beep@piefed.world to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish · 2 months 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-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down114file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1132arrow-down1imageBoomers 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 ShitpostEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square24linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1369808/boomers-about-to-tell-you-how-they-grew-up-in-a-poor-family-of-5-living-in-a-3-bedroom-s
minus-squareDadiferlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoAlso refuse to release their death-grip on power
minus-squaredaanniilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months 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-squaretheparadoxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI don’t think they are talking about the average person. I think they are talking about those in leadership roles.
minus-squarechunk6235@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months 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
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.
I don’t think they are talking about the average person. I think they are talking about those in leadership roles.
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