Small Business Boomers

There are Baby Boomers… and there is Everyone Else. Or, “I’m Chevy Chase, and You’re Not.” Being a Baby Boomer, I get a little upset when people (those who are not Baby Boomers) try to tell us how to think, feel, and particularly what to do.  And I especially get upset when those Not-Boomers try to lump us all into one kind of vanilla person.
OK, we all lost a sizable sum of money in the market “crash,” but it’s only relative. If we decide to “retire,” whatever that means, we aren’t forced to do so. …read more

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A lot of younger workers are standing around wondering if we baby boomers are ever going to retire. After all, they can do the jobs so much better and faster, and youth trumps experience, right?
But it looks like the recession, tight housing market, and health care concerns are keeping baby boomers from retiring. A recent Business Week article focuses on why baby boomers aren’t retiring as expected.
The biggest reason:  We can’t afford it.  With higher prices, falling retirement fund values, higher costs of health care, it just doesn’t make economic sense for a lot of people.
We should all …read more

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