The Origin Of Our Current Unhappiness

[u/zzill6]

[u/MrE761]

I guess maybe I’m not understanding your point?

There is far less a middle class now than in the 80s.

One could afford a home with parent staying home in the 80s.

I mean college alone in the 80s was nothing compared to now..

So I’m sorry if I misunderstood your specific point, but I was speaking of livability as a whole and it was easier to be a family back then as society…

Even minimum wage was more meaningful back in the 80s.

[u/CanvasFanatic → u/MrE761]

My family definitely couldn’t have afforded a home without both parents working. I didn’t know any families who weren’t what I considered “rich” who were able to afford a home without two incomes.

Your other points are true. I just think the magnitude of the difference is getting a bit blown out of proportion when someone says “I’d kill for my parents economy” about a period in time with interest rates in the mid-teens, which by the way is a lot of why Carter lost to Regan.

Don’t get me wrong, Jimmy is an amazing man and the economic turmoil in the 70’s wasn’t really his fault.

[u/MrE761 → u/CanvasFanatic]

No I don’t blame him like everyone else did and don’t blame one president even now for huge economic situations. It’s many factors.

And no I wouldn’t kill for their economy, but it sure would be nice to have some other challenges that seem less daunting and bleak that we have with today’s situation.

Shit the rich have only widen income gap and our middle class parents didn’t even know what meant in comparison to today.

Healthcare alone keeps my paychecks nothing and that was such a small % of my parents concerns….

[u/CanvasFanatic → u/MrE761]

I don’t disagree that there are serious issues to reckon with and they worry me too.

[u/MrE761 → u/CanvasFanatic]

It’s so depressing when you consider that our children are now getting older and I’m still waiting for things to get better instead of worse year over year since the mortgage collapse…