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Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate ‘not seen since the Great Depression’ (moneywise.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Because there were so many Baby Boomers alive during the Great Depression...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

They mean elderly during the Great Depression. It was a driving force behind Social Security.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, that was my first thought