2024 Presidential Election | ELECTION DAY 2024

  • Thread starter Thread starter nycfan
  • Start date Start date
  • Replies: 8K
  • Views: 289K
  • Politics 
aGDevil2k said:
I was thinking how there's never been a Gen X candidate for president (Harris is 4 months shy)....and it hit me:

There has never been a president born in the 1950s, and now, there likely never will be. Seems a bit wild to me. 4 in the 1940s, though.
Click to expand...
We never had a president born in the 1930s either.

What’s also interesting is that, of all the presidents born in the 40s, they went from youngest to oldest. That is, Clinton was elected in 1992 and again in 1996, and he is the youngest of the four. Then Bush, who is slightly older than Clinton was elected next. Then Trump, who is slightly older then Bush, was elected eight years after Bush left office. Then Biden, who is the oldest of them all, was elected.
 
Last edited:
SnoopRob said:
I think it's more that the older boomers (and the youngest silent generation) have largely refused to get out of the way of everyone else.
Click to expand...
In every facet of life, honestly. At work I am thinking "why the Hell won't you retire? you are rich and 66 years old. Move on!"
 
aGDevil2k said:
In every facet of life, honestly. At work I am thinking "why the Hell won't you retire? you are rich and 66 years old. Move on!"
Click to expand...
In what seems incomprehensible to me, 66 would mean born in 1958, which is a middle to younger boomer.
 
aGDevil2k said:
Right?! Boomers across the board just don't let go :)
Click to expand...
I think it's a fairly natural outcome of both lengthened life spans including increased health outcomes for older folks and the rise of predominantly intellectual jobs as a mass of jobs.

If you're in good to great health, foresee living a couple more decades, enjoy what you do, and are physically/mentally able to keep doing it...why retire just because the calendar says you're 65 (or 70 or 75 or whatever)? Or even if you're only in decent health and only foresee living another decade, why not keep doing your job if you love it?

I do think that companies are going to have to figure out (and I think many already are) how to move folks out of the highest management roles, though, and into something more like vision/leadership/SME roles in order to ensure that they have a sustainable management succession plan.
 
aGDevil2k said:
In every facet of life, honestly. At work I am thinking "why the Hell won't you retire? you are rich and 66 years old. Move on!"
Click to expand...
I'm sure the answer is different for everyone, but I retired when I was 69 and a half years old. I was planning on retiring on the day I turned 66 which, for me, was a full Social Security payment. But I turned 66 in the middle of the worst of Covid and where I worked was just scrambling to get the work done because they were short of people and couldn't find any more. I just felt like, man, I can't leave these folks in a lurch, now of all times. So, I hung on for another 3 and half years. And when I did decide to retire, they said something like, "Just one more thing." This happened a couple of times, but I finally said, "I'm retiring, that's it."
 
farce said:
I hate it when people knock on my door for political issues/candidates and there is no way I will inflict that on others. Phone calls are a bit less intrusive but one of my college jobs was telemarketer (long before caller ID existed) and I'm not going back to calling strangers, especially now when no one answers the phone.
Click to expand...
yeah, i get this.

i am beyond polite and get off of the call immediately if they don't want to talk.

i have yet to be yelled at or hung up on and i've probably talked to @ 100 people during these last two tuesday phone bank efforts.

yesterday one lady did sort of shout at me that she's voting straight ticket dem and to take her off of the call list.
 
aGDevil2k said:
In every facet of life, honestly. At work I am thinking "why the Hell won't you retire? you are rich and 66 years old. Move on!"
Click to expand...
I moved on at 64. One of the reasons people stick around is access to health insurance. Once people are Medicare eligible at 65 most will retire unless they made lousy financial choices. My wife would retire tomorrow if she could get Medicare. I am an advocate for “Medicare for all” but as an interim measure I would like to see anyone 50+ able to buy in to Medicare for <$300 per month. Then you’d start to see people leaving their jobs.
 
farce said:
I moved on at 64. One of the reasons people stick around is access to health insurance. Once people are Medicare eligible at 65 most will retire unless they made lousy financial choices. My wife would retire tomorrow if she could get Medicare. I am an advocate for “Medicare for all” but as an interim measure I would like to see anyone 50+ able to buy in to Medicare for <$300 per month. Then you’d start to see people leaving their jobs.
Click to expand...
I stayed in my federal day job, which I pretty much hated, until 56 when I became eligible for retirement. I got paid health care but the pension for early retirement is terrible. But, not to worry, I maxed out my retirement contributions and zapped all remaining debt. Plus, my moonlighting job, though demanding at times, provides a nice income and plenty of enjoyment.

As usual, I agree with something farce writes - most would step away earlier if they had health care.
 
Journalist I know says the industry gossip, for lack of a better word, is that RFK will drop out by the end of the week and endorse Trump. Timed to take thunder away from the DNC.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top