re: #52 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The whole ethos of “work hard, save money, buy a home, raise a family” is a no-go for more and more of the younger generation. Why should they accomodate a system that is not working in their interests?

It’s just a no-go for more of the younger generation?

Uh…reality here. Buy a house has always been out of reach for me no matter where I lived in Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York and especially California. Can’t buy a house on a Civil Service salary…unless I match six lotto numbers. Oh and paying 18 years of child support is another stumbling block. And a new car and auto insurance? That’s out of reach too.

Memories of millworkers in the 50s, 60s and 70s being able to buy a house, car, raise a family and getting the kids a college education on a good union salary. Thanks to first Tricky Dicky and then Pruneface Reagan those days are long gone…