[2ndDivisionVet]

So he's dragged us down so far that we're worse off than 1870?! And WE LET HIM DO IT!!

[Enterprise]

Sounds like a horror movie. “The Millennial in Mom’s Basement.”

[G Larry]

And some “boomers” too!

Mom just kicked my 56 yr old brother out for the third time.

[11th Commandment]

American's are generally less mobile because they understand that transferring with a company does not mean job security. Many years ago, the people who moved were safe in cutbacks but today this is not the case.

Now for basement dwellers. Having witnessed this in my own neighborhood I am stunned how many parents put up with this behavior and worse, actually enable this behavior. Sadly, I have seen a bright, employed, responsible teenager turned into to an unemployed, half educated, basement dweller only because of the enabling of the parents. Sure the parents say they are disappointed but make car payments, pay insurance and build a room in the basement.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

"He" and his associates do not have the intelligence or the steadiness to drag us down; that is being effected by "his" masters and their abnormal fear of expulsion and exclusion. Further, some of the master class wish to sate their insatiable greed at the taxpayers expense. "He" and his administration are tools allowing control by those incapable exercising effective governance. Those that are greed driven controllers are "looters" in the best Ayn Rand meaning of the term.(Solyndra etc.) We are undergoing a national disaster and most people do not even know why.

Blinding the American people is their present degeneracy; i.e. their devotion to drinking, drugging, eating, copulating with boys and/or girls indifferently, evacuating their bowels, snoring and attending "The Games!" The left and its controllers, at present,( P.C. reflects leftists fears)- have only fears that the American will come out of their living death. Whether or not the leftist fears are justified remains to be seen.

[MichaelCorleone]

I think the best thing is to learn a skill or trade that a person can use to either remain independent or as a contingency plan should they get downsized with their company.

The days of getting a good education to find a good job/career as a life plan are about over, methinks. No loyalty anymore, if it ever existed at all. Soon these who have come to depend on taxpayer money to live will soon be SOL when that gravy train comes to an end as well.

Be the master of your own destiny. That is the way to reduce the risk of living in America. And the most rewarding.

[Steely Tom]

"Living in your parents' basement is good for the economy!"

- Nancy Pelosi

Not really.

[JSDude1]

I guess I am in the 7% that moved last year, to pursue my own life in North Carolina.

[OldPossum]

To a large degree the millenials brought this situation onto themselves with their stupid voting habits and for that reason I have no sympathy for them.

I left home at 18 and never came back, well, I did return briefly for visits. Not long after establishing myself, I had nightmares in which I was laid off and had to return to my mother’s home to live. Obviously, these folks are not inclined to those kinds of nightmares.

[riri]

We are toying with the idea of having my MIL come live with us now that she's well into her 70s and developing dementia.

So, we've been looking at homes with small guest houses in the back. But, we found a new builder who is touting a "home with in a home". They are building homes now with in-law suites.

We looked at one and the house portion was a bit too small. So, we went on to look at some other models--the in-law suite was only getting bigger and nicer while the main house was staying the same. Exactly the opposite of what we were looking for. I was perplexed as to WHY this was...

Then it occured to me what a BAD SIGN this was---because the IN LAWS are buying the houses. That generation is the only group left with any wealth.

So, then last night, I am doing some work and some sit-com was on one of the standard channels. (Mike and Molly, I just googled it). I rarely watch TV but this show caught my eye.

For one the two middle aged main characters were a middle aged, obese couple WHO LIVED IN HER MOTHER'S HOUSE.

There was a ton of other cultural Marxist conditioning but, yeah, we are being prepared for living off the corpse of the wealth of the boomer generation and never replacing it.