re: Can anyone here admit that a lot of hardworking young people are fricked?

Deporting a lot of people the government shipped in and propped up through welfare programs creating a giant bubble economy might help clean up the food supply, housing supply, and labor demand issues - but what do I know. I'm just a guy that works in an industry that hasn't seen a pay raise in the last ten years because Obama decided on his way out to waive the English Language Requirements for truck drivers and to force the truck manufacturers to flood the market with automatic transmission while touting a lie about a shortage of truck drivers in order to flood the market with east african and indian labor which has resulted in an ungodly amount of deaths and carnage on our highways - but hey, MuH dIvErSiTy.

Seriously, we need a HARD RESET back to the dotcom crash and start over. This shite isn't working at all.

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Again my question to you is what are YOU doing to improve YOUR skill sets to change YOUR path in life. Feeling sorry for yourself won't get you there.

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I’m not even it the demographic this thread is about and doing fine

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You're absolutely right I busted my arse to become a professional along with most of my peers. I didn't want the blue collar life that I grew up in. So I did something about it! Neither one of my parents were degreed. I now have a professional degree and a masters degree and work in a industry where I am surrounded by professional people. The young people today that are professionals seem to be doing ok.

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What? You might’ve busted your arse but don’t seem to have good reading comprehension
You went on a tangent about a whole generation of young people and why they can’t get ahead and I said you’re only seeing a very small subset of the generation and you agree with me? Or is the above paragraph only to pat yourself on the back

Why would anyone take advice from a 54 year old childless douche who likes to play online games?

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This is absolute horseshite. This thread is full of people that are willing to give advice to complete strangers. Yet not one of the youngsters have actually mentioned their individual problem to get help with an actual solution.

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Instead its more generational warfare; macroeconomics babble, and woe is me you will never understand BS.

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I get this. I’m not young. I’m closing in on 40. Both my parents were teachers for 30+ years and have accumulated a nice amount of wealth. I figured I would follow that plan. It was something I liked, was familiar with, etc.

Fast forward 20 years…the amount of hours I work extra to get some stipends will make up for my summers off. Trust me, I’ve done the math. I work about 12 Saturdays a week. This isn’t me bitching, just explaining to the “yOu WoRk 8 MoNtHs a YeAr” crowd. That said, those people won’t listen. They know more about my profession than I do. I work a side gig and officiate baseball in the Spring. I do better than make ends meet. I have enough saved up for rainy days, emergencies, and the like. I contribute to my state retirement and a IRA.

This is MORE than what my folks did, and I have no chance of leaving my daughter as well as they will leave me.

They worked hard, so I’m not bashing boomers. Like most though, they don’t truly understand the struggles I deal with as far as COL.

Because of all that, and feeling jealous that my friends work true 40 hour weeks and aren’t hurting to do anything, I want to change my career. Not bitching, not crying about today’s world…just educating.

For all the advice Uptown and those like him give, they are stubborn and ignorant to how things work today.

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That should accelerate the deployment of automated trucks to replace high wage American trucks. Pick your poison

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Not going to get fully autonomous trucks anytime soon - there's always going to be someone in the cab to take over in emergency situations like tire blowouts, extreme weather, etc. The day a computer knows what to do when a deer runs in front of a hazmat truck on a snowy highway is far away. I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm saying it's nowhere near now. Clean up the industry we have now and support people wanting to work for a living.

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I work about 12 Saturdays a week.

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Hell, that is quite a bit. I concede to THAT work schedule.

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You went on a tangent about a whole generation of young people and why they can’t get ahead and I said you’re only seeing a very small subset of the generation and you agree with me? Or is the above paragraph only to pat yourself on the back

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Sorry, I took your response out of the context and thought you were one of the youngsters with the woe is me attitude and whining that life's not fair.

My message may not apply to you directly but it does apply to those with that mindset.

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Why would anyone take advice from a 54 year old childless douche who likes to play online games?

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Well I can’t have children if that makes you feel better.

Games are exercise for your brain. And it’s fun to match wits. No different than chess.

The douche part? That’s just you not liking my delivery. Has nothing to do with substance which is what you should be focusing on.

With age comes wisdom.

I'm Gen X in my early 50s. Wife and are both working professionals, her being a lawyer.

We are in the top 10% in household income, just barely, and even we feel pinched at times. Not pinched worried about paying bills or food on the table. Pinched in that we kind of wonder why we don't feel like we can afford nice things.

Modest house that will be paid off in the next 10 years. Retirement accounts funded very well We drive older vehicles, but don't feel like we can afford a new vehicle.

We're doing pretty well, but compared to our parents at the same stage in life, we're behind them.

I really worry about my college aged kid and what is waiting for him. Worry about our two younger kids too.

I do think the ladder has been pulled up somewhat for the next generation. I understand where they're coming from with their complaints. I think they are justified.

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Has nothing to do with substance which is what you should be focusing on.

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No I shouldn’t
I live a total opposite life than you and am doing fine but I also care about people in my community/ and empathize with others in society which you perceive as communism