Crowing about your financial home runs when you were born on third base is disingenuous to say the very least.

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Yet Medicare eligibility begins at 65 no matter when you were born.

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More and more in the Internet space, it seems that your long-term viability as a company is dependent on when you were born.

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When you were born, I was only twenty-five years old.

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At least as much as when you were born there.

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When were you born?

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So, having said that, yes, it does matter where you were born and when.

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It's what you do when that child is born that determines your title.

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The idea is that you buy savings bonds when your kid is born and the interest compounds until the bonds mature (20 years).

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You know, I remember when my first son was born, and I was like, oh, my gosh, I can't believe you're finally here.

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So, you know, my mom said that when I was born in India, they didn't have a bed for me so I slept in a suitcase with the lid propped open.

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But you see, when nearly 70 percent of black kids are born to unmarried parents, likely to a too-young mom, that puts tremendous pressure on grandmothers (and some grandfathers), sisters and brothers to take up the slack.

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Little sister, when I open my mouth and you're free to skip from my belly and out into the sunlight, be born again on your own terms.

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