How was that line received at the Thanksgiving table?
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I mean, I think my mom mostly agrees. There is a family member or two whose opinion consists of.... B e n g h a z i H I L L A R Y C L I N T O N#Benghazi
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As a boomer, Vietnam vet, we had Bobby Kennedy ready to end the war when he was assasinated. With that and the disillusionment with LBJ and the Democrats’ war policy, we wound up with Nixon.
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This is a good point although stronger if you leave out environmental degradation since the environment is a lot better now than when boomers started coming of age
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That is true in the Bay Area and w/ Jerry Brown, but I guess I am referring to this particular administration's treatment of the EPA and the Paris Accords.
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That’s just not true. Rent control was passed because housing prices increased rapidly after 1972. The oldest boomer was 26. Most hadn’t even started college. Pensions were eliminated for most workers by the late 1980s. Only the oldest boomers have pensions.
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Yeah, I agree with what you're saying. I think the more relevant framing is the ratio of older voters (which understandably shorter horizons) versus younger voters (who need to be thinking in a multiple decades-to-half century long framework)
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Flat 50% tax on all 401k withdrawals. Not gains -- withdrawals.
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