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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world • 10 months ago

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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Almost 1 in 4 millennials and Gen Z-ers say they won't have kids due to finances

www.cbsnews.com

@return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world • 10 months ago
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Raising a child in the U.S. costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many younger Americans say they can't afford it.
  • @mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    138•10 months ago

    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.

    • 🇸‌🇵‌🇪‌🇨‌🇺‌🇱‌🇦‌🇹‌🇪‌🇷‌
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      60•10 months ago

      15 more years.

      • @Vertelleus@sh.itjust.works
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        58•10 months ago

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

        • @roofuskit@lemmy.world
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          45•10 months ago

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

        • @barsquid@lemmy.world
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          7•10 months ago

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

    • @barsquid@lemmy.world
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      41•10 months ago

      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
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        1•10 months ago

        www.wtfhappenedin1971.com

        • @barsquid@lemmy.world
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          3•10 months ago

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

          • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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            4•10 months ago

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

            It’s bitcoin bug garbage.

            • Tavi
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              3•10 months ago

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

    • @undergroundoverground@lemmy.world
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      14•10 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.

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      6•10 months ago

      Boomers are the most selfish generation 🤷‍♂️

      • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        10 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.

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