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originally posted by: AtomicShaman
I'm glad I'm a pureblood. a reply to: annonentity
originally posted by: Daughter2v2
a reply to: BduardErnstein
No, if you look at the real numbers those jobs in the 1970s allowed the young people to afford rent, food and a car.
Maybe not a big place or a fancy car but basic necessities.
You can't live on minimum wage anymore.
Most young people do work or go to school. Those rates have not changed much. They are living at home because they can't afford their own place not because they aren't working.
And it's total nonsense that increased wages make prices go up. Mass immigration and imports made workers power and companies richer.
16-25 year olds are in transition. They live at home , have roommates or live in school housing.
Waiting , service, fast food , stocking shelves , cashiers etc where never considered long term or a career for the vast majority of Americans ( no offense to those who do ) .
Absolutely true . Radical feminism brought wages down for men , because corporations had to make room for women employees by law .
originally posted by: annonentity
a reply to: BduardErnstein
It wasn't so long ago that women could stay at home and look after the kids, and the husband's wage paid a mortguage and kept the family, the mortguage was usually paid off at the time they turned forty. Living standards have declined , and are now crashing. The why's are another story.