beep@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoBoomers about to tell you how they grew up in a "poor" family of 5, living in a 3 bedroom suburban home on a single-earner's income:i.ibb.coimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1146file-text
arrow-up1146imageBoomers about to tell you how they grew up in a "poor" family of 5, living in a 3 bedroom suburban home on a single-earner's income:i.ibb.cobeep@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareDadifer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoAlso refuse to release their death-grip on power
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoWould you retire in this economy? Especially if you had prescription drugs that were keeping you alive amounting to 2k a month? Genuine question. Would you ? Also. Not all boomers have a retirement fund. And social security does not pay out enough to live on. My grandpa gets like 1200 a month or something. A good chunk goes to prescriptions.
minus-squarechunk6235@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoThey should have done it 10 years ago after the first time they crashed our economy, not after they do it again within 20 years
minus-squaretheparadox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoI don’t think they are talking about the average person. I think they are talking about those in leadership roles.
Also refuse to release their death-grip on power
Would you retire in this economy? Especially if you had prescription drugs that were keeping you alive amounting to 2k a month?
Genuine question. Would you ?
Also. Not all boomers have a retirement fund. And social security does not pay out enough to live on.
My grandpa gets like 1200 a month or something.
A good chunk goes to prescriptions.
They should have done it 10 years ago after the first time they crashed our economy, not after they do it again within 20 years
I don’t think they are talking about the average person. I think they are talking about those in leadership roles.