I doubt they work three times as hard or for 1/2 the pay. Life was not a TV show.
My first full time job paid just over $5,000 per year. Now, around here at least, Culver’s pays 14 year olds $15.00 per hour.
“3 times as hard” probably includes at least 50% of their time checking cell phones and watching reels and TikTok videos.
And their budgets include all kinds of eating out or delivery fees, manicures, fancy hair appointments, car detailing, etc. Not like we did it eating ramen noodles in a basement apartment furnished with concrete blocks, rough lumber shelves, and milk crates.
There seems to be a reality break here, IMHO.
They expect to be handed every single thing like their mommies did for them all of their lives - too many of them can’t hold down full time employment or make their rent/mortgage, school loans or other bills on time. WE did all of that without complaining.