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Reality is going to hit these Millenials like a run away train.
1 posted on 07/18/2018 7:45:57 AM PDT by C19fan
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They prefer to suck off their parents.


2 posted on 07/18/2018 7:46:54 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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Retire from what? You mean like from careers and stuff? Or retire, retire?

That’s a pretty short life by today’s standards.


3 posted on 07/18/2018 7:47:56 AM PDT by Tenacious 1
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The Government will take care of them for the next 20-30 years...


4 posted on 07/18/2018 7:48:48 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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Actually, I don’t think it’s fair to pick on Millenials in this instance. I’ll bet there a lot - a lot - of people older than this age bracket who are worse off, due to their proximity to retirement age, than these Millenials.


5 posted on 07/18/2018 7:48:59 AM PDT by Obadiah
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I’m a millennial. Got a lot saved in my IRA. Too bad for other millennials though.


6 posted on 07/18/2018 7:49:09 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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No reason anyone living in this country can’t be a millionaire by the time they’re 60 if they practice frugal living and have a work ethic.


7 posted on 07/18/2018 7:49:14 AM PDT by 11th_VA (ItÂ’s the Enforcement Stupid)
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“What’s in your wallet?” - millennial socialists.


8 posted on 07/18/2018 7:49:24 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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9 posted on 07/18/2018 7:50:34 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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Working towards retiring about 45 or so myself. Constant fight with the wife on not spending money so I can save more than I am (which, while still large amt of savings, would put me on track to about 50 at my target, not 45, and I want to exit corporate america as quickly as possible)

Strange, as a 36 y/o I grew up as a "gen X or Y" but now get grouped in with Millennials for some reason. I think people born in 1984ish and earlier should not be grouped with Millennials. Cell phones weren't even really a thing growing up in the late 80s and 90s (only the very wealthy let their kids have the Zach Morris phone), internet was still in its infancy, and there was no such thing as facebook or dating apps (and those using online dating were widely mocked back then as nerds) to say nothing of instagram/tinder/safespaces/etc.

14 posted on 07/18/2018 7:54:54 AM PDT by rb22982
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Easily 30% of millennial kids are not even fully employed, and perhaps 75% or more are not.

They think their parents are leaving them a fortune.


17 posted on 07/18/2018 7:57:08 AM PDT by CodeToad
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On a vaguely related note, as I approach 50 I sat down with a personal finance guy because college is approaching and wanted to make sure I have that covered properly and the negative impacts of the new federal tax laws (which hammer those of us stuck in NJ) are minimized. I've always just done all my financial planning myself but what the hell, a sanity check isn't a bad thing.

We talked a bit about retirement and he asked when I thought I wanted to retire. I told him and he said "everyone under 50 says 60 or 62. But When they are 60 they never retire, even if they are loaded. They may quit their job, but they get another one part time or something of that sort. Most people come to feel that it's too long to do nothing and to milk your nest egg if you stop earning that young." He wasn't advising me to work 'til I'm 70 or anything, he was just saying that younger people all ask him to plan for their retirement at 60 and when 60 rolls around none of them actually retire. I thought that was interesting.

18 posted on 07/18/2018 7:58:23 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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Keeping it real, how are they going to save money? Add to that, pensions and other retirement plans are almst non-existent.


19 posted on 07/18/2018 7:58:58 AM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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Millennials may have only a little saved for retirement, but they still want to retire early.

There's always the homeless option.
In the bizzarro reality of these "entitled" morons the money fairy reigns supreme :

If it's not mommy and daddy, it is the infinite purse of the actual adult working Americans, not in the warm embrace of "public employment," the largest subculture parasites of all.

Good luck to them.

24 posted on 07/18/2018 8:02:08 AM PDT by publius911 (Rule by Fiat-Obama's a Phone and a Pen)
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Got my retirement statement just yesterday. Pleasantly surprised...plus IRAs, Savings, Home and vacation condo paid for, cars paid for, 2 motorcycles and tennis game never better at age 60. Out lasting guys half my age in the Texas heat.....USTA 4.0 but can hit easily with 4.5 guys. Worked for all of it.......fool.

I’m in!


26 posted on 07/18/2018 8:03:40 AM PDT by vespa300
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I am more concerned about the 50-somethings calling in to Dave Ramsey with little savings, a lot of debt and retirement on the horizon.


27 posted on 07/18/2018 8:03:49 AM PDT by tbw2
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They can always move to France it worked out well there. /s


33 posted on 07/18/2018 8:09:00 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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Many Millennials despise their parents faith and moral teaching, but they are looking forward to inheriting what their parents’ money. Parents in such situations should consider leaving most of their wealth to causes that agree with and promote their values.


34 posted on 07/18/2018 8:09:31 AM PDT by txrefugee
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Millenials also have the most 'debt' on them thanks to their pops and grandparents.

Good luck.


35 posted on 07/18/2018 8:10:25 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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Most are counting on GoFundMe


36 posted on 07/18/2018 8:12:20 AM PDT by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable)
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bookmark


37 posted on 07/18/2018 8:12:24 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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