• AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    What is it that half the boomer threads complain that boomers are hoarding all the money in their 401Ks, and the other half say that boomers didn’t save anything?

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      2 years ago

      Because only a few of the boomers became ceos, the rest are just “useful idiots” that vote against their own best interests.

      A significant amount never planned to retire or else thought OASDI would be all they’d need. By the time they realized they were fucked, it was too late.

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      2 years ago

      Because there was a fair portion of the boomer gen that inherited wads of cash and housing from their parents.

      The rest of us were disowned, worked low-paying jobs and/or tried to help our kids do better than we did.

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        2 years ago

        I guess I’m in the middle. I got a good education paid for by my parents, but nothing after that. I’ve worked decent paying jobs and tried to help our kids. Not rich, but should be able to retire fine.