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Well, more evidence about how Generation X feels about the boomers. I've known plenty of X-ers and while I've found plenty of them to be good people, there's also a certain hatred. A lot of it is towards Boomers, but it can also have other targets.

Personally, I'll be amazed if the Euro manages to have an 11th anniversary. They've been trying for nearly 3 years to prop it up, to bail out the failing countries, but it hasn't worked. The money's run out and they can no longer ignore the consequences of reality.

Maybe they subconsciously know it's the last hurrah. I also had the fleeting thought that this is the last semi normal holiday season I will ever see.

and they're tired of living like monks and figure they'll have some fun one last time before everything goes to hell.

Well, it's not easy to save. Once you're in debt, it's very difficult to get out. In addition, remember that we haven't felt the full effects of the new depression. Things are bad, but not yet desperate. Once our GDP plummets and unemployment becomes 15-20 percent, we'll see the changing attitudes.

One thing I noticed about the Great Depression is that debt did not fall immediately. For the first few years, it continued to skyrocket. For one thing, during the first couple of years, most people had no idea about the sheer depth of the problem. In 1929 and 1930, even if things had gotten difficu...

My thought earlier today was that if we have to pick from the current list of candidates it might be better to think about leaving the country. To where? John There really is nowhere to go. It was just a thought that popped into my head as I recognized the inadequacy of all of these candidates. May...

I have to admit, John, I pretty much agree with your statement about Obama and Hilary. Setting up a website where you're supposed to report if anyone says anything "fishy" about their policies, especially the health care bill, was downright frightening. As for the republicans, I'm not too fond of an...

I wish 2012 looked like a better year, but that doesn't look like it's going to happen.

we're not going to be able to sustain this level of debt. Europe should give us a clue to that, but it hasn't. I'm expecting a Greek default in 2012 and possibly other countries, in addition to China's economy taking a major contraction.

We've actually had considerably less inflation than I expected, especially compared to the 1970's. It's only been about three percent or something like that.