Mee to Interesting [email protected]English • edit-210 hours ago[Article] Not Working, Not Studying, Not Happy: Meet the NEETs.thewalrus.caexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-link[Article] Not Working, Not Studying, Not Happy: Meet the NEETs.thewalrus.caMee to Interesting [email protected]English • edit-210 hours agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
Reading time: 8 - 10 minutes. Why are so many young people struggling to finish education or find a job?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•10 hours agoMinimum US wage in 1960 was $1.00/hour and the cost of an average US home was $11,000.00 Ivy League schools charged less than $2,000.00 a year. Even if someone is making $15.00/hour in 2025 they are taking home about $30,000.00 a year. Price of the average US home is $418,000. Ivy League tution is about $60,000.00 a year
minus-square@espentanlinkEnglish4•9 hours agoDo you have any idea how much time it would take to make billionaires with those 1960s prices?! /s
Minimum US wage in 1960 was $1.00/hour and the cost of an average US home was $11,000.00
Ivy League schools charged less than $2,000.00 a year.
Even if someone is making $15.00/hour in 2025 they are taking home about $30,000.00 a year.
Price of the average US home is $418,000. Ivy League tution is about $60,000.00 a year
Do you have any idea how much time it would take to make billionaires with those 1960s prices?! /s