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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Baby Boomer Facts

Did You Know?

  • 50 to 70 year-old women are about to become the richest demographic in U.S. history.
  • Boomers outspend other generations by an estimated $400 billion each year on consumer goods and services.
  • Women between 45 and 64 are the most likely age group to shop online for beauty products.
  • The 50+ market has $2.4 trillion in annual income, which accounts for 42% of all after-tax income.
  • There are now more people over 65 than there are teenagers.
  • Over the next 10 years the boomer generation’s leading female edge will transform the American market in nearly every consumer product category.
  • 83.2% of US Boomers will use the Internet regularly in 2011, up from 75% in 2006.
  • There are 8 million Hispanic Boomers.
  • There are 9.1 million African American Boomers
  • More than 70% of the US Boomers report buying music in the past year, making it the most important buying segment for CDs and an increasingly important market for digital downloads.
  • By 2010, adults 45 years old and older will outspend younger adults by $1 trillion annually.
  • Boomers, on average, have the most discretionary income of any segment of the US population.