Subj : Re: New to this To : boraxman From : Gamgee Date : Sun Apr 27 2025 08:58 am -=> boraxman wrote to Cougar428 <=- Co> Younger people (not sure about gen-whatever), seem to feel entitled to Co> any and all assistance as if it's normal to get something for nothing. Absolutely agree with this. Dm> This attitude nowadays of "I got mine, and screw you" is prevelant Dm> with so many people of that generation, and others. They feel the Dm> younger generation should shoulder all the burden of society and taxes Dm> while they amass even more wealth. Baloney. You (dmxrob) are confused by the older generation(s) just wanting the younger folks to pull their own weight, and not feel entitled to every single thing. They are not "owed" anything, just like no previous generation was owed anything. Earn your way. Co> My attitude is more in line with I worked my whole life to get mine Co> and Co> you should probably work hard to make a life for yourself. Every young Co> generation shoulders it's own burden. Not the burden of society. And I Co> imagine alot of us 'boomers' have amassed wealth in the millions Co> (not). Correct. Dm> I'm very much against that, and Dm> believe that EVERYONE - I don't care your age - should pay in to Dm> taxes, etc. I don't support "senior tax freeze" nonsense. Why should Dm> young families have to "scrimp" to pay for services you are using Dm> while you have more than enough assets to pay for own? Not sure where this came from, but I've never heard of anything like a "senior tax freeze". That's because there isn't any such thing. DMXROB, where are you getting your "facts"? Co> I agree with you, everyone SHOULD pay taxes. Some people are Co> misinformed as to who actually does pay taxes. We ALL do. Correct again. Co> You make it out as EVERYONE didn't have to scrimp to pay for services Co> that they used? You make me feel like an ogre since I worked for Co> 50 years and saved my money so I could pay my bills after I have Co> finished my working life. I'm here to tell you, we're not all Co> millionaires. And correct again. bo> I do see where you are coming from. To clarify, I'm a dad, have a bo> family, kids I own my home. I have a decent job (in theory). I sort bo> of "made it". Sort of. bo> See, I only *just* scraped into getting a home, and that was largely bo> in part due to coming into significant money that I inherited. I was bo> priced out of where I grew. Looking at the prospects for me children, bo> they appear utterly dire. The city has changed *dramatically* since I bo> was young. I just came back from there, and now I'm a minority! bo> Again! I wish I could say my children will be better off, but they bo> won't be. And you know what, I'm old enough now to compare my adult bo> life now, with my adult life when I was in my early 20s, and *despite* bo> moving to a better position, becoming a leader, I'm worse off. And bo> all my peers are seeing the same. My experiences are the exact opposite of all of this. My children (two of them, both married with kids) will be far better off than me. Just as I am far better off than my parents. My wife and I own two homes, and so do both of my kids (in their 30's). It's hard to compare my present life to my life in my early 20's, but again.... I am FAR better off now. bo> Things are going down. Its palpable. My wife knows it. My friends, bo> her friends. Most parents see it. Parents I talkt to at work, my age bo> cohort, see it. Ther eis this sense we are being pushed off a bo> cliff. That was not the case when my parents were young. Its bo> something bigger, deeper. When I have to turn away job interviews for bo> managerial roles, because I can't afford to move, things are dire. Again, it's hard for me to understand this. Not sure how that situation has developed for you, but seems like something went wrong. That is not true for myself, nor anyone that I know. .... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message. === MultiMail/Linux v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.24-Linux * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (21:2/138) .