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I really feel for the younger than Gen X (which I am) groups. My older brothers who are boomers did have it easier (than me) and I had it easier than the young
by shrubble 4y ago
I really feel for the younger than Gen X (which I am) groups.
My older brothers who are boomers did have it easier (than me) and I had it easier than the younger groups.
Purchasing power and a general decline in society's support along multiple axes for what most would call a 'normal' life really does make me think that some form of strife or revolution is coming.
- bamboozled 4y agoIt does feel inevitable because at some stage, young people aren't going to care about supporting rich older people and check out of the boomers preferred systems of politics and taxes.
- elzbardico 4y agoYou're probably an early cohort of Gen X. Late Xers, that started their professional lives in the late 90s or early 2000s already got a bad deal.
- falcolas 4y agoAs someone who was saddled with around $150k in college loans in a major I couldn't use (flying; that career was aborted in September of 2001), yeah... Bad deal sums it up nicely. Took me into my 40's to buy a house, and for my area I got a steal at under $200k. At which point my dad (born '38) chewed me out for not saving money and building it myself like he did for only $10k (~$100 in today's dollars for 5 acres of land and 3,000 sqft).