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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)
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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 136 points 2 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@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago (1 children)

15 more years.

[–] Vertelleus@sh.itjust.works 57 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago

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

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

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

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 41 points 2 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.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

It's bitcoin bug garbage.

[–] abs_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 14 points 2 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@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boomers are the most selfish generation 🤷‍♂️

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.