Posted on 04/25/2025 6:40:18 PM PDT by Red Badger
The Carter years were not great for most.
And WHY only talk about 1980?
And look at the majors that previous generations took at college, which prior to the early 1960s, only an EXTREMELY few people even went to.
Yes, manufacturing has fled America, but young people were still paid low salaries for entry level jobs of almost all kind.
And WASTING $7 on a one coffee, is ridiculous!
And 40% of our population is obese. When we were young we were more worried about getting our asses shot up in Vietnam rather than getting out of mom’s basement at 26 years old and where the next video game cartridge was.
Responsibilities matter.
I don’t think it would have made a difference in his financial situation, but his awareness of that detail pleased him.
1”This guy ...”
Fudges his numbers...
In 1986, I was working for $3.35/hr-20 hrs a week- and going to school. With that income, I paid for my apartment, a car payment on a new Honda Accord, my school tuition (in cash, no loan) and for all of my essentials and utilities.
Everyone I knew had a car and happily worked whatever job they could get - restaurant employment, picking tobacco, retail- even selling magazines. EVERYONE had a goal in life - education/trade school, dating, marriage, family.
Now we are flush with lazy gamer stoners and pregnant teenagers who are fat, loudmouthed and worthless.
Car culture is gone amongst the young. I’ve met only a few young men who have the faintest idea about how to work on cars. One was a self taught fellow with a GED who seemed a natural (he used an agricultural exemption to drive an 18 wheeler at 16). He went on to aviation mechanics. The other was from a family where everyone was into cars. The Dad, his brothers and the occasional uncle and cousin would gather in the workshop on weekends.
Correction: I did have a roommate - my childhood best friend - to split housing and utilities. After 2 yrs of that, I did get a job with an airline which paid $12,000/yr which was when I got my first new car.
“Maybe not smart, but nobody should act like Gen Z can buy a house today if they just stop buying coffee. I would have to say that they buy the $7 coffee because there is really no reason NOT to. “
Put away $7 a day and after a few years you have the down payment for a house.
Thanks. That’s exactly the sort of information we need, to compare things nowadays to yesteryear. This is quite informative.
Unfortunately, many Multi-Factor Authentication processes now require a "smart" phone.
Not all, but far tooooooooooooooooooo many!
only 31 years by the national average. if they start young enough they may actually manage to pay it off before they die. maybe there should be some PSA on not buying coffee ever. I just hope the 41,000 coffee shops have backup plans.
Yes, and if you skip the manicures, hair coloring appointments, botox, meal deliveries, car detailing (seems to be a big thing lately?), and online subscriptions... pretty soon you are saving a healthy amount - AND - developing much better financial habits, IMO.
I just don’t hear of any kids having dreams and aspirations in life - they don’t talk about dating, having a family, the future, what they want to be when they grow up.
Very sad.
And all of the legalization of marijuana has added to their lethargy.
Houses didn't have closets in order for the builders to save on construction costs and time.
Yes, people had fewer clothes but either packed them into armoires or hung them on racks in the attics and basements. Such storage was often just a bamboo rod hanging from the joists. A lot was stored in chests as well. Anything that was real fur, and a lot of it was, had to be stored in refrigerators at a cost.
You have that correct. The hatred for boomers is off the charts for young people. When you listen to them, they make sense. They have a point. The numbers for cost of living in all areas point to the young having a legit complaint. And they support Trump
Harvard Youth Poll. So, are these Harvard grads who are struggling? Figuring out that sheepskin ain’t all it’s cracked up to be?
It's the old IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS kind of news....if it's ROTTEN/AWFUL, it's reported and the awful ones are also all over Tik Tok making imbecilic, weepy videos about how much life stinks!
No, that’s just who conducted the poll, not who they polled.............
That's when you could work on a car. It's been decades since many components, when they fail, mark the end of the life of the car.
The electronics in particular are lifespan limiters, worse than frame rust on older model cars.
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