> Life today for almost everyone in the West is better than ever before, I'm 60. You've just got to be joking. When minimum wage was $3.30, a one-bedroom apa

> Life today for almost everyone in the West is better than ever before, I'm 60. You've just got to be joking. When minimum wage was $3.30, a one-bedroom apartment cost $285. Now the same apartment is well over $2000. My university tuition averaged about $1200 a year - that was about 10 35-hour weeks at minimum wage. But I got small scholarships that paid for it. My girlfriend worked in a sub shop two nights a week and had a summer job. No one went into debt. One working parent could support a stay-at-home parent and pay off a mortgage. Or you could work part-time and have a modest life and pursue your dream. People just walked into career jobs right out of university. Listening to young people today, unless they're in one of a small number of very much in demand fields, the idea of stability, steady advancement, or buying a home seem impossible.