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In reply to the discussion: Generation X is sick of your bullshit (millenials) [View all]GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)Supporting a middle class life style including 2 kids and buying a house with one income from a union job makes the boomers special. My parents were boomers and did exactly that. And that hasn't happened for any generation since. You had it that good and you can't even recognize it? Amazing.
Imagine marrying someone and graduating today from a top 50 university with combined $50k student loan debt (this could easily be doubled). You have to pay a quarter of your take home salary to student loans, half of your take home salary goes to rent, the rest to buy food and gas. Tell me how you would support 2 kids and save up for a down payment on a house, because that is exactly what my parents did in the 60s.
Your generation was so special you don't even realize how special you were.