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In a couple years boomers are gonna be like “why isn’t anyone having kids anymore? Everyone must be gay. Gays are killing us” but in reality they sold our souls for profit and now we can’t afford to have kids
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Anonymous 2w

And the poorest mf you know had 5 kids

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Anonymous 2w

Did your parents just have amazing lives? My parents both had some financial struggles growing up. Not saying it’s bad that you want to save money to give children a good life, just that it’s not necessary to be super rich to have kids.

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Anonymous 2w
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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

Are you trying to say we’re richer than baby boomers were at our age?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

It seems like we’re likely at least as well off. We earn more and have a similar amount of wealth.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

We are not. Boomers could work 1 factory job and buy a house to support the whole family. The idea of owning a house today for us is a fantasy

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

Especially because a lot of us already have a house in student loans

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

Both of these are adjusted for inflation, including home prices.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

It certainly does say that it’s adjusted, but it is not adjusted correctly

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

Where can I find the correct adjustment?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

I love that the source of this post is from Reddit. Please use an actual graph that isn’t make believe

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

Says reddit

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

The first graph is from an economist at the university of central Arkansas. The 2nd is from the financial times using data from the federal reserve. None of it is from Reddit.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

If this isn’t correct, please share the correct data.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

They really aren’t. Because I cannot find them anywhere. Please post the links to these articles

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

https://economistwritingeveryday.com/2024/06/26/young-americans-continue-to-build-wealth-across-the-distribution/ https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/04/16/generation-z-is-unprecedentedly-rich?trk=public_post_comment-text&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=yandexsmartcamera

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