re: Gen Z chick mad but she right.

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She's not wrong. Welcome to adulthood. She comes across as pretty grounded.

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she’s wrong about how much easier it was 20 years ago

We worked our asses off to barely scrape by, too.

And yes, we now have 20 years under our belts, but 20 years ago we weren’t taking ‘mental health day’ and playing on our phones all day.

We do that now, but everyone does.

Wrong bitch. 20 years ago I lived with two roommates to split rent and ate cheap shitty food like Ramen noodles, pastas, canned meats, and Totino''s. But dumb bitch is right about one thing, twenty years later with 20 years of experience under my belt, getting raise after raise, I do not live like that anymore.

Such a dumb short-sighted entitled bitch.

Unfulfilling work plus nothing to really show for it wears on people.

You can think she is wrong, entitled, or whatever while also acknowledging that things are gonna suck financially for our young people if things don’t change.
Wages haven’t increased in concert with inflation and cost of living.

I’m 40 and paid 340k for a 4200 sq ft house. Same exact floor plan in my neighborhood just went for 650 last month (8 years later)

Starter homes are 200+ with higher rates than I have. Rent is insane. Insurance is insane. Food is insane.

As a parent, I feel for my kids. When my wife and I got married we found hourly jobs before we got into careers, moved into an apartment, and lived ok. I’m just not sure that path is available right now and the path to where my wife and I are currently is almost nonexistent for most

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That being said, dollars to donuts they vote to attempt to take any retirement income I have in the future as a high earner.

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Idk why this is such a popular talking point considering the most popular retirement account is taxed at the highest marginal rates, and when RMDs begin kicking in you are going to be paying a shitton in taxes if you have a high balance.



The way the current law works, you're retirement account already IS being "taken away".

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She's not wrong, but she also probably shouldn't consider Walmart a career job.

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I don’t think she’s considering it a career job.

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Folks just need a firm hand shake and to show up on time. Doesn’t matter if we’re importing labor that can work for 1/5th of the cost under threat of deportation.

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Honestly if she knew what was good for her she'd request more shifts and a decrease in pay - roger

Find a good man and settle down. Have a few kids, be a mom. Much more satisfying than working at Walmart.

Could you ever make it on your 40 hours at wal mart?

Back in the day, a non college educated person could usually work themselves into a middle class lifestyle doing a non highly skilled job.

That seems to be gone. Housing and inflation plus education costs, insurance and auto prices are killing the lower middle class.

The rich get richer.

The poor get more handouts.

The working lower and middle class get frickedddd