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Almost 1 in 4 millennials and Gen Z-ers say they won't have kids due to finances (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by return2ozma to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] mojofrododojo 138 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Boomers: have more kids! we need the workforce

Boomers: all those taxes that made our families possible - nah fuck that. Keep the minimum wage locked for 15 years.

[–] Speculater 60 points 3 months ago (1 children)

15 more years.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Also Boomers, "Minimum wage was never meant to be a living wage."

[–] roofuskit 45 points 3 months ago

And yet, the person who created literally said it was.

[–] barsquid 7 points 3 months ago

Ok then let's change it to be so? Do we want people to do those jobs or not?

[–] barsquid 41 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You used to be able to buy an entire house, pay the mortgage, support a small family, and still have minimal left over. One salary. Companies used to reward loyalty more than they do so you didn't need to job hop to get anywhere. Universities were affordable, like you could work any job and pay for the semester from that.

Someone more familiar with the economic conditions correct me if I am wrong. Boomers could afford to live because venture capitalists weren't extracting all the value from the economy to buy yachts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

www.wtfhappenedin1971.com

[–] barsquid 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why would you link to some gold bug garbage when you could be sending articles on Reaganomics?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gold bug garbage‽‽‽ How dare you make such an outrageous accusation!

It's bitcoin bug garbage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

The website basically tries to discredit fiat currency. I have a much simpler hypothesis.

[–] undergroundoverground 14 points 3 months ago

Sure, in fact, I'm about to have a kid very soon.

Oh wow great. You know what it'll be yet?

Well of course, they'll be a wage slave, just like their parents.

[–] poo 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Boomers are the most selfish generation 🤷‍♂️

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's a bit of a selection bias. The self-sacrificing, hard working boomers have died out.

Only the greedy lazy bigots are still standing.