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In reply to the discussion: This, my friends, is far too typical for my generation. [View all]Laelth
(32,017 posts)That's why people do it. You see equivalence ("you've got some hurdles we didn't. We had some you don't." I think that's a false equivalence. My purpose, here, was to attack that false equivalence.
If we agree that minimum wage, right now, had it kept up with inflation and increases in productivity, would be $22.00/hr. if it had remained the same as the minimum wage in 1962, then people without High School diplomas would now be earning $22.00/hr. People with High School diplomas would be earning more than $22.00/hr. A college degree would be worth at least $30.00/hr. (i.e. $60K/year), and that's for an entry-level position. People with experience should make more than that.
Is that what the 2013 job market looks like? If not, then everyone should concede that this economic climate sux for GenX and for the Millennials. It is nothing like the world into which the Boomers were born.
All I am asking is for Boomers to acknowledge this fact and then respond accordingly ... by taking care of their children and grand-children. Is that too much to ask?
-Laelth