It is this generation that voted big time for Obama and I believe they will continue to do so in 2012.
They got what they voted for with 'President Downgrade'.
(BIG BARF ALERT)follows:
Chin Up, Gen X'ers: Obama's Right There With You
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/29/chin-up-gen-xers-obamas-right-there-with-you/
Her hopes got changed.
Her hopes got changed.
Kids these days.
Those of us in 56K dial-up land thank you for linking to the printer friendly version of the article.
“You can’t reach for the stars at this point,” Thomas said.
Whatever happened to “Yes We Can?”
Has anyone besides me ever noticed these sob stories about graduates with lowered expectations never have degrees in engineering or computer science?
But But, their savior said it was Bush’s fault!\s
Marriages put off? What does the economy have to do with that, unless you want a big expensive wedding or are a gold digger looking for a rich mate as opposed to a spouse you love.
Career plans being altered...Isn't that true for all of us, even mid to late career? Just be glad you aren't close to retirement and your savings is being reduced.
Dreams Shelved...That's life.
Shouldn’t have been such sheep in ‘08 voting for the Kenyan.
What does this mean? And how can it be a "career"?
Alicia Thomas, 20, had it all planned out: career at a nonprofit, married by 24, mortgage by 26.
Career at a non profit...translation, some left leaning or environment wacko group leaching on the government and the public in general for their “funding”.
Married by 24...I did not know that a career dictated whether one got married...silly me.
Mortgage at 26...You have to be able to pay it back, age is not relevant.
Political science degree...that is a winner there.
Look at it this was honey, this is someone who I know pretty well:
Accounting/Finance degree at 21...ETS Army at 25...real job 2 weeks later in an earlier recession...GI Mortage at 30...not married till later and no children out of wedlock ever...It is called rational.
That's true, but the trends that have led to our economy going down the tubes have been in place much longer than Zero has been in the Oval Office.
Not one of those “plans” is impossible in this country at any adult age, nor have they been “made” impossible by exterior circumstance. They aren’t plans in any case, they’re aspirations. What they aren’t is gifts.
GenX thought they had someone of their own...internet savvy, smooth talking, no gray hair, not someone that looked like their grandfather, someone they could relate to.
Unfortunately they didn’t take the time to investigate they were just following each other over the cliff.
You just can’t fix stupid.
maybe not
I troll undercover on a forum with a lot of 20-somethings
two years ago Obama was God
last year it was still Bush's fault
now some common sense is seeping in
another disastrous year (which looks quite probable) and they'll be R votes I believe.
Gen-X: born 1965-1984. The youngest of Gen-X is 27. Those reference in the article aren’t over 26. That’s called Gen-Y.
As if the Boomers have ever known anything like this. School was cheap, they actually taught you something, and jobs were plentiful. You could get a liberal arts degree for bumpkis and get hired about anywhere. Now, you have to have a masters degree with what used to practically be trained on the job.
Granted, they may have it good now, but they know they really don’t have a future. They are the first generation to ever really experience that.
Excerpt:
Confidence among U.S. consumers plunged in August to the lowest level since May 1980, adding to concern that weak employment gains and volatility in the stock market will prompt households to retrench. * * *No big mystery here. About $ 4 Trillion has been lost in stock values during the past two weeks !“The mood is very depressed,” said Chris Christopher, an economist at IHS Global Insight Inc. in Lexington, Massachusetts. “Consumers are very fatigued and very uncertain. In the short term, people are going to pull back on spending.” * * *