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« on: April 23, 2016, 02:52:28 PM »

I think we can all agree that due to:

1) National Debt
2) Healthcare fiasco
3) Skyrocketing education costs
4) Lack of appropriate and stable family upbringing (as a whole)
5) Lack of manufacturing jobs
6) Corporate power out there
7) Those that do have reputable careers and jobs are often way overworked and underpaid
Cool Many will have no means to support mom/dad as their health deteriorates as they get older
9) Gen Y/Z - many grew up poorer where upward mobility is much tougher and the odds of getting a decent education to become valuable in the market when growing up poor or lower middle class is difficult.

Gen Y is in real trouble financially.  Already, we're being called a "lost generation".  I believe that a lot of this though relates to my opinion that there is a real power struggle between Gen X/Baby Boomers against Gen Y in the workplace where values are totally different and the former is controlling the politics of companies and in the country.

Other than Gen X/the Boomers finally retiring, dying and being too old to have power any more, what can Gen Y do politically and for themselves to improve their economic outlook individually and as a group?
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2016, 05:04:36 PM »

I don't know which age range 'Gen Y' is supposed to be.
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2016, 05:18:20 PM »

I don't know which age range 'Gen Y' is supposed to be.
I would define it as those born between the early 80s to mid 90s.
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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2016, 05:48:44 PM »

I don't know which age range 'Gen Y' is supposed to be.
I would define it as those born between the early 80s to mid 90s.

Also known as millenials or more appropriately as "sh**tlennials".
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« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2016, 02:39:29 AM »

They can start by being more positive.  Instead of Gen Y, say Gen Y not!

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« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2016, 07:35:50 AM »

"Gen Y"? Is this 2007?
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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2016, 09:01:00 AM »

I don't know which age range 'Gen Y' is supposed to be.
I would define it as those born between the early 80s to mid 90s.

The Pew Center uses 1981-1996 (or 97) for the Millennials (what Gen-Y is normally called now that it has a name separate from Gen-X). That compares to 1965-1980 for Gen-X and 1946-1964 for the Boomers.
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« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2016, 05:01:45 PM »

Jan. 1, 1981-Jan. 1, 2001, IMO. Generations are by the twenties.

The youngest need to maybe do two years of community college for some associate degrees. Secure leadership positions to make sure to be able to take advantage of Generation Z, which will likely be mostly professional free lancers.
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« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2016, 02:19:13 PM »

nothing. politics doesn't work that way
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« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2016, 02:22:17 PM »

Jan. 1, 1981-Jan. 1, 2001, IMO. Generations are by the twenties.

The youngest need to maybe do two years of community college for some associate degrees. Secure leadership positions to make sure to be able to take advantage of Generation Z, which will likely be mostly professional free lancers.
except the baby boom phenomena ran from roughly 1946 to 1964. (maybe it began *slightly earlier* depending on a few sources but it certainly didn't end earlier.) nobody thinks someone can be both gen-x and a baby boomer now a days.
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« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2016, 07:50:07 PM »

Jan. 1, 1981-Jan. 1, 2001, IMO. Generations are by the twenties.

The youngest need to maybe do two years of community college for some associate degrees. Secure leadership positions to make sure to be able to take advantage of Generation Z, which will likely be mostly professional free lancers.
except the baby boom phenomena ran from roughly 1946 to 1964. (maybe it began *slightly earlier* depending on a few sources but it certainly didn't end earlier.) nobody thinks someone can be both gen-x and a baby boomer now a days.
1941-1961. Then 1961-1981.

You don't honestly think being a "baby boomer" should have anything to do with generational time periods, do you?
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« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2016, 10:22:50 PM »

Jan. 1, 1981-Jan. 1, 2001, IMO. Generations are by the twenties.

The youngest need to maybe do two years of community college for some associate degrees. Secure leadership positions to make sure to be able to take advantage of Generation Z, which will likely be mostly professional free lancers.
except the baby boom phenomena ran from roughly 1946 to 1964. (maybe it began *slightly earlier* depending on a few sources but it certainly didn't end earlier.) nobody thinks someone can be both gen-x and a baby boomer now a days.
1941-1961. Then 1961-1981.

You don't honestly think being a "baby boomer" should have anything to do with generational time periods, do you?

The Baby Boom is a well defined event based on real demographics. Artificially fitting it to some two decade span makes no sense.

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