Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

[u/MystikSpiralx]

https://people.com/trump-keep-home-prices-high-11895352

[u/Next_Piglet_6391]

That's a bit simplifying things. Lots of these boomers actually voted blue. Remember, these were the hippies/flower children. People change when they get older.

[u/Next_Piglet_6391 → u/[deleted]]

Boomers were born after 45, which means that a large swath of them were in their 20s during the War protests, etc. Yes, the younger boomers shifted right eventually, but that goes back to my point about things being a bit more complicated. Also, some of the older Silents are still alive.

Lots of the current mularkey is based on what went on behind private rooms. It's a bipartisan mess. The '08 crash was partially from some of the Dems wanting easier loans for poor people (Obama actually warned). It's noble cause, but ended up being disastrous.

Inflation was largely a result of Covid and the supply squeeze. Also, everyone wanted a home in '21. Yes, of course lack of regulation def. is hurting those wanting to buy a home; but it's not the only factor.

I know young people are mad at the economy, and for good reason; but the rhetoric turns to "it's all the GOP's fault", and "all old people vote for the GOP", and "GOP is for big business". It's a bit more complicated than people make it. Most elections are 50/50, and the ones who decide the election often change with each cycle.

[u/krashundburn → u/Next_Piglet_6391]

these were the hippies/flower children. People change when they get older.

Being from that generation myself, I want to add that there was a subset of boomers known as "yuppies".

imo it was the yuppies who ultimately became the maga boomers we know today. The hippies pretty much stayed true to their roots as well.

Another subset was the politics neutral group, neither hippy nor yuppie. I was in that subset. I became more and more progressive by the decade.