I unsubscrbed to some youtube.com channels I liked, like Parkrose Permaculture because she was saying that too. I explained what happened in the early seventies which sidelined a good portion of boomers from actually achieving the "American Dream" and then the double whammy of Reagan. They didn't seem to understand it was the parents of boomers who got to experience the dream because basically UNIONS. The boomers were on their way until the recession in the 70s. Then it got to the point where we were happy to have any job and unions or insurance became a luxury.
Much of the problem is that in my parents day if you belonged to a union or worked for someone matching union benefits and pay, you didn't need a college education. You could save money to buy a house which opens up to generational wealth. The unions got them benefits like health and dental insurance and college tuition. Then the recession hit and jobs with those benefits were gone. Could still go to college on government grants until Reagon hit. I know I dropped out then and went back and finally got my degree after Clinton established grants again. Now there are so many college grads that they no longer have enough of the good jobs to go around. They start out with enormous debt. I don't know why they don't get that the help Democrats offer would help them achieve their goals.
So sure we pulled the ladder up.
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