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Stossel sets the record straight on "the good ole days"
Posted on 4/18/26 at 11:59 am
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Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:02 pm to TrueTiger
Can Dr D David Schultz give him a slapping again just because?
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:19 pm to TrueTiger
Having grown up in the 70’s and 80’s myself, with my own kids in their 20’s and early 30’s now, I can see both sides.
Today’s younger generations just have higher expectations for their transportation and housing because that’s what they grew up with. My kids grew up in a 3200 sq ft home, BUT my wife and I both had full time+ jobs, we drove cheap vehicles, and we had big credit card debt.
In the 70’s and 80’s, I spent the majority of my youth living in an 800 sq ft mobile home or the 1000 sq ft home of my grandparents. We moved all over the place and spent several years living in that 1000 sq ft home with 11 people and one bathroom. We really never complained because we never created the expectations that my kids have.
Today’s younger generations just have higher expectations for their transportation and housing because that’s what they grew up with. My kids grew up in a 3200 sq ft home, BUT my wife and I both had full time+ jobs, we drove cheap vehicles, and we had big credit card debt.
In the 70’s and 80’s, I spent the majority of my youth living in an 800 sq ft mobile home or the 1000 sq ft home of my grandparents. We moved all over the place and spent several years living in that 1000 sq ft home with 11 people and one bathroom. We really never complained because we never created the expectations that my kids have.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:26 pm to High C
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spent the majority of my youth living in an 800 sq ft mobile home or the 1000 sq ft home
About the size home I was in as a kid.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:38 pm to TrueTiger
I thought the people down the street with the 1700 square foot home, as opposed to the 1165 sf home that we lived in, were rich, but I never thought of us as poor. Even so, my parents sent us to college and sacrificed for it.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:44 pm to HubbaBubba
College was $1500 a quarter in the 80s also
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:50 pm to TrueTiger
Yeah he’s being deliberately obtuse.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 12:52 pm to TrueTiger
Yea, the idea that everyone just had it made and coasted in the past is stupid to the point of hilarity.
The whole “Boomers suck” and are the root of all our problems is common among young people.
I’m not a boomer, but my parents are, and they worked hard and sacrificed to raise their family. They were handed nothing.
The whole “Boomers suck” and are the root of all our problems is common among young people.
I’m not a boomer, but my parents are, and they worked hard and sacrificed to raise their family. They were handed nothing.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 1:21 pm to TrueTiger
My dad had a job with the USDA. He was upper management and earned a decent salary. We were not rich. We lived very modestly. My brothers and I all went through college. There was never anything I felt I needed. I grew up in the suburbs and would spend the entire day playing with kids in the neighborhood without a care in the world. Good times.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 1:34 pm to LChama
quote:$500 in the early 70's.
College was $1500 a quarter in the 80s also
Posted on 4/18/26 at 1:57 pm to TrueTiger
Many of the complaints are by socialists.
The places where homes are crazy expensive are run by socialists whose policies have driven up prices.
In the rest of the country it is not that people can't afford a house, it is they can't afford the McMansion that they want. In the 60s and 70s starter homes were 3 bedrooms 1 bath 1000 square ft with window units for ac only in the living room and master.
Cars are expensive because all the added safety features and because everyone wants SUVs with leather and all the features. Cars used to have roll up windows, a cassette radio with 2 speakers, no air bags, and a manual transmission.
College is expensive but they are run by the socialists who pay gender studies professors 140k to teach 2 classes a semester with 5 students in them.
Now everyone feels entitled to several vacations a year to all inclusive resorts, Disney, or on a cruise. These used to be a once in a life time type trip.
Vacations used to be a road trip to grand parents or stay with another family member that lived near something interesting.
The places where homes are crazy expensive are run by socialists whose policies have driven up prices.
In the rest of the country it is not that people can't afford a house, it is they can't afford the McMansion that they want. In the 60s and 70s starter homes were 3 bedrooms 1 bath 1000 square ft with window units for ac only in the living room and master.
Cars are expensive because all the added safety features and because everyone wants SUVs with leather and all the features. Cars used to have roll up windows, a cassette radio with 2 speakers, no air bags, and a manual transmission.
College is expensive but they are run by the socialists who pay gender studies professors 140k to teach 2 classes a semester with 5 students in them.
Now everyone feels entitled to several vacations a year to all inclusive resorts, Disney, or on a cruise. These used to be a once in a life time type trip.
Vacations used to be a road trip to grand parents or stay with another family member that lived near something interesting.
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:01 pm to LChama
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College was $1500 a quarter in the 80s also
First in my family to receive a Bachelor’s degree. My parents didn’t contribute one red cent to the cost. I did it with student loans (which I’ve long paid back) and Pell Grants.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:04 pm to TrueTiger
The homes were absolutely not smaller back in the 1950s. There were giant houses then that middle class could afford
Go look at most farmhouses that are still being lived in today.
It’s only been in the last 30 years that devekoprmtnts have sprung up that try to sell tiny houses with no yards for tons of money ??
Go look at most farmhouses that are still being lived in today.
It’s only been in the last 30 years that devekoprmtnts have sprung up that try to sell tiny houses with no yards for tons of money ??
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:15 pm to Shaun176
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College is expensive but they are run by the socialists who pay gender studies professors 140k to teach 2 classes a semester with 5 students in them.
College isn’t expensive. The college lifestyle is expensive. Private college is expensive. Out of state tuition is expensive.
You can live at home and get a public college education relatively cheap.
Every person in Louisiana lives within commuting distance to a 4-year college and multiple 2-year and vo-tech schools.
And then there is online college as well.
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:18 pm to TrueTiger
It has everything to do with the Fed attempting to direct the economy. Monetary policy has supported the idea that everyone deserves a house, setting interest rates way below the market and encouraging homebuilders to invest in more, bigger projects.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:27 pm to JoeyP239
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The homes were absolutely not smaller back in the 1950s. There were giant houses then that middle class could afford
Before WW2 there were big house because people had 8 kids and extended family living with them.
In the 1950s-1970s there were subdivision built all over suburbs do to multiple factors GI bill, interstate system, prefabricated materials like sheet rock, etc.
Yard sizes have shrunk in some new neighborhoods because most people don't want to take care of a big yard and they don't mind the houses being closer because modern houses have more sound insulation.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:32 pm to LChama
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College was $1500 a quarter in the 80s also
did you mean a quarter or a semester, if you meant quarter then adjusted for inflation that's 20k per year. my son graduated from UofA in 2018 8k per year for tuition, my daughter graduated from UNT in 2021 at 9k per year tuition, if you meant semester that's 10k a year which is right in the ball park for a state school.
i graduated from a private college in 1983 and my tuition was 3k per year or 10k adjusted for inflation per year and the UofA was half that.
now cost of attendance at my alma mater 45k per year.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:34 pm to Shaun176
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In the 1950s-1970s there were subdivision built all over suburbs do to multiple factors GI bill, interstate system, prefabricated materials like sheet rock, etc.
White flight from the cities after desegregation.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:38 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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Every person in Louisiana lives within commuting distance to a 4-year college and multiple 2-year and vo-tech schools.
We are lucky in Louisiana. My Daughter's total bill this semester was $113 after TOPS and her university scholarships. That is for 18 hours and includes her parking tags.
In other states, people are paying 15k for in-state tuition at public schools.
Private colleges can be 80k. But back in the 60s middle class kids didn't expect to go to a private school unless they got a scholarship.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:39 pm to TrueTiger
Does he talk about how women entering the workforce depressed wages?
You can’t increase the amount of something (labor in this case) and expect the value to stay the same.
You can’t increase the amount of something (labor in this case) and expect the value to stay the same.
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