Whoopi Goldberg argued on “The View” that millennials feel that raising a family and buying a house are out of reach because they simply aren’t working hard enough.
Whoopi Goldberg argued on “The View” that millennials feel that raising a family and buying a house are out of reach because they simply aren’t working hard enough.
As an X’er - every step of adulthood has felt like I’m standing against a world that wants any excuse to take anything I have.
I’ve got almost thirty years in my field, make (very low) six figures, am generally respected within the company I work for and enjoy my job, and we don’t live an extravagant lifestyle, but with a family (wife is unable to get a job for reasons) it’s like every penny slips through my fingers as fast as I can make it.
Savings hasn’t been over three hundred dollars for years, and is usually less. I’ve had to strangle my 401k and there’s not much in it for my looming retirement (hah)
I think I’ve had maybe one full year in all this time where I wasn’t living paycheck to paycheck.
I know I’ve got it harder than my parents did, and they both acknowledge it, and I know it’s only getting harder for the generations coming after.
OTOH, I think Zoomers and younger Millenials may actually see 4 day workweeks, UHC, and/or UBI before they die out - I have hope for your futures getting easier in some ways, even if it’s not looking that way currently.