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Why is every generation worse than the generation before? Many young married couples in the early 1950's had to live with their parents before they could buy a house. During the immigration years in this country apartments housed up to 8 adults, married or not. When families had large farms early in this country, the parents would GIVE their children land to build their own homes and live near by.

Baby boomers aren't paying for college so the kids have alot of debt. Divorce if so high that these kids have no one helping them make decisions because their parents are too concerned with themselves. 20 year olds now have to pay auto insurance, health care, and high taxes on everything. When I moved out in the 70's, car insurance was an option, health care was cheap, renting was cheap, gas for my car was 70 cents, ciggs were 50 cents.

Also these kids are lied too. College is NOT for everyone. You still have to have a high IQ to graduate in a good major. Yet the boomers want their kids to go to college , take out loans and let the tax payer worry about them paying it back.

Baby boomers aren't paying for college so the kids have alot of debt. Divorce if so high that these kids have no one helping them make decisions because their parents are too concerned with themselves. 20 year olds now have to pay auto insurance, health care, and high taxes on everything. When I moved out in the 70's, car insurance was an option, health care was cheap, renting was cheap, gas for my car was 70 cents, ciggs were 50 cents.

Good points too. You got so much crap that we have to put up with today that you didn't back then and it costs more. I know in one post, I mentioned about life prior to World War II and how hard economically it was in th cities, but at least back then, you could hopefully get out of there and go out in the country and do something.

Also these kids are lied too. College is NOT for everyone. You still have to have a high IQ to graduate in a good major. Yet the boomers want their kids to go to college , take out loans and let the tax payer worry about them paying it back.

I think the college mentra started during Vietnam, at least for men because it was a way to get out of the draft. Even if you took "advanced basket weaving" (I know, hyperbole, but you see what I mean) in college, you were still in college hopefully biding your time until you got too old for the draft. College ain't for everyone, myself, I think I would have waited a few year before I went.