Quote:
Originally Posted by calumniate
Let's be real, it was an ill-timed joke from a privileged lens. Not that it's at all surprising
|
I think people are really looking at Peter's comment from the worst perspective. He was trying to make the point that two young professionals with no kids should be a lot better off in this society than they are. I don't think he was bragging about some ultra high salary. By "a lot" he was talking about relative to the population, which has a surprisingly large amount of people who scrape by on $20/hr jobs.
I do agree with his overall point. A couple of university educated professionals, who are likely making around six figures each should be able to afford a reasonably high level of comfort and asset growth. Presumably people in this category have done most things right, in terms of developing income earning capacity, but they still can't get ahead, or even afford a place that will comfortably allow them to have a child. Where does that leave the genuine working class. It's a major problem in Canadian society.
It's easy enough to say just move to another city, but what cities in Canada have both lots of jobs and a strong job market.