Lesley Weytham

@DineshDSouza Yes, because that’s obviously what’s most important, not people struggling to survive.

Just in time for the midterms!

@JustSom99117602 @wizard6691 @JackLombardi_ii Kurt, with all due respect… there’s a whole country out here outside of Michigan, and you’re letting a small % of the population shape your view.

@LWeytham @wizard6691 @JackLombardi_ii Few hundred 😅 There a 200 at every restaurant. Again I’m not seeing it. Millions paying hundreds of dollars to go see a sporting event. Women driving 70k trucks just to go shopping. Here in Michigan half the state goes up north to their cottage or camping in their 5 wheel.

Seniors should not pay property taxes — especially if they own their homes outright. On a side note, Gen X is next in line for retirement, and the hard truth is that many have no idea how they’re going to make it work. They have lived through extremely volatile financial markets, raised children through an overpriced education system, endured inflation, and many have been financially devastated by crushing divorces. The fact is, Gen X has been hammered by the current government and economic system. That means we need to start thinking ahead — quickly. And we cannot ignore the younger generations either. To those who believe the retirement age should be increased, explain how that works when AI is coming for millions of jobs. And let’s not forget the Americans who used their bodies for a paycheck — the tradesmen, laborers, nurses, factory workers, truck drivers, first responders, and everyone else who sacrificed physically to keep this country running. I say this as the son of a blue-collar working man who never missed a day of work because he had a family to provide for. That kind of man built this country. I am not against business innovation. As a self-employed individual, I am business friendly. But at the end of the day, my heart is — and always will be — with the working men and women of this country. They are the backbone of society. We need to think ahead. And we need to do it fast.

@JustSom99117602 @wizard6691 @JackLombardi_ii So in a town of 100k+ people, you’ve got a few hundred keeping restaurants full every night and that means “everyone” is eating out and doing what they want to do? Once again, out of touch.

@wizard6691 @LWeytham @JackLombardi_ii That’s probably true but Everyone seems to be enjoying whatever they want to do. Every restaurant is usually packed. Going on vacation and all the latest technologies

@JustSom99117602 @JackLombardi_ii Health, auto, life, home… yes.

@LWeytham @JackLombardi_ii Good money I would say is 90k You’re spending 30 grand on insurance?

@mrjamesthoughts School already feels extremely outdated. Priorities need to change to teach kids how to survive in the new world. Too much emphasis on educational aspects they won’t need.

But on a serious note, what are we preparing our kids for? The education system is so outdated, technology is moving so fast, AI is taking over way more than anticipated, and yet our kids are still going to school to learn. I keep asking myself this. In the next 10 years, what work are kids going to be doing when even nowadays machines are made to serve food in restaurants? Sometimes it honestly feels like we’re raising kids for a world that no longer exists.

@JustSom99117602 @JackLombardi_ii My man, I am 50, have 3 teens, and I don’t spend a dime for anything fun or fancy. 1/3 of my income goes to insurances. The rest goes to groceries and non-negotiables. Once again, this mindset that everyone just wastes money is tiresome. I make good $ and every cent is 4 survival

@LWeytham @JackLombardi_ii Why not? If you can’t afford it don’t buy it. Just because young people think they gotta have the latest and greatest doesn’t mean they’re entitled to it

@JackLombardi_ii Gen X here and I’m fortunate enough that my in-laws have built an investment nest egg to pass down (hopefully) & are living their final years frugally. Not sure it will be enough, but I know I’m far from alone. Most of society will be hurting.

@JustSom99117602 @JackLombardi_ii This is an outdated point of view. Really outdated. It’s no longer reality for most.

@JackLombardi_ii I’m old Gen X. Most of us are fine. The answer is to live below your means. You’ll be glad you did when retirement age comes

Boomers were raised by parents who survived war, depression, poverty, and rigid social structures. So they inherited a worldview built around obedience, toughness, silence, shame, and image. Many of them learned: “Don’t talk about feelings.” “Children should be seen, not heard.” “Work hard, don’t complain.” “Stay married no matter how miserable it is.” “Respect authority, even when authority is abusive.” So a lot of them became providers but not emotionally present parents. They could keep a roof over the house, but often had no clue how to sit with a child’s pain, fears, sensitivity, or emotional needs. Many were heavily programmed by religion, government, media, corporate culture, and social expectations. The outer image mattered more than the inner truth. A lot of marriages were full of cheating, resentment, addiction, emotional neglect, and abuse, but divorce was shamed — especially for women. So families stayed “together” physically while being broken spiritually and emotionally. Their generation normalized survival, repression, denial, and “because I said so” parenting. Gen X Gen X was the latchkey generation. A lot of them basically raised themselves. They saw the dysfunction of the Boomers up close. They saw the drinking, the fighting, the cheating, the emotional neglect, the divorce, the silence, the hypocrisy, and the fake image of “everything is fine.” So Gen X developed toughness. Independence. Sarcasm. Emotional armor. They didn’t want to be like their parents, but most of them were never given the tools to fully become different. They knew something was wrong, but therapy, emotional intelligence, nervous system healing, trauma work, and conscious parenting were not mainstream yet. So many Gen X parents tried to be better, but still carried emotional distance, avoidance, addiction patterns, and hardened survival energy. They were less blindly obedient than Boomers, but still deeply shaped by the same programming. They became the bridge generation: aware enough to see the damage, but often not healed enough to fully stop passing it down. Millennials Millennials inherited the emotional neglect, broken family systems, divorce culture, religious trauma, economic collapse, student debt, housing inflation, and the lie that “if you work hard, you’ll make it.” They were told to go to college, follow the script, obey the system, and everything would work out — only to find the system was already hollowed out. Millennials became the generation that started openly naming trauma, narcissistic parents, emotional neglect, mental health, burnout, toxic work culture, spiritual disconnection, and the collapse of the American dream. They are often mocked as weak or entitled, but a lot of that is because they refused to keep pretending dysfunction is strength. They started asking: Why am I so anxious? Why do I hate myself? Why did my parents never emotionally show up? Why am I working full-time and still broke? Why does this entire system feel fake? Why are we calling trauma “discipline”? Millennials were the first big wave to begin breaking the spell out loud. The pattern Boomers were programmed to obey. Gen X was programmed to survive. Millennials were programmed to perform — then woke up and realized the whole game was rigged. And now younger generations rebel. The core issue is not just generational laziness or weakness. It is unhealed trauma passed through families, combined with corrupt systems that keep people too exhausted to heal. Boomers often confused control with parenting. Gen X confused emotional shutdown with strength. Millennials confused achievement with worth until burnout forced awakening. Now the real work is breaking the chain. Not every person fits the pattern, of course. There are good Boomers, wounded Gen Xers trying their best, and Millennials who still avoid accountability. Each generation inherited trauma, adapted to it, normalized it, and passed down what they didn’t have the courage or tools to heal.

@EliasGravesLit No one gives a shit about what your mom went through 100 years ago. This is now.

Dear Gen Z: My mother ate LARD sandwiches when she was a girl. She lived in a dirt floor shack with no electricity or indoor plumbing. She wore dresses made from flour sacks. Fuck you and your whining about the cost of a mocha latte.

@dcmoody718 @MallardReborn I realize not all boomers are alike, but the majority of them sitting home on retirement were cheering the loudest in 2020 for the lockdowns and closures to protect “them”, while the younger generations burned. Lost all respect & opened my eyes to their selfishness.

How is it boomers’ fault that we have the economy we have? Housing prices are at historic highs & cost of living is expensive, but that really seems to hearken back to the Federal Reserve which is a Woodrow Wilson-era thing (though there are other factors too) Blaming boomers seems myopic Boomers are insensitive to this burden and they don’t understand how they were the last ones to taste the American dream, but they are not the *cause* of it so they are not the ones to blame

Notice to offended Boomers. I'm not a whiny, entitled Zoomer or Millennial. I am an Xer that landed on my feet. I am the father of Zoomers that will have a fraction of the opportunity and blessing that you had, because you hoarded and sold it all for yourselves. I'm angry for them, not for me.

@bradenpace @DavidGiglioCA Are you really saying Trump doesn’t make bad decisions? Trying to decide if this is satire.

@DavidGiglioCA Trump chose him. Do you think he made a bad decision?

You really think that’s what original real MAGA was all about? And Marco Rubio is an establishment neocon. He's not MAGA.

If you've ever helped empty out a boomers garage you know "we were just smart with our money and didn't buy tons of bullshit" is a bald faced lie.

@omgsidewalks It’s. A. Hoax.

Honestly, I’m sick and tired of grown adults calling the climate crisis a hoax. It’s not even a debate, the science has been settled for decades. Your ignorance is not just embarrassing, it is actively destroying the planet and every living thing on it.

@Bisondalen1 @ElizabethHall16 @james_xond Interest rates didn’t kill them very long. They all refinanced that cheap home in the 80’s at a much lower rate.

@ElizabethHall16 @james_xond 💯!!! Home prices were low but interest rates killed you! Now the price seems high but interest rates are attractive. I never thought I would see 6% interest again, but it got down below 4% before Covid hit.

Trying to prove a point. How old were you when you became a homeowner for the first time?

@ElizabethHall16 @james_xond Why is your generation so insufferable?

@ChristinaHambu4 @MarcoFoster_ @megynkelly @hodgetwins Good god you’re annoying. Wasn’t it Trump sending out photos of Massie last week with his new wife tryint to make a scandal? Touch some grass honey. You need it.

And who gives a fuck men cheat all the fucking time so as women I mean Jesus Christ that’s going back in 1818 who gives a fuck I mean, what did Clinton do when Monica was under the dust and you don’t think Obama didn’t cheat bullshit he cheated with Oprah. Nobody knew about that either. What the fuck who

Megyn Kelly: “Trump has cheated on every wife he’s had. He met Marla Maples while he was married to the mother of his children Ivana. Ivana accused him of raping her. She alleged he was so angry over the hair transplant he got that she made him get, it was so painful that he raped her. He winds up with Melania and if you think Trump’s been faithful to Melania, you’ve got bigger issues than I can solve”

@NolteNC @fugitivemama Now do this x5 for the average family . Thats about $25 for 1 meal x30 nights a month. We haven’t even gotten to breakfast, lunch, and snacks yet.

Dear Gen Z: Cooked my own supper tonight. Two brats ($3.00) boiled in a can of beer ($1.00) and seared on the grill. Two ears of corn on the cob (66 cents). Two diced potatoes, fried and seasoned (80 cents). Bowl of vanilla yogurt (60 cents). Glass of milk (30 cents). Total: $6.36 You idiots spent more at Starbucks this morning.

@alphafox This fat fck needs to be riding a real bike to shed some of those lbs. He probably hasn’t been laid in years.

Who is the real Karen here - 🤔 Biker refuses to use the grass to avoid pedestrians on the sidewalk. Pedestrians get annoyed he is making them move, yet he insists he has the right of way.

@catturd2 You’ve got MDS. He’s living rent free in your head.

For almost a year now, Thomas Massie has claimed he’s going to read the names on the Epstein list on the House floor That means, according to him, he has some secret names that haven’t been released yet. Why is Thomas Massie protecting the pedos on the Epstein list and refusing to read their names on the House floor, as promised? What’s he waiting for? Either he’s lying and doesn’t have the names, or he’s lying about reading their names. Either way, he’s a liar.