Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"
Parent-Care Storm Nears
Andy Wimberly
www.clarionledger.com
Overview: “It is called ‘The Parent Care Storm. It…is made up of three separate storms…First storm: Nearly 76 million boomers moving toward retirement. Second storm: These boomers will live to age 85 or even 100. Third storm: Nobody is talking about it - not the families, not Congress, not the media. Everybody is bouncing along.”
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/HEALTH/711270335/1242/health
Baby Boomers Leaving Money to Heirs
Jordan Miller
www.mlive.com
Overview: “A new study predicts an increase in the transfer of wealth over the next 50 years as the World War II generation passes assets on to the Baby Boomers, and they in turn leave that wealth to their heirs.”
http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-25/119609187399400.xml&coll=2
Boomer Candidates' Narcissism Turns Off Voters
Jon Keller
www.detnews.com
Overview: “They're handsome and intelligent. Their biographies are scandal-free. They're fresh, optimistic faces in a candidate field stacked with the stale and the dour. So why are Barack Obama and Mitt Romney having such a tough time in the presidential race? Here's a theory: because they're boomers.”
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/OPINION01/711270306/1008