No, this was my comment.
I recall my folks bought their first home, it was *brand* new. My Dad use to go to the gas station and say, "gimme a bucks worth of regular". Then they cleaned his windshield, checked his oil and tires. We had everything we needed. And Mom NEVER had to work.
It only took one income back then to buy a brand new home and raise a family to boot.
Just try that today.
Not to mention, they had secure jobs, with great medical benefits, and most had pensions. It was no big deal back then, and was more or less expected.
Today, one is lucky to just have a secure job. They're almost unheard of.
We too have worked for everything, EXCEPT it's taken two (2) full time incomes
it was a whole lot of those greatest generation parents who enacted welfare.
Welfare? Those on welfare have nothing and deserve nothing.
My comment was about the (boomers being selfish) comment. Which is total BS.
There are a lot of selfish boomers. There are a lot of selfish greatest generation, as there are X and younger. There are lots of each generation that aren’t. Selfishness and greed isn’t owned by any particular generation.
My point was that your angst over what your parents were able to do with one income being impossible today is that it’s the result of generations of entitlement mentalities.
I’m not disagreeing with you that it’s much harder today. I’m just giving my reasons for it, that it’s because of the selfishness of past generations that we are now paying for it.