Boomers: “Millennials and Gen Z Just Need To Work HARDER”

[basedbane]

So sick of multi millionaire celebrities saying "we busted our butt"

[qtarokujo]

Funny how these *millionaires* are trying to gaslight the younger generation while they live the high life

[TheOriginalMarimoChan]

We purchased our home in Hawaii 22 years ago. If we tried to purchase the same exact house that we are living in right now, in 2024, we could not afford this place.

[a.velderrain]

She really said "if you only want to work FOUR HOURS" like there aren't people who have two f**king jobs working 60 hours a week and struggling.

[codydaniel]

The "I suffered so should you" mentality is miserable energy.

[cannibalcatgirl]

It’s such a slap in the face. I did everything everyone told me to do. I worked hard in school, got the degree, found a career and I still live paycheck to paycheck in debt just due to cost of living. I don’t have expensive habits, I have a strict budget, and every effing week is a struggle. Only to hear some billionaire say it’s my fault for being lazy

[steelycubsfan]

Boomers clearly forgot about inflation during today's age.

[Anonymous_Clouds]

Yes & yes! Stating the facts! These rich folk have no idea how difficult it is to get your own place on your own.

[stephaniev]

Whoopie is out of touch. No one wants her opinion anymore.

[gagejernigan]

I work 40 hours a week and can’t afford a home. That shouldn’t happen.

[SeaniMonsta]

He's not even including how much the dollar has become devalued. Not including the rolling back of social security. Not including the retirement age. Politicians from both side don't speak of this. All Presidents are fall-man for our Congress milking the system, and a front-man for corporate interests.

[NollaGirl]

Just in the last 3-4 years, homes in my neighborhood went from 100, 000 to now over 300, 000! Its shocking. Everything is up, groceries, gas, healthcare, insurance, rent etc. Everything! I dont know how the next generation will amke it at this rate.

[kayleeyates]

I don’t want to work 4 hours. That’s how many they give me and I beg for my coworkers, who are also begging me, for hours

[Styrofoam-ee]

Doesn't matter how hard you work when prices become unobtainable.

[SelladorOfficial]

"with all due respect" when no respect is clearly due is always nice touch

[howardtreesong]

For some reason the cost of living never figures in that conversation. They keep going on about the cost of living 40 years ago. We don't live there anymore. Life is super expensive and workers have no rights, no healthcare no child care, no maternity leave, no vacation days, no sick days. You are only allowed to work for free as much as you want to.

[mcvenne]

Four hours a week? Has she spoken to a single young adult that wasn't privileged in her entire life?

[andrewhood]

Who are these people working only 4 hours?!

[thecrankybunny]

I work 36-40 hours a week. $20 an hour. Still just a part-time employee because my workplace has to be allotted more full-time positions, then we re-interview for our job with a panel of local gov't officials, won't be happening anytime soon. So no benefits. If my husband didn't have a salary that made my job accessory cash, we'd be nowhere

I love my job. I bust my ass every week and it hardly feels like work. I'm on my feet all day and often work past my shift. No old crony is going to tell me I need to work harder. I do, it's thankless by the overseers, and frankly, by everyone else on the outside looking in

[donnalindakelley]

THANK YOU. When I was 18, in 1967, my parents bought a three bedroom brick house in an average neighborhood, in Colorado... and it cost them 18, 000. When I was 26 and wanted to buy a little house of my own it was 77, 000. Interest on a house loan was 18% in the town I lived in. Now the same basic house is 350, 000, and interest rates keep going up. Inflation has broken the backs of a lot of honest hard working young people. It is one of the major reasons for divorce in our country. The pressure to provide for a family is unreal.

My father was able to support a family of four by himself in the 1960s, and my mother could stay home and be homemaker. Now almost every one in the family has to work to keep a roof over their heads and put food on the table. Now women HAVE TO earn a living too, to pay that monthly mortgage, and kids grow up in day care because Mom and Dad both have to work. Child care is not free. Inflation got a lot worse when we went off the Gold Standard when Nixon was President.
And it is going to get a lot worse. The cost of a college education has gone up at least 10 percent a year, every year for the last 30 years. Health care was cheap when I got my first full time job. My health insurance was 5dollars a month at work when I got a job out of college. Now it is close to a hundred dollars, per person, for group insurance and for private insurance you need at least 500 dollars a month to pay for it. I'm sorry if you disagree. But I have lived in this world since 1949. I can see how much it has changed. Our young people are stuck with dead end low paying jobs after working their buts off to get a four year degree, and rack up at least 50 thousand dollars in college loans. Our young people have every right to think life is harder for them than it was for us in the baby boom generation. A good college at reputable university can cost 100, 000 a year or more.
And you get no where without a good education. Maybe we should cut some slack to our young people who are trying so darn hard to earn a living and take care of their kids. Inflation, over population, and the lack of unions to fight for fair wages and decent working conditions have made it almost impossible for people to get good jobs and get benefits. These young people are busting their behinds as you put it, just to get by. Woopy...you need a wake up call.