dsi1 wrote:

> On Monday, April 1, 2019 at 1:06:13 PM UTC-10, GM wrote:
> > dsi1 wrote:
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> > > On Monday, April 1, 2019 at 12:23:41 PM UTC-10, GM wrote:
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> > > The 800 lb gorilla in the room is that man does not live by bread alone. The young folks can't afford housing, medical care, and a higher education, in modern America. I certainly could back in the 70's when I was a young man. Those days are gone forever.
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> > Utter nonsense, all young folks need to do is W - O - R - K diligently and make informed choices and they can live as well or even better than their elders...not every young 'un is a slacker, ya know...
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> > You're like the old crank who used to say, "Outhouses were BETTER because we didn't have to pay taxe$ and utilitie$ to enable flush toilets to exist..."
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> > Best
> > Greg
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> I already know that not all young people are slackers. I certainly was a slacker as was a lot of kids in my generation. Even despite that, we could afford housing, medical care, and an education on a meager salary. Most oldsters are out of touch with economic conditions in 2019.


THIS "oldster" sees young folks lifting themselves out of - sometimes dire - poverty and need EVERY day...


All they can see is what they have. They believe that things are just the same as back in the 60's. Beats me why they think that. Are yoose guys totally blind?
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> https://www.aecf.org/blog/nearly-hal...r-than-age-25/


FISHY stats from a leftist snowflake outfit, natch...the US poverty rate is FAR lower when government/public benefits - SNAP/WIC, Section 8/subsidized housing, TANF, childcare benefits and the like - are factored in...

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Best
Greg