What are they talking about? We don’t have money for anything. How are we supposed to think about saving for our retirement?
We’re already too busy paying taxes to fund the boomers’ retirement, while they remain delusional about the world and think that everyone else just has to work harder.
Yeah there is definitely an issue there. Many don’t seem to realize times have changed.
“I worked part time during the summer and put myself through college. These newer generations just want everything handed to them”.
No realizing tuition is 30k-50k a year.
“I was able to buy a house at 25, working as a clerk at a feed store”.
Not realizing that working full time for minimum wage isn’t even enough to afford an apartment on your own anymore.
I think many don’t realize how much income-to-expenses has changed.
And seem to not realize that without a college degree, it’s unlikely you can find much work that pays more than minimum wage. And even that is generally only for men doing physically demanding jobs which have long term health consequences.
So it’s either take on a huge amount of student loan debt for a chance at a slightly better job pay and security, or stay in poverty forever.