re: For the first time in our nation's history, a 30-year-old isn't doing as well their parent

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Because the dumbasses run up 6 figures in student loan debt on bullshite gender studies and liberal arts degrees that don't translate into good earning potential in the real world.

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This is also because they were told every single day of their lives, from the time they were in middle school, that the only way they'd ever succeed in life is if they got a college education. As a Millennial this was a constant refrain from authority figures as I came of age in the late-90s/early-00s. The problem is that most 18-year-olds don't graduate high school with anything like a plan for a four-year degree. In earlier times they'd either join the military or enter the workforce and work their way up.