Re: Financial topics
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:54 pm
Muppet masher was correct a3 to a2 makes no difference.
Generational theory, international history and current events
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Yeah, One Two Three ... Infinity by George Gamow was a favorite bookHiggenbotham wrote: > All this recent focus and talk about retirement reminds me of your
> old article 1,2,3, infinity. Practically every day, I see
> headlines in the financial news talking about retirement.
> Today:
> 09:47 A ‘substantial’ number of baby boomers jeopardize their
> retirement by doing this MarketWatch
> 09:46 Why do 37% of older workers retire earlier than planned?
> MarketWatch
> Recently Suze Orman, the financial advisor, started advising that
> $5 million is needed before anyone can seriously consider
> retirement. What will the next number be? Do I hear $10 million?
> $50 million? infinity? Apparently, no thought of cutting
> consumption, deflation, or downsizing.
This is obviously very personal to me. You're young enough so that> My cousin, Suzanne, who I have not spoken to for years called me
> up on Sunday because she is having a 90th birthday party for her
> mother (my Aunt Dot). We were talking about age discrimination,
> and she told me that a recruiter contacted her, and when Suzanne
> told her when she graduated, the woman hung up on her. This is
> crazy.
I can relate to this because, when I was visiting the retirement community as described recently, the Silents who were still around were disconnected, as you describe. The sad thing is, they have a lot of wisdom to offer, but nobody is listening. One old Silent woman talked to me about her life experience and it was incredible. But she said whenever she advises young people, she is ignored. She tries to reach out in her local community to no avail. As with many of the Silents her only contact left in her world is her son, who calls once a day. I heard some version of this several times. Until hearing this, I had no idea how lonely the Silents are and just how bad it has become. Since a lot of their kids are caught up in their own problems, many are totally ignored (except, I suppose, if they have some money and they can still be thought of as an ATM).John wrote:This is obviously very personal to me. You're young enough so that> My cousin, Suzanne, who I have not spoken to for years called me
> up on Sunday because she is having a 90th birthday party for her
> mother (my Aunt Dot). We were talking about age discrimination,
> and she told me that a recruiter contacted her, and when Suzanne
> told her when she graduated, the woman hung up on her. This is
> crazy.
you probably feel that you're still part of the world. I feel more
and more disconnected every day. This goes beyond the fact that
nobody wants to hire me for anything and I'm going to run out of money
in a few months, which will be the end of me. It's just a total
feeling that I'm watching the world, and writing articles about it in
the Generational Dynamics World View News thread, and that it's
totally crazy. I might compare it to sitting on top of a mountain and
watching two locomotives heading towards each other on the same track.
It's obvious that they're going to crash, but the train engineers
don't care. The news media on the trains see that they're going to
crash, but they don't care either. All they care about is that one
train engineer supports Trump and other doesn't. So I'm on top of the
mountain, watching all this happen, and realize that I'm not part of
it at all. I'm just a lone individual, and don't belong to anything
anymore.
When you visit the retirement community, do you ever hear talkHiggenbotham wrote: > I can relate to this because, when I was visiting the retirement
> community as described recently, the Silents who were still around
> were disconnected, as you describe. The sad thing is, they have a
> lot of wisdom to offer, but nobody is listening. One old Silent
> woman talked to me about her life experience and it was
> incredible. But she said whenever she advises young people, she is
> ignored. She tries to reach out in her local community to no
> avail. As with many of the Silents her only contact left in her
> world is her son, who calls once a day. I heard some version of
> this several times. Until hearing this, I had no idea how lonely
> the Silents are and just how bad it has become. Since a lot of
> their kids are caught up in their own problems, many are totally
> ignored (except, I suppose, if they have some money and they can
> still be thought of as an ATM).
> As for me, you are correct, even though I feel as if my outlook is
> very different from that of others, I still feel very much a part
> of this world.