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The Boomers Are Coming! Is the U.S. Economy Ready?

Posted July 12th, 2010 at 2:28 pm in Boomer RVers

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Can the US Economy Survive an Onslaught of Baby Boomer Retirements?

More than 11,000 boomers turn 50 every single day! And what market do you think the RV industry likes to target? Baby boomers, of course! When those boomers finally reach Boom Gra La after retiring from the daily grind they rush out and either rent or buy an RV, as evidenced by the dramatic rise in numbers of baby boomers loading up their RVs and taking to the road.

Baby boomers are hitting the highways in their newly purchased traveling homes in record numbers, even in a bad economy. U.S. ownership of RVs is skyrocketing, and the trend is expected to continue upward for the forseeable future.

Our country's very first baby boomer, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, born at two seconds after midnight on January 1st, 1946, is already cashing her retirement checks! She warns, The "Silver Tsunami" a virtual tidal wave of boomer retirees are coming!

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Take The Money And Run?

Posted July 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am in Boomer News

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Retire When Eligible or Wait for a Bigger Social Security Check?

Rumors abound about our Social Security system about how it will be bankrupt when the baby boomers have bled it dry sometime around 2018?

This boomer happens to believe that he earned the money that will someday be paid out in tiny little monthly amounts and that he will never live to see what he paid into it.

My wife just retired at age 62 and it was a mutual decision for her to start collecting SS benefits. One reason was, we needed the income, and another was – why wait, on our country's present economic course you never know what might happen. We could be owned by China by then and I don't think they would be inclined to honor a broke system.

Our readers want to know what you plan on doing when you get close to the eligible age. Will you wait until you are older for larger benefit amounts or will you take the money at age 62 and run?

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RV Boomers Remember The Electric Prunes?

Posted July 4th, 2010 at 9:56 pm in Boomer RVer Trivia

1956 Propert 'Trailaway' Touring Caravan made ...

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I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night in my RV

I love to watch this 60s stuff with the rain falling on the roof of my travel trailer, safely ensconced in my favorite rv park. Refresh your memory here with an assist by Tommy Smothers waaayy back in 1967. Where were you?

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