65 Year Old Father Analysis

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As I compare myself to my 65 year-old father, I have noticed some striking differences based on our generations, a type of birth cohort which is named and typified. My father is a part of the Baby Boomers generation who benefits the greatest financially, where that generation is most affluent, whereas the millennials are the poorest because we are inheriting all the debt from older generations. I think it is interesting to see how the brain thinks differently between a younger and older generation. I think about how my brother who is 25 is much more progressive on social issues than my father. My brother believes the the rich should have higher taxes and that there should be more federal funding programs to assist the livelihood of those under

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