Issue for the 2020s -- fertility rate
December 28th, 2019 at 10:25:10 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
WHAT?? Are you kidding me? Grandkids now are sucking the life out of their grandparents! Never saw anything like it when I was a kid. I see ADULT grandkids living in their grandparents basements. I see tons of Boomers parents with their kids in their 40's who have kids, living with the grandparents. You NEVER saw this when I was a kid in the 50's and 60's, not like you do now. 'Entitled Boomer's' my ass. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 28th, 2019 at 10:41:51 AM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/demographic-armageddon-japans-births-drop-lowest-1874-deaths-hit-highest-world-war-ii The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
December 28th, 2019 at 10:46:15 AM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-millennials-are-living-at-home-than-at-any-other-time-this-century/ " 22 percent of people ages 23 to 37 now living with their folks from 11.7 percent of people the same ages back in 2001." Boomer generation meet Boomerang generation. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
December 28th, 2019 at 11:09:12 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Can't be right, gamerfreak says 'entitled' Boomers are ignoring their kids and grandkids. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 28th, 2019 at 11:37:35 AM permalink | |
gamerfreak Member since: Feb 19, 2018 Threads: 4 Posts: 527 |
lol relax, I threw that in there semi-joking because I knew it would get a bunch of people here all riled up. I even said I have no clue what the trend really is. I doubt anyone does beyond anecdotal information, I don’t think that type of statistic is tracked by anyone |
December 28th, 2019 at 11:52:30 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
I take these things case by case. If they are kicking in cash or labor to help I have no issue. Older folks with a house too big offering a room. If they have a mid-life crash (divorce, etc) and are working their tail off and the family offers help fine with that. I knew a grown man who had to move back in with his mother after a divorce and she threatened to break his hands if he touched the washing machine, ever. He worked full time, just needed to regroup. OTOH, if it is kids who will not grow up, then yeah, problems. Just heard a call on Dave Ramsey. Guy was divorced 10 years ago, still could not get it together. Mom bought him a cheap mobile home for $10M and had him on a $100 a month plan, which he sometimes flaked on. She finally sold it. Says he's living in his car. Says he has had 2 DUIs. Says his kids and rest of family disowned him. That is a case of sucking the life out of your family. The President is a fink. |
December 28th, 2019 at 11:56:44 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
No you didn't, you were totally serious and now you're trying to back out of it. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 28th, 2019 at 11:59:22 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
This is coming to the rest of the world, just that Japan has a few things that make her get there first. Interesting that SK has an even lower birth rate. Japan might have taken Koreans in as guest workers, but SK will soon have their own problem. A real issue is what happens as all the rich, productive countries fail demographically. You can import labor but you cannot get the societies that are poor to act advanced. Even China is really a poor country with half the population in poverty. The President is a fink. |
December 28th, 2019 at 1:11:05 PM permalink | |
gamerfreak Member since: Feb 19, 2018 Threads: 4 Posts: 527 |
Sounds like you and your AP roulette system. I’m not backing out of anything. I’ll stick to boomers being a generation of entitled snowflakes, but like I said 10 posts ago I really have no idea what the trend is concerning grandchild care. |
December 28th, 2019 at 1:12:54 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I told you that you weren't joking. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |