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Sympthsical

(8,934 posts)
4. Interesting angle
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 08:10 PM
Jul 2022

Not something I've ever seen someone bring up in this context.

I checked, and the life expectancy difference between 1989 and 2015 is 3.5 years, the two years the author is using as comparison.

Hey Millennials: get the fuck out there and VOTE for fuck's sake Blue Owl Jul 2022 #1
Great Grampa's party? Act_of_Reparation Jul 2022 #10
I understand why Red states cut higher education financing, but why did Blue states ? MichMan Jul 2022 #2
Life expectancy probably plays a role FBaggins Jul 2022 #3
Interesting angle Sympthsical Jul 2022 #4
Not the right comparison FBaggins Jul 2022 #8
It also depends on how old the parents were when they had kids. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #6
Transferring $50 trillion from 90% to the 1% probably plays a bigger role. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #11
Absolutely. Caliman73 Jul 2022 #21
This! Wages have not kept up, and economic growth has gone to the top 1% Amishman Jul 2022 #22
It didn't just happen that "wages have not kept up"; it's by R design ... Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #23
They should vote Democratic as Biden is the most pro union president applegrove Jul 2022 #5
They do. And by a much wider margin than their elders. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2022 #17
Bookmarking. Thanks. applegrove Jul 2022 #19
More billioinaires. The creator of Monopoly tried to warn us. Now its just a game that gathers LT Barclay Jul 2022 #7
That is because we are playing that game in real life. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jul 2022 #9
Any way to flip the board? I'm losing. LT Barclay Jul 2022 #12
I wish. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2022 #24
Very sad! LT Barclay Jul 2022 #25
To me, making it happen has never been the issue. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2022 #26
Right now I'm watching a National Geographic 3 part history on The Greeks on Disney+. They had some LT Barclay Jul 2022 #27
You got that right! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jul 2022 #28
Billionaires have monetized everything. Initech Jul 2022 #13
Could it be because the Baby Boomers benefited from programs they then cut for their artemisia1 Jul 2022 #14
It's a tragically different economic reality for Millenials. SYFROYH Jul 2022 #15
One reason for the greater debt is that more millennials then boomers went to college Kaleva Jul 2022 #16
College is also a shitload more expensive. Why is that? Is the increase in cost necessary? Calista241 Jul 2022 #18
Total costs at a nearby university is about $27k a year Kaleva Jul 2022 #20
College was hammered into us Sympthsical Jul 2022 #29
Saint Ronnie Ray-Gun maxrandb Jul 2022 #30
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