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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:06 AM Original message |
Adult children ratting out their retired civil service parents in the media??? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nobody sane would decry the pensions of hard working police and teachers. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Link? |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. These are things I read in the local rag and heard on the radio. |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. I've noticed an effort to turn one generation against another |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yes, yesterday there was a headline about how "elders" were standing |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Hey- I'm 61 and I'm working |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Hatred for baby boomers is especially prevalent, from what I've experienced. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. amen to that |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. I know; it's crazy. I read a sappy fictional book once that had a line that's always stuck with me: |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Great response! Agreed about Pawlenty. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Very much so. He has had nothing but contempt for state workers and what the state can do for |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. It's not quite that simple |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. Plants or ungrateful spawn. n/t |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'm beginning to wonder if 90% of these stories aren't fabricated |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Also, what "a lot" of money is |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. Sure, policemen get 'too much' and teachers have 'huge' pensions. It's relative. |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You're right, it's relative |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. No, envy isn't hard to understand, but it sure isn't pretty. |
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mrbarber (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. Tea-baggers selling out their own parents. Doesn't suprise me. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. I am NOT buying this story. |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. What aren't you "buying?" |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. glad I don't have any adult children |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
19. They can't take pensions away... |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. What do you mean they can't take pensions away |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
23. I Know a Young TeaHo Who Doesn't Think Her Grandma "Deserves" Her UAW Pension |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. jealousy. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Thank you |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
26. When I started helping my elderly (80+) parents with their bills, taxes and banking, |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. IOW: DIE SOONER, YOU OLD BAGS. I NEED YOUR $$. |
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