Originally Posted by GomerPyle
So to summarize, the next time some know-it-all boomer starts crapping on "young folks" (basically anyone under the age of 50), tell them "Average income is only 12% higher than it was 35 years ago, but vehicles cost 34% more than they did 35 years ago, houses cost 80% more than they did 35 years ago and a college education costs 3x what it did 35 years ago, so shut the hell up."

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We can talk about work ethic all day but at the end of the day it boils down to the American dream is ruined and that's why a lot of people aren't willing to work anymore. Why go work a chump change job and get nothing. One bedroom apartment in the hood in Huntsville is about $1k month..these kids don't stand a chance on moving out without getting knee deep into debt. Houses are a rip off, vehicles are a rip off. The politics have ruined the American dream. It was hard enough to get a piece of the pie in my day but it was achievable, now not so much. I don't want my son buying a house that costs twice as much as it is worth. My coworkers are buying a couple houses and they will never get them paid off.