The majority of voters under 30 said it has become harder to buy a house, raise a family and get a good job in comparison to the previous generations, according to a new poll.

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    For a lot of people I know, if they didn’t have their unskilled union job, they would be entirely screwed

    Doesn’t stop them from voting regardedly to screw us all

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      True, sadly, the working class has much to continue to learn.

      It doesn’t help that the owner class activily enables and helps fund people and projects to keep the working class divided!

      That is why we need to be open to talk and have discussions with people with a diverse set of thinking, echo chambers and bubbles do not help us, it may only work to hinders our society.

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    In a survey, published Sunday by CBS News, 82 percent of registered voters said they think it is more difficult to purchase a home than it was for previous generations, while 76 percent said the same for raising a family.

    About 70 percent of voters in the poll said securing a good job is harder than in the past, even in the wake of recent strong job numbers. According to the May jobs report, payrolls increased by 272,000 and wage growth ticked upward in a reversal of a three-month downward trend.

    While young voters overwhelmingly have concerns about the current state of the world, most voters under 30 — 62 percent — still have optimism about attaining the “American Dream.” Thirty-two percent said they won’t reach it, while 6 percent said they already have.

    CBS News link in article: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-2024-election-new-generation-gap-young-voters-06-23-2024/

    ‘Interest rates at 23-year high’ article link: https://thehill.com/business/4718224-federal-reserve-june-2024-meeting-fomc/

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    They’re imagining things, naturally. The Economy is perfect in every way. They must be Russians or something.

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      or bots/shills/grifters/Chinese/lefty/righty/puppets… /s

      Many labels are used, as an easy way to dismiss anything that might force people to use our critical thinking capabilities and to listen to bias different from our own.

      We must continue to be willing to talk and discuss with people that do not think or agree with our way of the world!