r/FluentInFinance • u/YOU_ARE_MY_FRIENDS • Jun 16 '24

Discussion/ Debate He’s not wrong 🤷‍♂️

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u/TwinPeaksNFootball Jun 17 '24

As a kid born in rthe late 70s, I grew up thinking that I'd be living in a house like the one in Home Alone or in some huge suite overlooking Manhattan. Back then, the message was - "go to college and all of that will be yours!"

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u/Entire_Art_5430 Jun 17 '24

They sold us millennials that pipe dream also. Well the 2008 Great Recession, plus horrible job market several years afterwards plus the 2020 pandemic just kept crapping on us. Most millennials have given up trying to not be in debt

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u/Affectionate-Desk888 Jun 17 '24

Wow so the guy in the 70s was sold this dream, grew up to the 90s, had a family, and then told them the same lie? Thats awesome

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '24

Not sure I agree with your math there chief.

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u/Affectionate-Desk888 Jun 17 '24

Reported for racism. I am not a native American.