This is 100% true, my boomer grandparents were able to buy a normal house for the equivalent for what would be 89,000 dollars TODAY. Also my Grandpaw worked construction. You can’t even find a doublewide trailer for less that 100,000 now I’ve even seen trailers sell for 200,000. How the fuck do they expect us to make 20,000-40,000 dollars a year and be able to afford a 300,000 dollar house?

All of us from Late Millennials to Zoomers were sold a false bill of goods, everything is collapsing around us or should have collapsed years ago but for some reason still endures. We were told we would experience the same prosperity as our parents and grandparents without realizing that today that is absolutely impossible.

• The federal minimum wage has stagnated at $7.25 an hour since 2009. 
• For most people, working for minimum wage does not give them a living wage.
• Many states and cities have a higher minimum wage in place—in some cases, more than double—but workers still struggle to make ends meet.  

What kind of society believes this is living “the American dream”