You started blasting the "lazy Gen X" - wasted their money, didn't work hard enough, etc. Thats your standard meme on this board. Cell phone's are always made fun of here - "look at that stupid young person with the expensive phone". But reality is its cheaper adjusted for inflation than that black phone in 1970. So anyone that had a phone in 1970 is a hypocrite to make fun of any young person with a smart phone - all I am saying.Getting a little personal I say? Yeah?
BTW- I bought my own phones back then and didnt pay the phone company fee for having one.
Making fun of young people with cell phones? A bit of a stretch I would say. However many can do without expensive phones and phone plans, as well as music services and others tied to them. Same with costly pay TV services and sports packages. They can do without new expensive cars with greater than 3 or 4 year loans, the list is endless. BTW - TVs adjusted for inflation are much cheaper today as well as all electronics, so let's not leave that out.
Nothing back at me, its all around you if you cant see it, the young live with far more luxury then in the history of mankind. Your turning this personal so I am out
Anyway, I realize you will never be convinced, but I am guessing there are plenty of smart people currently trying to figure out how to not starve to death in N. Korea, and I know plenty of older people here that have lots of money for doing nothing special. Its the way of the world and always has been.
If GEN X can’t afford to retire, it’s because they wasted their earnings on things they could not afford by borrowing money or didn’t work hard enough. By far X benefited most out of any past generation and most likely future generations.
Most live in homes with luxuries and conveniences that their parents never had at their age. Nor drive the vehicles as well as recreational types of vehicles and services that their parents never had. Nor the entertainment/dining choices and extravagant costs that they willingly pay that their parents never had, the list goes on and on.