Venting a day in the life of a 80 yr old boomer (true story)

[jet112]

>wake up at 6 AM
>go to work at 7 AM
>finish work at 12AM
>start a second job at 12AM to 5PM
>come back home
>check if the residents above you paid the rent
>do cleaning/cooking/gardening until 8 PM
>get social security + pension in addition to all the income you have
>have ANOTHER house in another part of the country - rented of course
>split their house to 3 different segments to rent for young people

 

[ControlledInsanity]

If everyone collectively worked less there would be enough jobs to go around. Tragedy of the commons that nobody wants to talk about.

 

[Gone Coping]

If everyone collectively worked less there would be enough jobs to go around. Tragedy of the commons that nobody wants to talk about.

the problem is most of those jobs are low pay and low status, and the people working them need more than one to survive.

 

[ControlledInsanity]

I would argue that the same people who raise barrier to job entry (the boomers in OP) are also responsible for driving up general cost of living as a side effect.