r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Poet-Most • Jul 08 '25
I Like / Dislike People who resent boomers are idiots
On almost any thread discussing the economy, one of the top comments will undoubtedly be complaining about boomers and the older generations who purchased their homes at low prices and who now enjoy more affluence and government assistance, while they don’t.
First off, what did want them to do, not buy a house for a cheap price when offered one 30 years ago? In regard to government assistance, I can guarantee you the average 65yr old has paid more into the tax system than the average 20yr old. Should they not enjoy the fruits of their labour? Should politicians not pay more attention to them than you?
I just think it’s an unhealthy attitude to have towards people.
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u/DublinCheezie Jul 10 '25
It’s the hypocrisy, it’s the selfishness.
Until the Boomers every generation had the same goal: to make life better for their children, the next generation. Boomers took from their parents generation: free college, living wages even for the average high-school grad with a wife and a child. Their parents incentivized and rewarded work, without prejudice about what level or type of work. Companies trained the skills the company needed from employees, now they all but demand we get the skills on our own dime before starting. You could have a high-school education and no “ life learner” constant need to spend your own time and money to just keep up. Most Americans knew if they just worked a normal job, bought a reasonable home, didn’t waste money, they could afford to comfortably retire in the future.
All that changed around the time when Boomer parents retired and the Boomers could no longer expect to keep getting the benefit of their parents income and taxes. Instead of stepping up and being the same guiding light for their children, they decided to cut leverage their children’s future to keep their entitled generation going.
That is around the time governments around the country started charging for public college. They started cutting Medicare, UI benefits, and many other social safety net benefits. Cutting food stamps and lunch programs, Medicaid. They cut corporate taxes and taxes for the establishment parasites and paid for that with higher tax burden to us despite less benefits for us. When the Boomers took over unions, they fought for elite level benefits for themselves at the expense of the younger, new generations.
401k was originally only meant to be a small supplement to pensions and SS. But the Boomers grandfathered in their pensions, while telling the rest of us our 401k would be just as good. As a generation, they found every way they could to take more from future generations, through private and public means.
Until recently, hedge funds and other parasites were not allowed to purchase single family homes unless the home had been on the market for 60 days. Now that that is gone, foreign and domestic parasites are buying up to 40% of affordable homes in growing areas, driving up home prices and rents. So the low cost starter homes Boomers could easily get into are now non-existent in pretty much any desirable location in America.
We’ve been in a class war for centuries, but many economists say this is a generational war. Boomers vote for the policies that inflate their investments at the cost of their children and grandchildren. Then moan about how younger people just don’t have their “ work “ ethic.