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  • lawngnomes4pres, on 04/13/2008, -13/+186beautiful
    • Borgcube636, on 04/13/2008, -4/+2Thats what I was going to say
    • Nodaki, on 04/13/2008, -22/+4/barf

      Brought to you by the AARP and the so-called 'greatest generation'.

      I made something more beautiful this morning...but I flushed it shortly afterwards.
      • tabion, on 04/14/2008, -0/+7Hmm, all your comments have had negative diggs. It's a sign that nobody cares about what you say.
    • jimmiss, on 04/13/2008, -7/+2How Quaint.
    • gwhardyiv, on 04/13/2008, -1/+15A little oversimplified. Sometimes, putting family first means putting work first.
    • Humbick, on 04/13/2008, -2/+31CAUTION: NSFW
    • sampanc, on 04/13/2008, -4/+2It's about damn time someone noticed my new jeans!
    • lust, on 04/13/2008, -1/+3Yeah it sure was. I almost cried.
    • lukas88, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3I got a little choked up
    • bluezinc, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3I don't know. I kind of feel like it's going the way of the first reading. Yeah, we can say we are not these things, but so many of us are exactly that. So many of us put work before anything else, success is measured in dollar signs, etc.
    • lendrick, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2Excuse me... I seem to have something in my eye.
    • diggrnumber1, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2you realize that this is from the AARP. that organization certainly shares some of the blame for the problem. this is propaganda at its best.
    • LeonidasStokely, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1^Why are some of us so cynical?^

      I wanted to Digg it twice.
  • profvegas, on 04/13/2008, -5/+134Excellent message and cool format, I venture to guess this was inspired by the 2006 Cannes winning 'The Truth' an Argentina political ad. An English translation of that masterpiece is at:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbmn9YMc0Lw&eurl=ht ...
    • 3th0s, on 04/13/2008, -1/+7Great find.
      The original video was fantastic too.
    • sfury, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1and has lovely music too - from Amelie's soundtrack
  • 3ugene, on 04/13/2008, -12/+71The government kind of forces us to work our tails off with the 33% of our wages they get right off the top. This number continues to rise and will not go down because of the fact that it is set by the amount of money we borrow from other countries. I guess people could lose their jobs when the economy vaporizes due to an apathetic attitude towards monetary policy and the unheard of balanced budget.....more time with the family, maybe there is hope after all...
    • jaydoj, on 04/13/2008, -9/+11Fair Tax?
      • d03boy, on 04/13/2008, -12/+80% tax
        • tcpip4lyfe, on 04/13/2008, -3/+240% = anarchy
          • DarkReign16, on 04/13/2008, -4/+3Exactly, tcpip4lyfe. = )
          • VinceNoir, on 04/13/2008, -2/+5tcpip4lyfe, you're correct. However, I think a lot of the 0% tax goons actually want anarchy. They believe that's the only way they will have their extreme version of "liberty".
          • Solis, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1What's wrong with anarchy?
          • Pssdoff, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1How about 0% income tax and legal buds.
        • MikeSD34, on 04/13/2008, -3/+19It costs money to run a government. It costs money to sustain an army to defend this country from outside forces. It costs money to provide support for those who cannot help themselves. It costs money to make laws, to enforce those laws, and to protect you and your families from inside forces. It costs money to provide public schools and roads for you and your family members. It costs money to run a government, and that money has to come from somewhere. In a government run of the people, by the people, and for the people, that money comes from the people. It is foolish to think that you can run a government without taxes or income of some sort.

          I'm not saying that 30% is right, or that the current system works, just that it's foolish to believe that you can run a government without some sort of income.
          • nomadxx7, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1Yeah but you can create income via luxury taxes and not pilfering funds to support budgets. Right now the amount of pork barrel spending is enormous and funds can also be cut in the military-industrial complex. What about saving money by putting washing machines at the barracks and soldiers can do their own laundry (cost maybe $1 to wash versus $100 a load from Halliburton). Stop giving out tax breaks to corporate models like Big Oil. Give them the breaks if they invest their money into alternatives and R&D. Don't give them $20b in tax breaks when they make $120b. Reign in HMOs and insurance companies. Reduce prescription drug costs. Have the government work on the research and keep the medicine that is discovered in public domain (I read a story where government scientists found a cure for some disease and then took their public funded research into the private sector - they made $450 million last year). Revamp drug laws and legalize/tax. Remove a portion of the prison population (costs about $30k to house 1 inmate). Remove lobbyists from government. Remove income tax.
          • lotsa1s, on 04/14/2008, -0/+0If I remember correctly, if we removed the income tax we would have the exact same federal budget that we had something like a decade ago, and we did fine. Hell, we were in a surplus, under a DEMOCRAT. Its not how much money you tax, its how well you spend it.
          • Lewie, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2According to my Congress class, in 2002 there was $45 Billion spent on "porkbarrel" earmarks.
            1) The US Budget in 2002 was $2.0 Trillian, meaning earmarks were 2.25% of the budget; or as much as about 4 months in Iraq
            2) Most earmarks go to things like road and bridge construction (not just Ted Steven's bridge to nowhere), and other projects that are beneficial to a Congressman's district, which usually benefit the people.

            I can agree with your points on taking away tax breaks from Oil companies, drug laws, and prisons.
      • LiberalAK, on 04/14/2008, -2/+0If you are not one of the richest people in America, then the "Fair Tax" will end up taxing you more than you are currently taxed.

        Do some research.
      • fokov, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1smaller government.
    • Kakemonster, on 04/13/2008, -21/+7Well, both my parents pay 50% taxes... IMO taxes must be AT LEAST over 30% so everyone can have a decent living. With public schools for everyone, good roads and health care.
      • kinseyincanada, on 04/13/2008, -1/+5What the world needs is fair taxation with representation if my money is being taken by the government it damn well should go towards the community and not bombing other countries.
      • lotsa1s, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2Why the ***** should I pay for your decent living? If you're not willing to work for it you don't deserve *****.
        • brstilson, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Ahhh the old "poor people are poor because they're lazy" argument. Sorry, but a lot of poor folks work a hell of a lot harder than you do.
          • lotsa1s, on 04/14/2008, -1/+0And I should care why? Last time I checked I'm not poor. Why exactly should I pay for things that aren't going to directly benefit me?
    • mrraven200, on 04/13/2008, -7/+2The corporations kind of force us to work our tails off with a stagnant minimum wage and continued outsourcing they get outrageous profits right off the top.

      I corrected your post, you're welcome. And you know what I don't care if this ***** off net.libertarians.assholeassholeasholes, they thoroughly deserve it for ruining American manufacturing, hint if the lefties don't get you the Buchanites will.
      • Mothrog, on 04/13/2008, -4/+16"The corporations kind of force us to work our tails off with a stagnant minimum wage..."

        If you make minimum wage as an adult, you failed at life. The only one forcing you to work your tail off is you for making ***** decisions in your life.
        • mrraven200, on 04/13/2008, -4/+5Yeah trickle down sure has worked well, the economy and housing market are in fabulous shape, oops.

          Trickle down=***** on!
          • Mothrog, on 04/13/2008, -0/+5Where was any statement about trickle down economics? Regardless, why the hell is it do you think that companies want to outsource? Short sighted polices have made conducted business within the US too expensive. Oh, and FYI, Keynesian economics, you know, the kind the Fed engages in, shares plenty of blame for our economy as it stands. But, go on, I'm sure you have another ignorant extremist sound bite to blather about.
        • brstilson, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2"If you make minimum wage as an adult, you failed at life."

          Or the company you worked for decided to ship your job to Mexico and the only jobs that are left are minimum wage. Most poor people aren't poor because they're lazy and don't want to work.
      • mrraven200, on 04/13/2008, -4/+4P.S. Mothrog your the weak must perish philosophy equals fascism. And why do I think you'd yell the loudest if you lost your upper middle class lifestyle, hmmmm...
        • Mothrog, on 04/13/2008, -2/+3"P.S. Mothrog your the weak must perish philosophy equals fascism."

          Funny, I always thought emphasis of state over the individual equals fascism. What the hell is "fascist" about reward people for what they've done and not rewarding those who haven't done a damn thing for themselves? If the only skill you have as an adult is being a good little button-mashing moron, you're only worth minimum wage.

          "And why do I think you'd yell the loudest if you lost your upper middle class lifestyle, hmmmm.."

          Probably because I worked hard to get where I am. What did you do? Something tells me sitting on your ass was largely it.
          • VinceNoir, on 04/13/2008, -3/+2No matter what kind of fantasy you live under, the reality is that most individuals are worthless. Only large organizations of power do anything positive for society as long as they are fairly controlled by enlightened people. That is not fascism, that is the reality of the worthlessness of most of humanity.

            OK. Not really. But just proving the point that you're an extremist just like what I've outlined above.
          • Mothrog, on 04/13/2008, -2/+3"No matter what kind of fantasy you live under, the reality is that most individuals are worthless."

            Most people manage to learn something called a skill that they can be paid for, so no, the vast majority of people are not worthless.

            "
            OK. Not really. But just proving the point that you're an extremist just like what I've outlined above."

            Whatever you say, bucko.
    • spidoman, on 04/13/2008, -3/+8The more people blame outside sources (Government, our work, or society) the faster the family will go down hill. There have always been hurdles to over come. Ours may be harder than past generations, but that doesn't matter, we still have to succeed.
      • mrraven200, on 04/13/2008, -5/+1Yeah how dare someone actually try to figure how the corporations who are loyal to no country have ***** us. Go back to your cheetos and big screen tee vee in the alley behind your repoed house. Or as Barbie said thinking is hard...
        • Mothrog, on 04/13/2008, -0/+4Hilarious. Are these the same corporations you're talking about that you expect to pay more than minimum wage for unskilled labor? So, you want to attack corporations, and then you want the same corporations to say, oh well, and give you more more more? Is it any wonder that corporations have no allegiance to the US when, for being successful, their reward is to be punished for being successful by a bunch of entitlement whore dimwits?
    • antonio97b, on 04/13/2008, -2/+9What about during the industrial revolution? Workers had to work 6 days a week 12 hours a day.
      • bluezinc, on 04/14/2008, -2/+2In many industries in America we are still fighting to lower our working schedule to 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. For instance, I work in film and anybody that works production can tell you that a 12hr day would be heaven.
        • antonio97b, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3yeah but during the revolution times people maintained family values. So my arguement is that it isn't the government. It's society getting lazy in general.
    • transitive, on 04/13/2008, -2/+8its awfully silly of you to blame income tax for the myriad of problems in our society. in fact is isn't even a serious economic problem, numerous countries have MUCH higher income taxes than ours but have a comparable or superior per capita GDP.
    • EntangledPhysx, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Fair tax wont be happening in our lifetimes.
    • scamper22, on 04/14/2008, -1/+0and of course the government's solution to familly time:

      make family time work...just someone else's work.
      universal childcare? Let it sink in...surprising the 'left' is in support of this...just shows how far things have changed. We can all optimize our working if people focussed on what they do best. Children should of course be raised by a professional childcare and education system.
    • Jabib, on 04/14/2008, -0/+5You know in Switzerland the taxes are around 60%.
  • truthmatters, on 04/13/2008, -8/+25Inspiring. I do believe families should come first, and that the other four letter word for love is time. Unfortunately, divorce is sometimes necessary, and not always a bad thing. Children are better off coming from a broken home then living in one.
    • Enasni1212, on 04/13/2008, -1/+7I think that the divorce message was saying, "not every marriage is a mistake," not, "every divorce is a mistake."
      • truthmatters, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1You could be right. I may be reacting to the religious rights campaign to blame the majority of societal problems on the break down of the family.
    • RyanElston, on 04/14/2008, -6/+6I got married at 20, I got divorced at 22. In my case the marriage was the mistake. IF i had a kid with that woman, that would have been a BIG mistake. I'm almost 23 now. And work is WAY more important then family. I won't even THINK about family untill at leased 35 maybe even 40. I think this is a great ad and all ... but... putting priority on family is not right for everyone.
    • diggrnumber1, on 04/14/2008, -3/+1this is AARP propaganda at its best. don't listen to the AARP. they are evil and want to control politics in this country at the expense of young people.
  • ThickGreenPuke, on 04/13/2008, -9/+61the modern mentality needs to change i.e. a shift away from materialism and towards a more traditional point of view. But the way things are going, the modern society will have a catastrophic end. This society is hollow and has no form. The sad fact is, the eastern world is now also accepting this "way of life."
    • nardo510, on 04/13/2008, -3/+6Why? if we stop caring about materialism our capitalist government will collapse. I mean I know what your trying to say, but yeah.
      • ICSU, on 04/13/2008, -1/+6You can have both. There are a lot of successful people that still care about their family and other people.
    • stklaw, on 04/13/2008, -8/+2Everyone knows this is bad, but there isn't anything that we can do.
      World not based on money.....
      err.... communism, maybe?
      • Thugacation, on 04/13/2008, -2/+7The world would be based on government instead.
    • TheBEAST205, on 04/13/2008, -3/+7I agree, when I look at kid's lifestyles at my school, it makes me sick. There is so much blatant ignorance in our society, which I fear will flourish even more in our future. Kids don't look at people by their personalities any more, but by what clothes they wear and how they act. It's really sad...
      • Onyxblaze, on 04/13/2008, -3/+2If it matters, I do, and I surround myself with people that do.
      • mesasone, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2Er, why wouldn't you look at somebody by how they act?
    • masterm1nd, on 04/13/2008, -1/+2That's almost entirely dependent on wealth of said nation. You can put two and two together.
    • Enasni1212, on 04/13/2008, -3/+6I don't get complaints about people abandoning traditional values... I think it's a severe case of rose tinted glasses. People have ALWAYS been materialistic, and will continue to be materialistic. The only difference in these times is that human greed has much greater power to destroy than it did a hundred years ago, and will have much greater power to destroy a hundred years hence. I know that sounds extremely pessimistic, but it makes the message in the video all the more important.
      • masterm1nd, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6You're on to something. I would digress and say that there is just more material to be had. We can make everything more efficiently and we have more new crap being invented, exponentially. It just makes sense. It's the same reason the bum who just got a job consumes more food than when he was a bum.
      • ThickGreenPuke, on 04/13/2008, -4/+1"People have ALWAYS been materialistic"
        Where are you getting that. If you study traditional societies, you will understand that this world is what they feared. Hindu mythology has already termed this age as Kali Yuga. But they also knew it was inevitable since it is part of a cycle.
    • merper, on 04/14/2008, -0/+8God, I'm so sick of hearing about this magical past where people were honest and got along and we lived off the land. Human nature hasn't fundamentally changed in the past few thousand years. You talk about growing ignorance - how many witches do we burn these days? You talk about losing traditional families - People used to huddle with their kin only to scrape together enough food and shelter to get by. If they were inseparable from family, why did so many leave the old country and travel to Ellis Island? People are who they've always been. Technology has just magnified the worst(and best) parts of who we are, and it's given us the free time away from worrying where our next meal is coming from to worry about who we've become.
      • ThickGreenPuke, on 04/14/2008, -4/+1traditional society does not mean Christian society. in fact it was the judo-christian mindset that started the decline. But it didn't get worse until the advent of Protestantism. It is believed that we have been in the kali yuga since around 2000 B.C. but things haven't been as worse as they are now. Let me ask you this, do you not see anything wrong with materialistic society? Before putting all humanity into one assumption (that they were also materialist but didn't have time to figure it out), I suggest you read more about traditional society. Here is a start, read Julius Evola's Revolt Against the Modern World. I used to be like you but then stopped assuming stuff out of my ass.
      • thankyousir, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1I think there is something in human nature that tends towards fear of this kind. Look at the sensationalism involving the economy and fiscal responsibility. The times of the past might have been worse, we are fatter and more content with the advent of technology IMO, though I am not sure if the human condition can be improved or worsened in the long run
    • ajde, on 04/14/2008, -0/+0While I agree with merper, this isn't true of the entire world. If you get a chance to travel and experience local life via cultural immersion, it's possible to see that society is not all "hollow." The society we have in the US is too young and too ravaged by capitalism to have had the chance to grow a solid, non materialistic society. That sort of thing comes from thousands of years of life as a people, and in countries in which I've lived, life is completely different. It is also generally exponentially harder to find a job or even survive. I think we have to understand better that while this is a huge problem for the US and some parts of the world, this isn't true of everyone, everywhere, and we can't just generalize the entire human race as soulless capitalists with no focus on family.
  • basementjohnny, on 04/13/2008, -10/+5Here here.
  • Angelix, on 04/13/2008, -5/+9The video is very well done and quite creative as well.
    It is undeniable that people nowadays tend to lose sight what is really important to them in their life as they are blinded with the thoughts of becoming filthy rich, obtaining both fame and fortune. This is due to the fact that we are living in a fast-paced and advanced era where everything around us are being measured and balanced with money. People who are obsessed with material objects and money will eventually distant themselves from their family members and friends. With insatiable appetite, they will create more ways to earn more money even through immoral and distasteful acts. Unerringly, if the wheel of fate keeps rolling without someone changing its course, for another 20 or 30 years, our society will definitely be pulverized.
  • alanr19, on 04/13/2008, -9/+1Not in my country its not. Sucks for you though. Somethings got to give.
    • yellowfish04, on 04/13/2008, -2/+1you must be from Scandinavia
    • kris33, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1Yeah, because we surely don't care about our family...
  • megaton, on 04/13/2008, -15/+110At first I thought, "Geeze, enough with the whining," but then the 2nd half happened... I cried.
    • Jyaif, on 04/13/2008, -22/+11you are a pussy.
    • Nodaki, on 04/13/2008, -14/+3Agreed...it was nothing but some garbage greeting card type email that my mom sends me on a daily basis.

      If you can be moved by such a simplistic fluff piece, it is obvious that you are a religious person. You will always be duped by those that tell you what you want to hear. You are what is wrong with the world. You are a believer...not a thinker.
      • megaton, on 04/13/2008, -3/+2Somebody's parents didn't love him enough...
      • rrbest, on 04/13/2008, -4/+2Not a thinker
        A believer
        You are with the world
        what is wrong
        are
        you
        to hear
        what you want
        by those that tell you
        You will always be duped by
        a religious person
        it is obvious that you are
        a simplistic fluff piece
        If you can be moved by such
    • rrbest, on 04/14/2008, -12/+3a thinker
      A believer, not
      You are
      with the world
      what is wrong
      are
      you
      to hear
      what you want
      by those that tell you
      You will always be duped by
      a religious person
      it is obvious that you are
      a simplistic fluff piece
      If you can be moved by such
    • NanoStuff, on 04/14/2008, -10/+5Then the 2nd half happened. I thought geeze, more whining, in reverse.
    • kinerry, on 04/14/2008, -0/+6what a ***** pussy lol
  • 4d669, on 04/13/2008, -17/+44/10
  • LemonDefragger, on 04/13/2008, -4/+139Guys play the video backwards, there's a secret message
    • vptel, on 04/13/2008, -4/+25kill all humans...kill all humans
    • hotpuck6, on 04/13/2008, -4/+15I hear if you start it at the same time as the wizard of oz, it matches up.
    • Devotia, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6I heard a leprechaun tell me to burn things
    • ShemDaimwood, on 04/13/2008, -1/+3Paul is dead.
  • sittingduckss, on 04/13/2008, -6/+24Isn't that the most relieving and inspiring thing you've heard or seen for a long while?
  • birkoph, on 04/13/2008, -0/+10Sweet Jonny mnemonic / Aeon Flux society here we come. Sounds like fun can't wait.
    • Hydroseeds, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1Aeon Flux was such a terrible movie
      • ChromaVita, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Now imagine living that, 24-7! Oh the humanity!
  • digggthat, on 04/13/2008, -2/+8well done..props to all the creativity in making that video
  • nickcozy, on 04/13/2008, -6/+3Sometimes money earned through hardwork does make us happy.Good video.
  • Aorawn, on 04/13/2008, -5/+21I see what you did there!
  • yellowfish04, on 04/13/2008, -2/+12yeah wow, that was really amazing. Who knew that the AARP had such wit, much less any wits at all.
    • IntruderII, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1AARP didn't make this video. It is a user made video for the AARP U@50 video competition, and it won 2nd place.
  • JFallon126, on 04/13/2008, -2/+7This was incredible not only its message but also in its presentation. Bravo.
  • jaydoj, on 04/13/2008, -1/+38Based on alanr's comment, "somethings got to give", I really wonder if he's right. I'm 26, and I work about 50-55 hours a week. I make decent money, and can cover my costs. I am also however, a single male, with no children, and no wife. I do wonder if something truly will give, if all the Moms and Dads of the world will finally clock out one day, after a normal 8 hour day, come home and have dinner with their family, go play outside with their kids, enjoy each others company. I remember being young, and saying "I can't wait to grow up", the adults in my family, would say, "enjoy this while it lasts".....after watching that, their comments mean more than they ever have. Great video.
    • JointVenture, on 04/13/2008, -2/+3The question is why wont kids go outside and play. Have you ever seen what happens when a parent trys to get their kid to turn of the tube, video game or computer?
    • Nodaki, on 04/13/2008, -13/+2The sad fact is, you think you are owed a better life.
      • twiztedambience, on 04/13/2008, -0/+4Yea, way to make a better life by reading a comment about someone in the younger generation working 50-60 hours a week and somehow thinking you're still correct in saying all of the younger generation thinks it is owed a better life. People like you cause more problems than solve them.
        • JointVenture, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1Thats right, he's the one ruining his life. It couldnt be that he chose a certain career or education path could it.
      • jaydoj, on 04/14/2008, -0/+6Actually Nodaki, I am quite happy with the way I was raised and the way my life turned out. My parents always taught us to work hard, and respect the people around you. It's more than I can say for you while you ignorantly shout out how you feel I was deserved of a so called 'better life'. My life was fine, if you had read my comment a second time, maybe you would have noticed that I HOPED the parents of today would clock out and spend time with their families, like my parents did. Our life was fine, and I still remember doing all kinds of fun stuff with them. It made growing up a lot more fun, in hindsight. Not once, did I say I was owed anything, I earned every single thing that I have. The world doesn't owe me a thing, and I am completely fine with that. All I can hope for is that with a world that has a few people with an outlook like yours, it can still turn itself around. Then again, that would be me asking for something right? I wish you the best of luck in the rest of your life.
    • kalvinb, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3I work 8 hours a day including lunch. Sometimes a little less. Sometimes a little more. I refuse to work for a company that requires more hours than that. I get paid 52K a year salary plus excellent health, vision and dental insurance, excellent 401K investment matching and make it home for dinner. Based on my previous job's benefits costs that works out to 60K+ a year cash and prizes. I'm 28, married with one child.

      The only reason you work 50+ hours a week is because you choose to. I made up my mind a long time ago that I was going to make as much money as possible between the hours of 9am and 5pm from Monday to Friday. I will not work weekends and I will not work holidays. I'll give my company a day or two a month that I have to stay late to fix a major problem. They give me at least 1 day a month off.

      A lot of people work so hard to earn so little that they don't have the time and/or money to get an education to better themselves so they can make more money in less time. I remember working two or three jobs. Then I started demanding more money from one job and quit the low paying jobs. I eventually moved into a salary position and have moved up quickly.

      I wasn't going to be so focused on work that I'd wake up one day wondering where my hair went, where the time went, and why I had no one to come home to.
      • jaydoj, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Kudos to you Kalvinb, and you are correct, I do enjoy working hard for what I have earned. I'm damn proud of it, as you should be proud of your life as well, I applaud you for having such a life. It's great hear that you are doing that, actually makes me think there is some hope. Your wife and child are lucky to have a father and husband who has such a great position. I figure at this stage in my life, I can afford to work 50 plus hours a week, and afford to have some time to myself. I enjoy being single and having no children....at the moment. I am anxious and excited for the day that I can have a family, and have two other people (wife and child) admire me, and love me as I'm sure your family loves you. I have made a concious decision as well to get a degree and start my dream career. I will be taking a few classes, and cutting my hours back, which may cause me to live more of a frugal lifestyle, but I am okay with that because in the end, I will have a steady, personally and financially rewarding career and hopefully soon, a wife and family. Those are a huge payoff, and you sir, are living the dream of many guys in America. My hat is off to you.
  • zymase13, on 04/13/2008, -14/+5Guess what, the "lost generation" was the generation of youth after WWI. So try again.
    • hotpuck6, on 04/13/2008, -0/+4Even though historically the generation noted by poets and authors as the "lost generation" was the late 1910's and 1920's, it has also been noted in more recent works that in the 60's and 70's most of the soldiers in their 20's returning from Vietnam were a parallel and had many similarities to the original "lost generation". Similarities have also been noted with todays generation who have returned from the middle east and don't know what to do with themselves.
    • transitive, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1why don't you watch the video and understand what its saying before you make a ***** ass of yourself with a stupid comment like that.
  • mictlanian, on 04/13/2008, -28/+5what the ***** is this *****
    • insanebrain, on 04/13/2008, -0/+7please learn to think.
      • Nodaki, on 04/13/2008, -6/+1Just because he lacks articulation does not mean he does not know how to think. Your comment obviously comes from someone that enjoys the saccharine crap that is fed to the common moron in PSA adds. Reminds me of the More you Know garbage from NBC.

        AARP is telling you that your world sucks, and there is something that you can do about it by writing your congressman and making sure their prescription drug plan is funded. They fail to mention that the 'lost generation' has to foot the bill for these walking corpses called the elderly with no benefit for said generation.

        The most noble action that those over seventy and cannot afford to pay for their pills and doctor bills is to commit mass suicide. Choke on that AARP.

        Yeah I'm talking about YOUR grandpa and grandma.
  • Kakemonster, on 04/13/2008, -2/+52I had my mouse on the close button right before the second half. I'm glad that I didn't press it :D
    • d03boy, on 04/13/2008, -4/+1Impatience. Did you have to go to work or something?
  • cl2yp71c, on 04/13/2008, -1/+3Ingeniously made.
    Spreads a great message in an entertaining way.
  • Rizmaster, on 04/13/2008, -24/+14***** having kids. Who would subject people to this ***** planet intentionally? Only the poor too stupid to not pump out kids randomly.

    The intelligent, the brightest and best? We're getting the ***** out of here, most likely in a body bag.

    Sentimental losers like the ones writing that little piece have no idea how little influence they really have. How the greed of the world around them will overwhelm their small dreams and lead them to become corporate drones just like the flower children before them. AARP sponsored this. A group composed by the people who wanted to change the world 40 years ago. They didn't do much. Now they have their little commercials about hang gliding while listening to classic rock and their government continues to blow up brown people for profit.

    I'm ashamed to be a member of the same species.
    • KevinRWright, on 04/13/2008, -10/+3Go cut your wrists.
      • Nodaki, on 04/13/2008, -5/+5Go cut yours...he is absolutely right.
        • KevinRWright, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Who are you, Kurt Cobain? Get over it, go be productive and stop being emo on digg.
    • KingBabi, on 04/13/2008, -2/+8"Blah blah blah, life is so horrible, there is no good in this world, everyone is controlled by the government. You're all sheeple. I'm a pretentious asshole who knows what's really going on. I get on my soap box and attack apathy but I do nothing about it because I claim no one can do anything about it. Our lives are worthless, life isn't worth living or enjoying because I don't live in a perfect world. Everything sucks."
      Stop ***** complaining. Do something. Know what's wrong with the world? People like you.
    • MyBacchanalia, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1I suggest looking up stuff on 2012. Nothing inspires a more gory sense of hope than some devastating cataclysmic event destroying the world as we know it.
  • EugineMW, on 04/13/2008, -5/+1Wow, so beautiful. Let us home that we can indeed reverse it.
  • LoveAndSeagulls, on 04/13/2008, -7/+8when that video hit the middle i just jumped on to my table and kept yelling HOLY ***** HOLY ***** HOLY ***** followed by spontaneous combustion and a new found appreciation for caring
    • FilliSfandal, on 04/13/2008, -1/+3I am sure a lot of people would agree with you, if it wasn't because they were too busy spontaneous combusting themself.
    • JointVenture, on 04/13/2008, -0/+8Yes, I just gave away all my possession's and bought a plane ticket to Sudan.
  • CaLeDee, on 04/13/2008, -12/+4She has a cute voice.
  • SmilinJoe, on 04/13/2008, -3/+2Now.. that.. is.. cool...
  • MMaster23, on 04/13/2008, -0/+0Quick GTTV ... slomoreverse this!
  • fasda, on 04/13/2008, -5/+23Hey if you think about this for a second that speech can apply to every year since the late 50s and probably was said in most of them and guess what nothings changed.
    • Sinnic, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6Do you know anyone who remembers the late 1950s and has described it to you? Social norms, demographics, total population numbers/expected rate of growth, technological innovation...everything has changed, irrevocably. The world has moved on and society will continue to evolve and adjust until we reach any number of potential outcomes, some not so pleasant. The message was optimistic, but did it reflect what we can expect out of our reality? Meh.
    • malman4, on 04/13/2008, -4/+5As a teen of the 50's, I can tell you it has changed. It has gotten worse every year.
      • jmpeagle, on 04/14/2008, -0/+5too bad you have selective nostalgia. Many groups of people were much much worse off 50 years ago.
  • insanebrain, on 04/13/2008, -4/+3..and then it goes in reverse .. . . O ***** !!!. . . . awesome to the MAX !!
  • Hetman, on 04/13/2008, -3/+14It was clever I will give them that. But everybody does not want to get married, have kids and a family etc. I mean that is fine for some people, it just is not for me.
    • sroske, on 04/13/2008, -2/+4Surely you have parents and were not synthesized from a lab...
      • finir, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1Surely.
        • Voide, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1Dude, your one word attempts at trying to be witty and get diggs ISN'T working for you. Stop trying.
    • kinerry, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2Exactly, I'm totally with you there

      I think people say that just because they think it's expected
    • TheFinaleofSeem, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1I think it's directed more toward people who have a family and put work over them.
  • gfxluvr, on 04/13/2008, -2/+9That was amazing.

    Had me totally ***** at first, but then it made me smile :)
  • cohortq, on 04/13/2008, -6/+4That was the most amazing video I have ever seen.
  • vptel, on 04/13/2008, -15/+58I love scotch. Scotchy scotch scotch. Here it goes down. Down into my belly. Mm mm mmh
    • anagoge, on 04/13/2008, -3/+46Mmh mm mm. Down into my belly. Here it goes down. Scotch scotch scotchy. I love scotch.

      Wow, I guess that works too!
      • getrealnow, on 04/14/2008, -6/+2!oot skrow taht sseug I,woW

        ..wait
      • jazzboyrules, on 04/14/2008, -2/+3I love scotch. Scotchy scotch scotch. Here it goes down. Down into my belly. Mm mm mmh.
        I guess that works too, Wow!
    • metallikop, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1I have no idea why I dugg this up, but I did.
  • DarkReign16, on 04/13/2008, -11/+13I work two jobs and I'm only 19! And hundreds of dollars of my paychecks goes to taxes, argh! (I tried avoiding paying them, but I realized it wouldn't work out) I'm basically a slave, in the sense that I work X amount of days of the week for literally no pay, because I have to give it away to the government...I earned that money, and I don't see how wanting to keep it makes me selfish.
    • verkon, on 04/13/2008, -11/+4Hey dork head, you pay taxes to have the police come and save your sorry ass, you pay taxes to have roads to drive on, you pay taxes to have some one clean your street, you pay taxes so the fire department can put the fire out when your house burns down.
      • DarkReign16, on 04/13/2008, -8/+6Dork head? What the *****? Regardless, private free market solutions are possible for all of those things listed. And, in fact, would be better. I'm sorry, but stealing my money is still stealing, even if you give it away to do "nice things" with. I advocate a voluntary, contract based society.
        • Sivvy, on 04/13/2008, -3/+3So I take it you have the roads paved out for you wherever you decide to drag your ungrateful and most selfish ass? And what are you going if I 'accidentally' stab out both your eyes and you can't take care of yourself anymore... what happens after you go broke...
          Besides, you don't pay half as much in taxes as us Belgians do (around 50%).
          • DarkReign16, on 04/13/2008, -5/+2I know, what kind of ungrateful, selfish asshole wants to actually KEEP the money he earned himself? The nerve! What happens after I go broke, well, then I am *****? I don't know what you're getting at. Plus, I go broke faster if the government keeps stealing my money each paycheck. The more I make, the more they steal. I also don't know what the ***** you are talking about. I just said that I advocate a private free market solution, where the payment and use of roads, security, etc is voluntary.
          • mesasone, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2Meant to dig you down, only to accidently dig you up. Either way, many people here in the US have to work two jobs just to get by. But, despite what DarkReign says, it's not the government's fault. The Corporations here are making record profits and receiving tax breaks while our pay remains stagant, our health benefits are reduced, go up in cost, or both, the cost of living continues to increase, and pensions are a distant memory to those fortunate to even remember them.

            Not everybody can go to school, get a degree, and earn over 100k. Even those who do more often than not earn significantly less than that. There is not an infinite number of high paying jobs out there. People are struggling in America, we're told that we don't save enough and a national ad campaign is launched to encourage Americans to put more money in the bank, while simultaneously we're told to spend more money to prop up the struggling economy. But the fact is, we can't do both, we can barely even do one or the other. Sooner or later, something has got to give. And it's going to be ugly when it does.
        • Syric, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3Adam Smith says otherwise.
      • armoreddillo, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4you pay your taxes to for our Military Industrial complex to pay for weapons we don't use.
        you pay your taxes so "we" can subsidize shopping centers that get little to no business while the local business' dies.
        you pay your taxes for private security so international business men buying up property/business' (that don't belong to them)safely.

        also..."You pay taxes so the fire department can put the fire out when your house burns down.".
        perfect example of your taxes being wasted..
        the house is already burnt down...
    • cronian, on 04/13/2008, -3/+1US GDP is about $45,000 per capita, and about half the population has a job at any given time. So, the US $90,000/worker. The problem is the economy is corrupt, and few get the benefits.
    • transitive, on 04/13/2008, -2/+8its not the taxes thats holding down your wages *****. its the corporate business practices that won't pay enough money with one job so you have to work two instead.
      • DarkReign16, on 04/14/2008, -4/+1Regulations are costly, they have to cut the expense somewhere! And sadly, that would be with the employees. It all goes back to the government.
        • publiclurker, on 04/14/2008, -3/+1Heaven forbid that evil government not allowing the noble businesses to sell industrially waste as baby food and sawdust as flour.

          How may times a day are you reminded just how clueless you are? I figure at least eight or nine based on your blathering here.
          • DarkReign16, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1I'm no fan of big business either, but at least it's a voluntary system. And if the free market actually had power over these corporations (which they don't today, thanks to subsidies, regulations, government contracts etc) then there would be no need for regulation. If they didn't satisfy every need of their customers, no one would buy from them, and they would go out of business - with no one to bail them out.
      • jmpeagle, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3you know, there is no law requiring you to work for a corporation
    • uziko, on 04/14/2008, -3/+7Because you live in america and you have to contribute to all of the things you get for free like fire department, police department, dmv, cia, irs, and the other thousands of government services you benefit from. "why would i benefit from the dmv" Great let's get rid of it then see how you like it when you get run over by an incompetent driver. "let's get rid of the irs" Great let's get rid of that too then see how you like it when there is not enough money to pay for the dmv and then you get run over by a incompetent driver.

      And the reason you have to work two jobs is because you are not intelligent or knowledgeable to get a good enough job. Or you have a good enough job and you just want more money.

      But on digg any comment that whines about the government gets dugg up because from the mind of a dumbass paying money to the government is bad because when they read your sentence this is what goes on in their mind "I lose money" and then their train of thought ends. People that aren't retards however look at it and say " *what I said above* ".
      • phosphodyson, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1Uhm, if we have to contribute to get things, then we are not getting them for free. And if we are actually paying for things, why is it that government services are so bad? Why should people have to pay to wait in line to get a driver's license or to get a vehicle registered? And no, the DMV doesn't regulate incompetent drivers, that's what the police department is for. If we are paying for the government, shouldn't we be demanding more from it?
    • uziko, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2after reading your other comments i am dumbfounded that you able to breathe let alone put a sentence together
    • publiclurker, on 04/14/2008, -3/+1If you are working 2 jobs and not getting ahead, then you should ask yourself what's wrong with you and not blame everyone else. Quite frankly, your lack of financial success is probably the best indicator as to why your anti-government rants are so silly, you are just plain clueless. Some back in a few years when you grow up.
      • DarkReign16, on 04/14/2008, -2/+3I am getting ahead, but it's just that much more difficult, unnecessarily so. Also, I like how you hate on business, but love the government. It would be the same as if a giant corporation ran your life, and demanded you pay them so they could give you products like clothing. And you'd say, "how else would we get clothing if we didn't pay up!?". Wherein I would say, "maybe a voluntary private solution?", and you'd reply, "that's just silly young man! Grow up! Every adult knows that we HAVE to give up the money we earn, to have basic things, like clothing. You're just immature."

        I rest my case.
    • VieRelative, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1You're only 19 you're not doing so bad. A lot people your age are racking up 10s of thousands of dollars in college debt and that's with parental subsidy. If you pick your two jobs wisely, your "on the job" experience can be worth as much or more than most people's college education.
      But I don't think it's fair to blame taxes and regulations for your situation. The way I see it, whether private businesses are in control or the government is in control, it's still going to be the same rich people in control but at least if it's the government we get a vote.
      If you're really just getting by, then your employer is paying you as little as he can get away with. Which means that if taxes went up he'd have to pay you more (since you can't really get a 3rd job). So if your employer is in a non competitive market (e.g. Telecoms) then he foots the bill, if it's a competitive market then the customer foots the bill.
      Hence, the way I see it, the more government services are offered the better off you are.
      I think you have a different perspective on things because you mostly care about the immediate effect that the tax changes have. If taxes are lowered now, you'll benefit from it. And by the time your employer realizes that he can get away with paying employees less (or more likely, inflation kicks in and he keeps salaries the same) you'll hopefully have moved on to better things. It's the next 19 yo that's just getting by that pays the price in terms of fewer essential services.
  • poisonborz, on 04/13/2008, -1/+2Well, I guess this problem will be solved in the future with people having no family at all
  • life38, on 04/13/2008, -2/+1This nine year and six year old feel different. This is their cartoon blog to show how to make family and work blend together.
    http://mynonprofitwebsite.com/blog/2008/04/11/chri ...
  • BetterOffEd, on 04/13/2008, -3/+7I see what you did there.


    .
  • DarkReign16, on 04/13/2008, -5/+4You guys do realize that saying, "***** humanity" won't bring about the positive changes that this video is hoping for, right? It, in fact, only worsens our situation. Humanity is what we should strive for, humanity is love, compassion, caring, family. Inhumanity, now that is what we should be against. So if you want to get ***** off about something, let it be INhumanity, ***** inhumanity.
  • dman24752, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Nice commercial, is there a term for what they did with the words?
    • Devotia, on 04/13/2008, -2/+4They simply take the script down, flip it and reverse it.
      • Nodaki, on 04/13/2008, -2/+1Don't forget to fill in the words where it doesn't work or make sense.
    • transitive, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2kind of like a palindrome except with whole sentences instead of just letters in one word. not sure if there's a specific term for that but it was very cool.
    • deadmann, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Ambigram is the closest I can think of. But that generally refers to the form, not the words or lines.
  • tcpip4lyfe, on 04/13/2008, -2/+7I tend to agree with the first part of this video more than the second.
    • touch0ph, on 04/13/2008, -0/+4That is why things remain the same.
  • JointVenture, on 04/13/2008, -4/+42You really think that this current generation of 20 somethings up anything and start saving money?

    How about cleaning your ***** room, your home, your neighborhood and paying off your credit cards, before you run off to save the world.

    I would love to check in on that broad in 10 years.


    Bet 90% of you wouldnt give up GTA 4 to donate that money to some poor kid.
    • blocguy, on 04/13/2008, -9/+3Sorry, Captain Moral. We're only human, not perfect like you.
      • VinnieDaMac, on 04/13/2008, -1/+6Yea, bu it's GTA4.....com'on that's just unfair.
    • transitive, on 04/13/2008, -7/+2i have an idea. lets start by putting you out of your misery? maybe then we can get on with our lives instead of being assaulted by lowered expectations from ***** such as yourself.
    • mrjit, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3Us "20-somethings" who can't clean our room/homes are too busy paying off AARP-Social-Security-***** to pay off our credit cards, unfortunately. I won't even get into the $commercial$ industry that college has become with my and my sister (genX)'s generations.
    • mesasone, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1America is in serious trouble in this regard. We have a serious savings problem, but if we start saving that means we have to cut back on our spending, and when we do that the economy slides and the government says "spend more money that you can't afford to be spending"
    • kalvinb, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1I bet there's less than a 10% chance that you'd befriend that poor kid and invite him over to play GTA4 with you. Maybe even offer your mailing address as "his" permanent address so he can get a job and let him stop by every week to get his mail and maybe clean up a bit. Things that cost you zero dollars.

      Instead you'd rather toss him a $50 and pretend you care.
    • alby13, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1priorities.
    • jaydoj, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1I'm 26 and have commented on this video already, but your comment is just a generalization. I volunteer my time to public service for many of the assistance programs around here. So don't go lumping all of us '20 somethings' in with a few select people. I'm not even a fan of GTA, yeah i said it! So in the words of the great Eric Clapton: "Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself"

      I'm positive you know who Eric Clapton is, all you '40 somethings' do, right :)
    • mhuggins, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Hey, I just donated to the SPCA last week!
    • Jeepy, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1I could lie and say that I'd put down my GTA4 and Spore come a few months, but I'm not ashamed by it as you seem to think I should be. I choose to live my life in a style that is comfortable for me as a person. I don't define myself by what I aspire to or what my credit card balance is and how clean my house is.

      Oh and if you want to point the finger at someone try the 50 somethings who were 30 somethings in the 80s and elected a 70 something who got the ball rolling to screw over 20 somethings for the next 40 something years.
    • metallikop, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1"Bet 90% of you wouldnt give up GTA 4 to donate that money to some poor kid."

      You couldn't be more right.
  • utahnkid, on 04/13/2008, -6/+36The doomsday message. It's appeared since as far back as we can look. Guess what? Humanity is actually doing pretty good. Quality of life has steadily increased for humans pretty much since the discovery of fire. Can you guys even fathom how amazing it is that some young woman can live a life giving her enough time to ponder questions like those and have the ability to publish her ideas to the whole world with nothing more than a slight desire to do so? That kind of freedom is unprecedented. Can you really say we're apathetic? Mark Zuckerberg, a 24 year old self made BILLIONAIRE, would probably disagree. We don't care about the environment? Try watching TV for 20 minutes and tell me how many "green" oriented PSA's or ads you see. Can you even imagine a species SO capable it moved beyond just trying to survive onto actually "feeling" a strong desire that every other species should as well? I'm not saying we don't need to keep on improving, because we do, just don't forget that we're doin pretty good.
    • Hetman, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1I agree. I am a fan of history and when you look lets say at the living conditions of the people in Chicago in the 1800s the living conditions are very horrible for most of the population. It is definatly a way better time to live now than it was then.
    • deadbaby, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2That is definitely true when you look at the big picture but the short term isn't so good. When my parents were my age they were able to buy a home. My Dad could support the family working one job while my Mom stayed home and took care of us. They even managed to save some money for retirement. I look at my own life and I'm making $50k+ a year, can't afford a home, can't save any money for retirement. If I had kids my wife would have to work a second job and they'd be raised by strangers. I'm paying more taxes than they ever did and expecting even more when the baby boomers start to retire. My day-to-day expenses of food & gas are huge. It seems like things have got a lot worse for the poor & middle-class in the last 30 years.
      • utahnkid, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1With housing costs plummeting from desperate sellers, and lenders looking for steady, predictable loans I have a hard time believing you can make 50+ (plus whatever your wife makes) a year, live within your means, and still not afford a good house. That being said I'll admit it's always becoming more and more competitive so saying that something worked in the past but doesn't anymore should be expected. Luckily humans have an incredible ability to quickly evolve, adapt, and overcome. You can't expect greatness without expecting more and more from people so don't be upset when more is expected from yourself.
    • nycmac247, on 04/13/2008, -3/+1BS - we have one of the lowest standards of living in ANY industrialized country. So instead of looking over and saying "wow - _they_ all have healthcare and aren't imploding and yet we don't ???" we're supposed to say "Thank god I'm not dying of TB!!!11!!!'

      • ginx86, on 04/14/2008, -0/+0Yeah I call BS too. My wife and I make around $40K a year and we bought a house and with bills and all we still have plenty of money to save and waste. In fact I looked at our budget a week ago and we could easily survive on $32K a year. Might not be able to buy the latest and greatest in tech and videogames but the necessities would be covered with some still to save.
    • mesasone, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Utahkid, sadly going green and survival are no longer mutually exclusive, and people are beginning to realize this.
    • skanton, on 04/14/2008, -2/+0Im sure its all well for you. You got your internet, your television, fast foods, and credit cards. But at what price? We've been trained to buy things we dont need, and eat unhealthy foods. Real values have been stripped away and replaced by mindless celebrities, genetically created food, government corruption, mindless brainwashing provided by multinational corporation. When you buy those $100 pair of nikey shoes that in reality cost $2 to manufacture and ship, you are also supporting the exploitation of third world countries. We are not the only ones who do/will pay the price. This kind of life style is responsible for financing the suffering of poor people around the globe.

      Please, let your mind escape from the dominant paradigm its trapped in, and look up organization like World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization. Find the OTHER side of the coin, and what it has to say about them.

      I DARE you to read articles posted on http://www.michaelparenti.org/.

      The real question is do you have the balls to see a different side of our sad reality?

      Also look up fractional reserve system
  • nycmac247, on 04/13/2008, -11/+8hahaha worthless EMO - is this mental stuff for people that are too lazy to _physically_ masturbate?
    Interesting to see how these kids are when they have to actually find a job and work for a living
  • apophenic, on 04/13/2008, -0/+23Brought to you by the AARP, ugh.
    • mesasone, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2When I was 17, I received an unsolicited AARP card in the mail and carried it around in my wallet for a few months. I tried to use it at Parkins, but they wouldn't allow it.

      I'm not really sure how this is relevant, but I thought it was pretty funny at the time and always think of it when the AARP comes up.
  • sheebz, on 04/13/2008, -10/+11boring, stopped watching it at 48 seconds.
    • SinbadGallucci, on 04/14/2008, -2/+6I dunno who dugg you down but there are obviously many retarded diggers who fail to even examine a comment before quickly dismissing it with a thumbs down. Fret not.
      • MrSlumberjack, on 04/14/2008, -4/+1Thats not the case at all. The problem here is lame use of sarcasm.
  • l0rdn1k0n, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Dugg for t r y ^ d.
    (music)
  • stonewaljacksn, on 04/13/2008, -0/+9this generation is so Lost that nobody here knows there already was "Lost Generation" (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, etc.)
    At first i thought it would be something about those expatriates in Paris in the 1920s, then I remembered this is digg.
    • svetty, on 04/13/2008, -1/+0you're so cool stonewall
    • kds405, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1The "Lost Generation" was a generation of artists. In other words, not a signifigant number of people. Only a dozen or so are vastly known.
  • Daniru, on 04/13/2008, -7/+7We don't have a great war in our generation, or a great depression, but we do, we have a great war of the spirit. We have a great revolution against the culture. The great depression is our lives. We have a spiritual depression.
    • bentrinh, on 04/13/2008, -0/+5We also have a senseless war in our generation, and a declining economy, is that good enough for you?
    • svetty, on 04/13/2008, -0/+10Poorly quoted from Fight Club?
    • mesasone, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2Unless we see some radical change, this Generation will probably see a depression. Not the current recession, but an actual depression.

      We're told we need to start saving more money, and the government launches PSAs to encourage it. Meanwhile, we're instructed to spend more money to help the fledgeling economy. We can barely do one or the other, and certainly not both. Corporations are making record profits by resisting raises and cutting benefits and out sourcing work, and then groan because consumer spending is sluggish as people aren't buying their junk because they have to cover the rising costs of food and energy. They see themselves as the solution, not the problem, and they are right but for all the immensely intelligent people who run these organizations, they just don't get it.
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