Problem is all those old people aren't retiring.

May 24, 2016
10:42:14am

panguitch Contributor

They have to work longer to pay for all the freebies they've smothered the millennials with in an effort not to feel guilty for the freebies they've taken for themselves.

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Freaking millenials

workindev

5/24/16 7:26am

Now hold on, they make some great points:

BringBackRoyalBlue

5/24/16 7:30am

A college degree is practically a necessity, why are they so expensive?

Dissenter

5/24/16 11:14am

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cvd6262

5/24/16 11:25am

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cvd6262

5/24/16 11:30am

That stat does not say what you think it says.

thecthdox

5/24/16 4:31pm

Thats not how supply/demand work...

Dissenter

5/24/16 11:51am

those are scary charts.

byujag

5/24/16 12:04pm

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Cabadapeste

5/24/16 12:11pm

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cvd6262

5/24/16 12:31pm

If they want a computer science, business admin or health science degree

Hoosier Cougar

5/24/16 12:49pm

Too bad higher education isn't about education. It's about brand and experience.

panguitch

5/24/16 12:52pm

After so long, it's more about experience and what you can deliver.

Hoosier Cougar

5/24/16 1:02pm

Google Bennett Hypothesis

Hank Rearden

5/24/16 4:49pm

It isn't a necessity - especially if you are getting a worthless liberal arts

workindev

5/24/16 2:11pm

I agree that going into debt for a useless degree is a bad idea

Dissenter

5/24/16 2:17pm

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cvd6262

5/24/16 2:31pm

That's a good point. There are pretty pointless degrees held by graduates who

Pretorian

5/25/16 3:57pm

Physical Therapists need minimal understanding?

VACOUGFAN

5/25/16 10:09pm

Pretorian

5/25/16 11:03pm

i understood completely.

VACOUGFAN

5/26/16 7:00am

Pretorian

5/26/16 10:50am

To be fair,

PezD

5/24/16 3:36pm

I'm a millenial. I'm also wondering if I could get a free car thrown in. It's

pistol12

5/24/16 7:32am

I don't see why not. There's not really any difference.

No touching

5/24/16 7:49am

If that did happen

ponys

5/24/16 7:34am

Me too

Bravescoug

5/24/16 7:51am

I wonder who is going to pay the loans

Nat Gas Man

5/24/16 7:55am

The greedy banks can take they hit. They can afford it.

srey

5/24/16 7:56am

The evil One-percenters, if course

cougarmeister

5/24/16 8:02am

"There's always a 1%"

WhiteKnight

5/24/16 8:06am

I'd be happy with a program that allowed us to refinance at reasonable rates

Twin Roots

5/24/16 8:17am

That is already an option in the private market. The government

molodyets

5/24/16 8:26am

I've checked the private market. It's only slightly better

Twin Roots

5/24/16 9:02am

Sofi rates are at like 2.9% Hard to get much better than that for unsecured debt

workindev

5/24/16 9:42am

So excited for all of you old people complaining about millenials to retire or

Cabadapeste

5/24/16 8:21am

Problem is all those old people aren't retiring.

panguitch

5/24/16 10:42am

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srey

5/24/16 10:50am

If obesity rates keep increasing we wont have to wait for them to retire.

Cabadapeste

5/24/16 10:51am

It's funny how old people, who completely screwed this country up, took benefits

GilaHank

5/24/16 8:28am

It seems like the overwhelming point is that no one wants to pay for anything

TNT

5/24/16 8:29am

RE: It's funny how old people, who completely screwed this country up, took

Cabadapeste

5/24/16 8:30am

Yep i dont expect to see a dime of social security and know the day is coming

monkeycowboy

5/24/16 9:19am

FYI ill have my $15,000 in student loans paid off in february. Just shy of

monkeycowboy

5/24/16 9:37am

I'm curious were your loans for undergrad? or Grad School?

Nat Gas Man

5/24/16 9:42am

Undergrad. Ive toyed with gradschool but i have hard time justifying the cost

monkeycowboy

5/24/16 10:03am

At least you are thinking and evaluating.

StalwartBraveTrue

5/24/16 9:34pm

Very well said. Sick of people targeting the Millennial generation.

Machiavelli

5/24/16 9:31am

Gen X were targets of ridicule and jokes too. They got over it.

Deadpool

5/24/16 10:11am

It's a right of passage to be able to start complaining about all the lazy

workindev

5/24/16 10:14am

I'm just not a fan of stereotypes, finger pointing, scapegoating, etc.

Machiavelli

5/24/16 11:04am

I can guarantee you 2 things:

workindev

5/24/16 9:40am

^^^ bank on this

HangookCoug

5/24/16 10:28am

I'm 56 and have paid out the wazoo. I'll probably never

B-Rex

5/24/16 10:32am

I know another B-Rex that could enunciate your feelings to the gov't well

Hoosier Cougar

5/24/16 10:57am

Its also funny that young people who want everything right now but don't want to

BYU I Bleed Blue

5/24/16 12:06pm

It's funny when people make blanket statements about "young people"

Machiavelli

5/24/16 12:42pm

Don't forget, they also raised the generation of millennials.

whirl

5/25/16 5:55am

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Machiavelli

5/26/16 9:02am

The problem is

Coug Dude

5/25/16 10:02pm

I'm surprised at how many people are so bothered by this discussion of millennials.

Blue Plate Special

5/24/16 12:53pm

I'll go ahead and respond since it seems I fit under the category of people

Machiavelli

5/24/16 1:49pm

And I would have to agree with you that generalizations do have the ability to negatively impact perceptions of self.

Blue Plate Special

5/24/16 2:11pm

I'm pretty sure what you say applies to every generation since the greatest

StalwartBraveTrue

5/24/16 10:07pm

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