tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post2260777116271895854..comments2024-02-25T08:16:25.546-08:00Comments on Exurban Nation: Blast From the PastRob Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-72633912476860524072008-06-26T09:23:00.000-07:002008-06-26T09:23:00.000-07:00Thanks I am particularly proud of calling the MBC ...Thanks I am particularly proud of calling the MBC secondary collapse in Dec '05. Whocoodanode? <BR/><BR/>The burden of civil servants in retirement is going to be huge. I think much larger than you indicate.Rob Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-67559183864239679662008-06-26T07:32:00.000-07:002008-06-26T07:32:00.000-07:00Not bad, Rob. I do think the growing gap between ...Not bad, Rob. I do think the growing gap between (limited) supply and (virtually unlimited) demand in healthcare for seniors will take a few years to reach critical mass, but the direction is inevitable. I typically am not an end-of-the-world-is-nigh person, but I reluctantly agree that the healthcare system is headed for something resembling a collapse.<BR/><BR/>One other point on the Boomers: they're not going to retire any time soon. The wave of retirement is a myth, the solid majority of them are not ready for retirement and may not ever be. A few government workers (from the Federal level or the few stable municipalities) will retire, the rest will sell what few retirement assets they have as they try to finance a lifestyle they really can't afford. But most will continue to work, because they have to.<BR/><BR/>That's bad news for the older generation, but it's also bad news for the younger generation, as old people staying around will ossify the company hierarchies. Especially as the job market dries up, people will become very inclined to stay put in their current position, which means that vacancies will be few, and promotions will be correspondingly difficult to get.<BR/><BR/>Welcome to the gerontocracy.Peripheral Visionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489447120517274000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-64148268921076201312008-06-26T06:59:00.000-07:002008-06-26T06:59:00.000-07:00@FCB: you're right. His blog account is closed, an...@FCB: you're right. His blog account is closed, and so is the channel he used on youtube.<BR/><BR/>Paging Lou! Paging Lou!Jean ValJeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415115686001808051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-45818737707357689202008-06-26T06:54:00.000-07:002008-06-26T06:54:00.000-07:00@wagga: Dec 7th? A day which will live in infamy?@wagga: Dec 7th? A day which will live in infamy?Jean ValJeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415115686001808051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-34102250856091461812008-06-25T17:55:00.000-07:002008-06-25T17:55:00.000-07:00Robert,Do you know if Lou is ok? Although it is o...Robert,<BR/>Do you know if Lou is ok? <BR/><BR/>Although it is odd that he is suddenly not blogging after many years, the real concern is - is he alright?Funny Circus Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020349317910148048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-68979499314425193412008-06-25T11:29:00.000-07:002008-06-25T11:29:00.000-07:00Wow, December 2005... before I had committed any o...Wow, December 2005... before I had committed any overtly felonious acts. Back then I was a shiftless slacker who mooched off my parents and friends, and who had a goal to get out from underneath their roof once and for all.<BR/><BR/>How far I've come since those dark days... ;-)Casey Serinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01717304841079387915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-79400888080978298022008-06-25T11:22:00.000-07:002008-06-25T11:22:00.000-07:00Posted on Dec 7th.?Same as my First wife's birthda...Posted on Dec 7th.?<BR/><BR/>Same as my First wife's birthday.<BR/><BR/>Should have been a clue.waggahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13124634989978888426noreply@blogger.com