My parents retired in their 50s with pensions and paid-off homes. I graduated into a recession, watched my job get outsourced twice, and now I'm paying off student loans while inflation eats my paycheck. Home ownership is a pipe dream and my chances of losing this job as well to outsourcing are extremely high. The world my parents knew doesn't exist anymore.
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Defund and dismantle the federal government, and pave it over immediately, like the Charlie Kirk crime scene. That solves several major problems instantly, and neuters the low lives that gravitate toward government (guys who lose wars for other countries, guys who get pardons and plead the fifth, and on and on).
The sun will still rise, and we will all get sizable raises not having our money skimmed from us.
@c0 every generation has had to deal with hardships. Whining and defeatist attitude isnt how you improve circumstances.
@at 🤡
I didn't grow up rich. I moved to a large city after college. I controlled costs, didn't eat out. Got married and bought a house, but it is tough because of companies like Verizon. No one has a chance.
That era is usually pegged to roughly 1945–1973 (some stretch it to 1980), often called the “Golden Age of Capitalism” or the postwar bo-m. That’s about 28 years — against 250 years of American history, that’s roughly 11% of the total.
— policy choices (unionization, tax structure, investment in infrastructure and education) mattered too, and some economists argue pieces of that could be rebuilt. But the biggest driver — the US having almost no industrial competition for two decades — genuinely was a historical accident that can’t be recreated.
@at wishing hardship on the next generation just because you had to claw your way through it is sounds incredibly like surviving a plague and then getting pi---d off when someone invents a vaccine. what a deranged, selfish, bitter approach to the reality of the world. but it is understandable i guess, being a keyboard warrior from your high throne is much easier than fighting to make actual change happen. this is why yours is a failed generation.
@at
This is the most truthful and best comments on the board. I like you grew up in a family of 5, in a 1k sq foot house.
No vehicles or house had AC. We where lucky to have 2 decent cars.
Parents worked hard had everything we needed . Some extras but rare. Treat was going out to a cheap place to eat. Or a day at amusement park.
The standards and our life styles have got ridiculous. You can't find a home under 2500 sq ft. Poor quality and packed on a 1/4 lot of lucky.
The house I lived in is still there sitting on 3 acres. Back in that day you couldn't even get a loan easy. Unlike today. Parents got a house with a first time home buyer loan. Then sold that 7 years later to get one talked about.
Jobs where scarce in my area but we worked what we could find. Pay was not great but made it work.
Sounds like tuff times. But I'd go back as it still was a better time. Mind set of people and life were totally different. Not easier. Less restrictive unlike todsy
@at OUTSTANDING comments
I'm gen X and lived through the economic malaise of the 70s and early 80s. Mortgage interest rates were insane then. There was the shroud of nuclear annihilation hanging over your head. There was a stock crash in 87. A war in 91 followed by another recession. The soviet bloc collapsed. The 2000s had a dot Com bubble that popped, 911, and an economic collapse in 2008. The list goes on and on. No generation had it easy.
In terms of housing costs, yes it seems ridiculous, but the standards have changed. My parent first house was brand new in the 60s. It was 3 bed/1 bath and 1200 sq feet. No dishwasher, no central air, etc. Wall to wall carpet was considered a luxury. Compare that to a starter homes today.
Standards today are out of whack. People want it all now but weatlh is not built over night. Its a slow and mundane grind. We lived below our means. If there even was a vacation it was a camping trip. We never ate out. We brown bagged lunch. We fixed things that were broken vs throwing them out. We went to garage sales. We had a garden 3 seasons a year. There was no lawn guy, cleaning service, pool guy, etc.
This generational strife is comical. Toughen up and make sacrifices.
Could be worse. You could be married to my ex.
Listen man every single generation that has ever lived had a tough time in some area or another to make it. This idea that one generation has it holistically harder than another is a myth to spin you up and get your engagement for clicks and views. It’s just not true. Neither mortgage rates nor inflation are at all time highs. That too is a myth. The economy is genuinely tough in areas that is true. However that has always been true and will always be true. The areas may move around but the economy will always be difficult in some areas. Focus on what you have control over and chuck everything else into a bucket to be worried about tomorrow for no more than 15 minutes. Literally time box your panic. Set time aside in the morning to just worry. When that time elapses, put on your game face, exercise control over what you can. Move those pieces you to control into a pattern that orients you for any success you can arrange. Then clock off and go see your people or if you don’t have any people go find some.
The problem is governments are not letting the normal financial cycle to happen. They are dodging recession by printing more money. Conservatives used to fight against this. Now it doesn't matter who is in power, inflation keeps growing because of money printing.
@There havw been recession before you were born.You are not the only human to have gone thru this.
@a8 that is an option for those Americans that practice and enjoy socialism but root for MAGA
@ac There are a small percentage that actually do care for the working stiff, they are the ones that Fox News will try to convince you are co-mies and socialists. meanwhile a certain orange fella made 2 billion dollars last year on unethical stock trades and crypto mem coins, and the 40 million dollar a year Fox News hosts have no opinion on that. Both parties are NOT exactly the same.
@a9
Good luck with that. I doubt any of them are really for the people . Lesser of two evils I guess 😆
@OP Imagine if you lived in Iran. Thank the Lord you presumably live in the U.S. Now go get after it!
Are you saying things aren't GREAT AGAIN?
vote accordingly, and educate people you know who vote for candidates that do not have the best interest of the people in mind. this is the only way.
If you want job security take the first union job you can find. Keep in mind they’ll have you doing the same thing for 30 years with no advancement opportunities. Lots of people seem to like that life though
What's your degree in?
Learn a Trade. Go to trade school. Education and knowing a trade. You will always find work. Though not always comfortable or fun.
@OP the world is always changing
At least you have parents, I was an orphan.