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Originally Posted by SeeBass
As a person that is just shy of the boomers I can relate to your fustrations.
Its not easy and it takes time till you can get that great job and all the things you want. Just cause your parents told you that you were great it doesn't mean you are.
I think the gen y's and millennials had it easier than me as their parents had more cash than mine as our parents were a poor generation.
It takes some crappy years of paying a price of eating KD and Ichi Ban and slaving in a crappy diner for min wage plus tips. I can't even count how many long weekends I had to work double shifts and the boomers did it before me too. It seems like only the pretty ones get all of the good food jobs and make tons of tips and it is true.
I put in a lot of effort to finally have my cake and now it is the generation behind me to take a turn at trying to climb the ladder.
I used to worry about social sec and that it would be gone your discussions are nothing new and it will be there for me and for you to.
The boomers had the same worries as you guys it is an endless cycle.
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I hear ya, but its gotten a lot harder than it was. Since '95, tuition has gone up 500%.
500%!! (meanwhile, the cost of viagra has not changed in that same span, so shows who's running the show) This has resulted in many people having to live at home well into their 20's now, according to a MacLean's survey I read a couple years back. It just wasn't like that a generation or two ago. To start your career in that much debt is ridiculous, its just a broken system. Even the U.S. has a better student loan system than ours.
I'm so sick of the baby boomers in my field right now. Just graduated in education and spent the last two months subbing, it amazes me how many 65+ year olds are still doing it, and they get the vast majority of the sub calls too. You're subbing because you have nothing to do and don't feel like hanging out with your wife. I (and the rest of us) are subbing because we're trying to pay off our debts and get our career going. F'n retire already!!
EDIT: I should mention that my Poly Sci prof gave us that tuition vs. viagra argument. I'm not at the pricing out viagra stage in my life yet haha