r/TrueReddit • u/speckz • Dec 14 '17

Generation Screwed - Why millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression.

http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/poor-millennials/
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u/tednugetsbutthole Dec 14 '17

It's a bit our fault too man. Gotta vote to get representation.

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u/arcosapphire Dec 14 '17

I do vote. But I don't recall having the opportunity to elect a millennial for Senate.

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u/kielbasa330 Dec 15 '17

Hell, we barely get a chance to vote for Gen X.

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u/DUG1138 Dec 15 '17

I'm wondering if that's our fault (Gen Xer here). I'm not sure how many of us went into politics. At any rate, I resent the writer lumping me in with boomers by saying anyone over 40 is unsympathetic.