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[–] 22 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I'm 35 and have been poor my entire adult life yet have never even thought about a second job.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    wow this is how I learn I'm doing great!

    not really though. I would need a second job to actually get anywhere in life. as is, I'm really just dying slowly, skipping meals here and there, and I'm only able to exist at all because my city has public transit and some social safety nets (more than most Americans at least.) If I needed a car for employment, I'd be completely fucked.

    unfortunately, I don't think I could survive a second job. I'm quite frail, and what I do already takes a lot out of me. Especially considering that any second job would probably be in the service industry and require lots of standing/lifting/moving...yeaaaa ig I'll just die.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I’m a millennial and I think by the time I reach retirement age all our pension funds will have dried up.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    it'll probably depend on how soon we stop voting for the democrats or republicans -- we keep voting for the same people despite knowing that it's causing this trend to happen.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    This is not the fault of the boomers, this is the fault of Capitalism and the owner class

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    [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    i have two jobs and still can't afford everything i need. not moving out, not fixing my car, not higher rent, not 3 meals a day, definitely not having kids...

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  • I mean, considering the retirement plan (US) intrinsically depends on future generations buying into it at a higher cost, it's been a thinly-veiled scam since the jump. 😶

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    so not 'making the world better' for the kids.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    In their conclusion, Goldman Sachs, the Vampire Squid, recommends a 3rd job for today's indentured servants workers.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    80%? Uh huh sure, I don't know a single person that has 2 jobs.

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    [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    To be very clear, this will not last much longer. We need paid training programs for construction and trade skills.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Well look at the bright side: healthcare costs are expected to rise 10% in 2027

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