[ExI] Meta question again

[William Flynn Wallace]

I didn't write the part that Bill W attributes to me below.


sorry, if an apology is in order -  bill w

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Dan TheBookMan <danust2012 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I didn't write the part that Bill W attributes to me below.
>
> Oh, and with comments I actually did write, I meant sentiments like this:
>
> http://articles.philly.com/1992-06-04/news/26031005_1_
> first-reunion-high-school-reunion-father
>
> Note that that's from 01992!
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
>   Sample my Kindle books via:
> http://author.to/DanUst
>
> On Aug 25, 2016, at 12:35 PM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 'Worse off' of course depends on your chosen criteria.
> e.g. poorer but happier is possible.  dan
>
> But if you look at the Economic prospects section, it looks bad for
> Millennials.
> e.g. higher unemployment and 'under-employment', more still living
> with their parents, lower wages as they started work after the 2008
> crisis, more unemployment expected due to AI, high student debt, etc.
> A bad start to working life like this will probably never be recovered
> from.bill k
>
> Thanks bill k - to Dan:  I agree with you fully that the web and the spate
> of current electronic tech is out of this world, the web being the greatest
> thing that has happened in my lifetime and I use it constantly.  But for
> most people I think it's a play thing, or a shopping cart, or a substitute
> for personal phone calls.  Most people are not going to take advantage of
> the learning that can take place on the  web, nor the immense knowledge
> available to them.
>
> So, what I was talking about was what Bill K said - economically we are in
> a stasis for wages compared to the gains the current teens parents
> experienced.  SS will have to be saved.  Ditto Medicare and Medicaid.
> Business pensions are dropping out of existence.  I won't live to see it
> but I do worry about how the current teens are going to do in retirement.
>
> We are saddling our youngsters with massive college debt that many will
> never repay and their credit will suffer from it.  Free education is,
> currently, unrealistic, but so is shoving youngsters into the business
> world with all this debt.  Medical people take a long time to repay their
> med school expenses, though I assume they do all right eventually.
>
> I am sure just about anyone can add to the woes above.
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:35 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 25 August 2016 at 19:03, Dan TheBookMan  wrote:
>> > Start by realizing the claim is put forth almost election cycle. It's
>> part
>> > of the 'everything is getting worse and we must do something now' line
>> of
>> > thinking. And 'do something now' usually means 'vote for my favorite
>> > candidate.'
>> >
>>
>>
>> That may be true, but the Millennial generation has been pretty well
>> studied.
>> See: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials>
>>
>> 'Worse off' of course depends on your chosen criteria.
>> e.g. poorer but happier is possible.
>>
>> But if you look at the Economic prospects section, it looks bad for
>> Millennials.
>> e.g. higher unemployment and 'under-employment', more still living
>> with their parents, lower wages as they started work after the 2008
>> crisis, more unemployment expected due to AI, high student debt, etc.
>> A bad start to working life like this will probably never be recovered
>> from.
>>
>> BillK
>
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