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Originally Posted by MarchHare
People would take you more seriously if you argued against the actual issues concerning Gen Y, not the strawmen you're making up. Here's a hint: nobody is whining about slow internet. Their primary concerns are the following:
- Uncharacteristically high youth unemployment (and the long-term ramifications that has on lifetime career earnings)
- The cost of post-secondary education outpacing inflation by a significant margin
- The cost of buying a home outpacing inflation by a significant margin
Like nik- (see post #115), I don't have a skin in this game. I have a good job, my education is fully paid for, I'll be mortgage-free within five years, and I have more retirement savings than most Canadians twice my age. I was born in 1979 and thus straddle the line between Gen X and Gen Y. I don't really identify strongly with either group, but I'm not blind to the realities facing the youth of today. It really is much harder for them to establish a good career and start their adult lives than it was for the boomers 30-40 years ago. To suggest otherwise is nothing but wilful blindness to all the economic data published on this topic.
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I am not insensitive to Y-ers problems of today. I am insensitive to ignorant Gen Y whiners that do nothing, but complain about how hard it is for them to start a
good career while completely ignoring that for a lot of boomers a factory job was a career. I know, I know, there are even less factory jobs now, but fact remains, boomers were not only looking for good careers, they were just looking for jobs so they could keep the lights on. Everyone had it rough when they were young.
Boomers weren't worried about cost of university or housing prices. They worried about putting food on the table. Degrees and houses are luxuries in most of the world. They are supposed to be hard to obtain. They are not a given, why can't Y-ers understand that?