2024 Presidential Election | ELECTION DAY 2024

[lawtig02]

I guess the bad blood for him goes both ways. What an ultimate betrayal of the family that made him who he is. He was never more than his name.

Will definitely ring hollow when he talks about how terrible Kamala would be for the country a week after begging for a job in her administration.

 

[UNCMSinLS]

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.

 

[Zoo_View]

I love the idea of Robert Kennedy, Junior dropping out and endorsing Trump.

He’ll likely make a few appearances with Trump and we’ll have two narcissistic jackasses spewing conspiracy theories from the same stage.

 

[nycfan]

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/21/trump-harris-campaign-spending-fec-00175377?is_magic_link=true&template_id=OTJIR2CRKUD6&template_variant_id=OTVPXN5JGTYRX

Trump has far less campaign money and infrastructure than Harris​

The former president’s campaign infrastructure is smaller than Harris’ — and his own from 2020.

“… Now that lead is gone, and Trump has also lost the cash advantage he once held over Biden. Boosted by record fundraising, the vice president’s campaign reported nearly $220 million in cash on hand at the end of July, compared to $151 million for Trump.

A major question now is how Trump’s operation will scale up its spending in the pivotal final sprint to Election Day.

… [In July 2020], his campaign committee and the Republican National Committee also had a combined nearly 800 staffers on payroll, according to a POLITICO analysis of FEC data.

This July, the Trump campaign and the RNC had just over 300 staffers on payroll, FEC filings show. Meanwhile, the Harris campaign and the Democratic National Committee had a combined roughly 1,100 staffers last month. …”

 

[nycfan]

 

[Patb78]

Right?! Boomers across the board just don't let go

I did. Retired 3 1/2 years ago and haven’t looked back. Certainly everyone’s situation is different, but I am loving retirement.

 

[nycfan]

Supposedly, Trump was super-intrigued about having Kennedy as his VP back in 2023 — apparently mainly because he lived the idea of Trump/Kennedy logos but at the time also thought Kennedy would pull a lot of young Dems.

 

[Patb78]

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.

That’s not a bad suggestion. Kind of a bridge to full Medicare. I know several people in the boat your wife is in. Best of luck to her.

 

[WaynetheDrain]

RFK Jr. is a piece of shit. His father must be rolling over in his grave.

 

[UNCMSinLS]

Looks like my prediction several months ago that Kennedy wouldn't get 5% of the vote was too charitable. I really meant 0.005% of the vote.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[superrific]

And to think that RFK debased himself by nominating a ludicrous golddigger as his VP just for the money and then she didn't come through.

 

[Kingpin]

In what seems incomprehensible to me, 66 would mean born in 1958, which is a middle to younger boomer.

Raises hand. But I am looking to retire soon, in the next 2-3 years.

 

[05C40]

Yeah, that seems like a page three story at best. I just can’t imagine it making many waves.

A mouse fart during rush hour.

 

[altmin]

A mouse fart during rush hour.

yeah, but the ego of the two men involved can't fathom it not being everything everyone talks about

 

[Centerpiece]

Right?! Boomers across the board just don't let go

Well this boomer did. Born in 1959. Retired early, 8 years ago at age 57. Now I just play jazz gigs on the weekends (with a few winery gigs on certain Thursday afternoons)
I am well outta the way of all you young bucks, and you’re more than welcome on my lawn - as long as you mow it, and weed-eat gently around the old ladies flower beds.

 

[UNCMSinLS]

Well this boomer did. Born in 1959. Retired early, 8 years ago at age 57. Now I just play jazz gigs on the weekends (with a few winery gigs on certain Thursday afternoons)
I am well outta the way of all you young bucks, and you’re more than welcome on my lawn - as long as you mow it, and weed-eat gently around the old ladies flower beds.

You, good sir, are my hero!

 

[TarHeeledTexan]

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.

My boss, 70, is semi-retiring and will just be doing half time work on one big project, while I’ll be taking over for him managing our department. This plan has been in the works for nearly 2 years! Guy didn’t really want to give it up.

 

[aGDevil2k]

I am gonna start a retirement thread. Should be some good discussion....like learning from folks

 

[Calheel]

Yeah, that seems like a page three story at best. I just can’t imagine it making many waves.

Trump has evened it up in the betting markets in the last few days and this is the only possible reason why.

That said, I can’t imagine a Kennedy endorsement actually helps Trump in any material way.

 

[lawtig02]

Trump has evened it up in the betting markets in the last few days and this is the only possible reason why.

That said, I can’t imagine a Kennedy endorsement actually helps Trump in any material way.

I don’t think that’s the only possible reason why. The betting markets aren’t predicting a winner. They’re setting a line to even out the bets as much as possible. I have no doubt whatsoever that no matter how bad things look for Trump objectively, his idiot cultists are FAR more likely to put down their hard-earned money on his chances of victory than are those in the thinking world.