> Born in the mid 70s. My (single) parent was able to provide a roof over our heads, health care, and significantly helped pay for my education, heck, eventuall

> Born in the mid 70s. My (single) parent was able to provide a roof over our heads, health care, and significantly helped pay for my education, heck, eventually accumulating a few [typical boomer] toys like a second home and a boat... all on a single school teacher's salary. He retired stably and comfortably with a predictable pension. This sort of story is not uncommon, or crazy to believe. That said, the market conditions of that period of the 1900s were crazy, (inflations etc), so its wild to think about just how crazy it was that this was happening.