‘Unconscionable’: Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate ‘not seen since the Great Depression’ — here’s what’s driving this terrible trend (finance.yahoo.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Banshee@midwest.social to c/politics@hexbear.net

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I wish I could feel sympathy, but I don't. The Reagan generation did this to themselves, and the rest of us have to suffer with them.

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[-] Banshee@midwest.social 3 points 9 months ago

I think maybe the description is a bit harsh, but for real, they eagerly helped prevent or overturn just about any social policy that didn't benefit them. And now we're stuck with the consequences.

I know a boomer couple that is extremely conservative. Lived in a nice house that got foreclosed on when the guy took out a loan and couldn't pay it back. They berated their kids for being "failures" their whole lives.

Their kids are too poor to help them and the social services they opposed or helped gut won't either. At least they have some bootstraps to pull themselves up by.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Pensions?!? We don't need no stinking pensions!

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

I genuinely don’t know how to solve this until the boomers all fucking die. Which is clearly not a great solution to boomer homelessness.

“Group specifically responsible for creating this problem who will fight to the death to prevent solving the problem increasingly at risk from it”

[-] Spacemanspliff@midwest.social 1 points 9 months ago

I honestly wonder just how many of the homeless babyboomers have kids who are perfectly capable of helping them, but want absolutely no contact with their parents.