is that the sound of crickets?

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:54 | 4024316 prains
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At least the Orange One was too stupid to get a Woar going in Syria to avoid the .gov shutdown debacle _ that's kind'a bonus ain't it for the ten or so thousnad that would currently be dead, burnt, disfigured, amputated, brain dead, generally fucked up

had the massive twat managed to start a Woar "For the Children's Sake". McShitStain might of actually been able to pull it off.....so stupid has its perks for some of the living, today

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:09 | 4024366 RaceToTheBottom
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"…that it would have made a difference if McCain or Romney had won instead"

Exactly, there is a large case of early onset Alzheimer’s going on here.

 

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:58 | 4024676 Oldwood
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Do you think that those who intially voted for Hitler were telling everyone how his opponent was just  likely just as bad? It more than a little apparent that those who supported Obama and now see what a fucking mess he is making can only talk about how bad Bush was or McCain/Romney would have been. You blew it and just don't have the balls to admitt it. Hope and fucking change, my ass....

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:38 | 4024465 Everybodys All ...
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When a Marxist con man president sells you a piece of shit health care program as he has you simply should not be surprised because that's what Marxists do. When the Marxists or Fascists (no need to argue the point) run out of other people's money, and you know they will, he's going to come for everything else you have including your freedom.

The only thing we can do now is deal with the consequences because this storm is just getting started. Prepare accordingly.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:09 | 4024372 Cleveland Steamer
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I remember the job ads in early 2002, when I had just finished school. Basically, there were no jobs available, unless you wanted to sell insurance door to door. Then, some jobs started showing up in mortgage origination. By the time most of the people I graduated with were starting to start doing well in their careers, 2008 happened and shit canned everything they had accomplished. Sadly, those were the good times compared to the job outlook when my brother graduates from school in 2 years. That group of young adults is totally fucked.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:39 | 4024628 pitz
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Most of the 2002 grads I know are still unemployed.  Was there a recovery after 2002?  Not really.  Unless you were in finance or something to do with housing. 

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 09:36 | 4025385 Abaco
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All of the guatemalan illegals I know are employed.  Poor bastards hiked a thousand miles through jungle and desert and came to a place where they didn't know the language, got jobs, work their asses off, and send money home.  Meanwhile the 18 - 25 cohort of white, suburban pussies get high and whine about there being no jobs.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 10:26 | 4025439 BlueCheeseBandit
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Yeah, too bad America's youth has ridiculous expectations of intergenerational wealth accumulation and won't work 100 hours a week for $2 an hour.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:31 | 4024439 augmister
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Not who you know, but who you BLOW... look at the women in this group.  They aren't home so they obviously know how to use their head.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:20 | 4024216 adr
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I wished I graduated in 2002. In 2002 graduates got jobs. I got out of college in May of 2000. That was like waking up and seeing clear blue sky right before the mountain popped up in front of the windshield of the plane.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:25 | 4024231 McMolotov
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I should clarify. I graduated in December 2001 and needed to find a job after 9/11, which was fairly difficult for a few months. But like I said, nothing near as bad as today.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:34 | 4024259 prains
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3000 construction jobs that should last 3 years on one project, opening up this year 50 miles from where I'm writing this and the lowest paying shit job will start a $20/hr. AND i know they won't be able to fill all the positions....they are begging for people, minimum requirement to be hired.......can you fog up a window

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w90eF0Pfe6M

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:35 | 4024266 90's Child
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@prains

There is a good paying job where I live some 15 - 20 miles north.

2k+ job positions.

Good pay, good benefits.

Job requirements, must be open to spying on your spouses, family members ect.

Willing to blackmail congress and other members of both parties.

Either way I'm still waiting for the NSA to get back to me on my résumé.
Should be a bitchen job I hear.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:38 | 4024271 prains
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when they offer you the goblet of blood, just know with it goes your soul never to return and Dick waits for you on the 9th layer with his Darth Vader glow stick of pain

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:44 | 4024283 90's Child
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Well, I ain't one for religion but if dick is there I'm used to gettin fucked over.

He probably couldn't get it up anyways so I could manage.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:50 | 4024299 prains
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Don't listen to a word the Clown Posse from D.C says and you'll at least have a chance, when the SHTF, head North when all the googs are heading South and good luck procuring a third tank of gas. <you'll need it> the gas and the luck

 

peace

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 23:29 | 4024893 Lednbrass
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Considering that the average rural county in the South has enough wepaons and ammo stockpiled to depopulate most major cities I can only wonder what anyone could possibly think they would gain by heading that way when things come apart.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:22 | 4025062 Freddie
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The south is armed for bear.

You know what is funny based on hunting licenses - loads of Northern states have loads of rural guns too.  Those hunters in the rural north are just like southerners.  800,000 hunting licenses in PA.  Almost as many in WS, MI, NY state plus other places like TX.

Hopefully - this time the scum will not fool us into a north and south battle.  I doubt it will happen.

These evil ****ers are good at wrapping cheap wire around barricades or shooting some disturbed mother with her kid in the car or pulling false flags in the Navy yard, a movie cinema, school and a marathon.  They are evil.

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 13:49 | 4025855 prains
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Led

call it a well educated "hunch" if you want, i know i won't convince most of you that I'm right but that's Okay, the few that listen will find that I'm right and reap the benefit of a little bit of wisdom, is all.....

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 16:05 | 4026160 Lednbrass
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Perhaps you are right, I just know that it is not likely to go well at all for those heading down here in such circumstances unless they are rejoining family.

Here in SC I have met many who feel that in any major breakdown things are going to get very, very dim for the carpetbagging types- most Southerners have a very visceral dislike of them.  Anyone trying to head this way without family is likely to be in a bad way.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:31 | 4024260 90's Child
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I still hadn't graduated elementary school then.

Coloring in between the lines was a bitch.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:42 | 4024281 prains
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don't worry the R&D Team have a lot of jobs opening up soon at Bullet Stoppers R' Us, once you're hungry and suitably angry enough you'll be directed towards hating as many brown people as you can because they hate you for your freedoms

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:15 | 4024208 akak
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No, because he doesn't automatically feel that (c)rap is the pinnacle of American music (and I use that word loosely).

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 21:57 | 4024677 Midas
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Damn, if feels good to be a gangster...

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 22:31 | 4024756 Vendetta
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Keep believing that

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 10:52 | 4025469 Never One Roach
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35?!

I read somewhere you start getting osteoporosis at 35.

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:14 | 4024194 A Lunatic
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Imagine how bad it would be without FED intervention.........

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:50 | 4024296 CH1
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Imagine.........

Imagine how good everything would be by now, without FED intervention!

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 20:02 | 4024336 A Lunatic
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Once all the Benny bucks come rolling in from Obamacare premiums our economic woes will be forgotten........

Sat, 10/05/2013 - 01:29 | 4025069 Freddie
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Imagine how good it would be if the entire Fed and their puppetmasters were doing a Mussolini.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vel-OeI_bgk

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