[Diana in Wisconsin]

Oh, come on. They’re buying porn, LOL!

It’s just another cycle. I’m at the tail-end of the Boomers (born, 1960) I came of age during the Carter Administration. My folks were paying 17% for a mortgage on our 3 bedroom, 1 bath house. There was hardly any gasoline to be found, and when you COULD get it, you had to wait in line! (Something Millennials would balk at, LOL!) The only jobs available were in Retail or Fast food. Construction and Manufacturing jobs were at an all-time low, much like today.

I joined the Army to get my education paid for as my folks couldn’t afford to send me to college - even WITH scholarships I had earned. (As things turned around, thanks to President Reagan, my folks COULD afford to send my younger sister to college...where she was brainwashed into becoming a Liberal. *Rolleyes*

Seriously, we are at the beginning of another cycle of PROSPERITY and President Trump is going to ride the wave, and the Millennials will be dragged along with us.

Keep the Faith, Baby! MAGA! :)

[AbolishCSEU]

I am the same age as you; I had to beg to get into a fast food restaurant after High School. The big three here, namely Xerox, Kodak and Bausch & Lomb were not hiring due to the lousy Carter economy and to a lesser extent affirmative action.

College was not an option to me at that time so I worked menial jobs until I got a decent job during the Reagan Administration.

Today’s kids don’t even want to work in fast food. Usually mom and dad are providing for them up until their late 20s if not beyond that.

[Drew68]

Oh, come on. They’re buying porn, LOL!

They're watching porn. I doubt they're buying it.

[Jeff Vader]

I’m about the same age, born in 62, and I grew up in England. It was the same there, youth unemployment was around 30% and we didn’t turn the corner till about 1986.

[SoCal Pubbie]

I was born in 1957. My parents in 1915. I don't recall them ever blaming those who came before them (except FDR) for coming of age in the depth of the depression. When I graduated college it was just at the beginning of Reagan's first term. Few jobs for college grads, but I had one waiting for me as I was already working in my field part time before graduation. No student loan debt. I didn't know anyone who had any in 1981.

Flash forward three decades and I too have almost no savings. The last decade has been a financial disaster for me. I can't find steady work in my field. But I blame no one but myself for not saving more when I could have.

[vooch]

little older than you, similar experience. I recall thinking when I got my first real job in 1982 - just give me 3 good years of economic growth, just 3 years.

More like 30 - we were so blessed and lucky

[Right Wing Assault]

Oh, come on. They’re buying porn, LOL!

They probably don't even know anyone who would actually pay for porn. Well, maybe their clueless geezer dad.

google "free porn"