Fer chrissakes, I’ve never made more than $30,000 a year, yet I have a house, savings, and retirement once I stop working. The key here is the fact that government schooling, for years, have advocated government control of every aspect of people’s lives and have shamed rugged individualism.
(Of course, if I lived in California I wouldn’t have a house, savings, nor any chance at retirement, but I digress.)
Just think how far you could have gone with a masters degree in gender studies.
Speaking of that, how much do baristas make these days?