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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 135 points 6 days 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.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 57 points 6 days ago

15 more years.

[-] Vertelleus@sh.itjust.works 55 points 6 days ago

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

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 43 points 6 days ago

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

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

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

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 38 points 6 days 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 1 points 5 days ago
[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

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

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

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

It's bitcoin bug garbage.

[-] abs_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago

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

[-] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days 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 5 days ago

Boomers are the most selfish generation 🤷‍♂️

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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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