I think the country has been “fundamentally transformed”.
I think wages have not kept up with the cost of living.
I think there are many dead-end “jobs” but a lot fewer “careers”.
I think young people have been screwed by old people.
I think old people fail to understand the damage that old people have done.
That is intentional. As long as people are not allowed to become well-off economically speaking, the Democrats/Socialists/Progressives/Communists will always have a ready-made voter base of fertile fields to plough and plant their seeds of hate and jealousy.............
I have done accounting since 1957.
BETCHA I could carve down many items today’s young people think Are “NECESSARY” when they really are not.
GIVE ME 3 hours to review ALL the ITEMS they spend $$$ on, I can show them.
The biggest issue-—THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY SPEND EVERY PENNY-—They are IMPULSE buyers & also FOMO buyers. FEAR OF MISSING OUT-—SO THEY have to have what everyone else says they have.
I bought ONE new car in my entire life-—1965 Pontiac wagon...Put OVER 444,000 miles on it & sold it in 1995. SAME ENGINE. GOT around 18 MPG on open road.
I bought a used car in August 1981 with 55,000 miles—$3500.
Now has 223,000 miles +.
If I had followed the “new car every 4 years or so attitudes”-—I would have changed cars about 10-11 times. IF a new car kept costing MORE-—say an average of $8,000 more-—I would have easily spent $80,000 +++ on vehicles. I DIDN’T DO THAT.
Bought a 1 ton truck in April 1986 to tow my horses. $4000 with 90,000 miles on it. NOW it has over 348,000 miles on the chassis & I still drive it. Different engine-—But I PUT OVER 250,000 miles on it—TOWING. IT is a WORKHORSE. NEW trucks are over $80,000 & I do not want even a ‘free ‘one.
KIDS today spend $$$$ like water. WRONG MOVES.