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4. If the federal government followed their example of self-imposed austerity...

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 01:43 PM

Nov 2012

I think we'd be just fine in the end.

Wonder how much they're spending on stinger missiles and aircraft carriers in his household.

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Cost-Cutting Baby Boomers Blunt Stimulus Effects of Fed Easing [View all] marmar Nov 2012 OP

I call BS msrizzo Nov 2012 #1

Part of the problem is the national economy is not diversified. no_hypocrisy Nov 2012 #3

I have been retired for about 3 years now. RebelOne Nov 2012 #5

If someone is 72 years old, they are not a Baby Boomer. tsuki Nov 2012 #6

True. calico1 Nov 2012 #8

When I retired, reality hit home. badhair77 Nov 2012 #7

There was a somewhat similar article a bit back, shaming blogslut Nov 2012 #10

If you're 72, you are not a baby boomer. You were born in 1940. sinkingfeeling Nov 2012 #11