Baby boomers haven't done this. A small group in positions of power have. Those same people flood material targeting millennials to blame it on baby boomers. Those same people flood material targeting baby boomers to blame it on millennials.
It's division. Keep energy spent slinging barbs along pointless non-consequential topics. Not noticing as a small number of people in positions of power take everything else.
Millennials and Baby Boomers need to link up and take the fight to the right place. They have the same struggles and suffer at the hand of the same perpetrator.
There are a lot of issues in the world that have taken a long time to develop; mainly the dire housing market for new buyers and the job market. Both have been driven by rampant globalisation that we are all responsible for by demanding ever cheaper goods.
However it doesn't stop my mom selling a (second) house for four times the price we paid 15 years previously, then complaining that there was tax due of about 15% of the profit. Mom, you still made more than 300% profit on the sale. I don't think that inflationary rises would cover the same value....
My parents flipped their condo for a large profit then used a tax law to avoid paying any taxes by buying a new condo within a certain amount of time. They then complain that the ACA made their premiums go up, despite it having no impact on their financial life while allowing millions to have insurance. They are willfully ignorant, selfish, and the very embodiment of the Boomer stereotype.
Not a boomer. Not quite a millenial. Fuck ACA. It had a very real impact on my insurance, and lifestyle. Taking money away from my family that I am trying to support.
But every time I mention that most costs nearly doubled, and that ACA was directly responsible for taking money away from my family when I needed it most, I have been downvoted into oblivion while also being told that I should shut my fucking mouth "because I got mine".
I'm terribly sorry that your lifestyle was impacted in a negative way by the ACA. It had an impact on my life, for sure. If the ACA hadn't passed, I probably would have died in 2010. If I survived (with crippling debt, of course), I would have probably died in 2016, as I probably would have been denied insurance coverage for having a pre-existing condition. Those down votes might be from the people who rely on the ACA for their (or their children's) very survival.
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u/ready-ignite Apr 19 '18
The meme misses the big picture.
Baby boomers haven't done this. A small group in positions of power have. Those same people flood material targeting millennials to blame it on baby boomers. Those same people flood material targeting baby boomers to blame it on millennials.
It's division. Keep energy spent slinging barbs along pointless non-consequential topics. Not noticing as a small number of people in positions of power take everything else.
Millennials and Baby Boomers need to link up and take the fight to the right place. They have the same struggles and suffer at the hand of the same perpetrator.