I hate how discouraging it is now to secure a safe retirement. No pension or other safe income. Questionable future for the little that social security gives. Low wages that don't come close to keeping pace with inflation. Skyrocketing insurance, rent, groceries. A treadmill to nowhere.
When I was a child I visited the old schoolhouse at Knotts Berry Farm.
Framed on the back wall was the requirements for employment as a teacher.
One of the requirements was for the teacher to save 5% of their pay for retirement.
Opening minutes in the Movie Saturday Night Feverthe paint store boss lectured employee John Travolta about retirement: "Don't say ____ the future, the future ____ you!
I've held those thoughts. I think the Zoomer generation thinks let the system rot. They can't keep up any more.
I hate that people don’t understand that if you want a comfortable future, for most of us this will mean sacrifices today.
The demographics that buy from Starbucks the most seem to be the same people that complain that they can’t make their ends meet. Step one, stop paying $8 for sugary coffee.
Unscrupulous credit card lenders, who shall remain nameless. They suck you in with an easy £1,000 credit limit, quickly up you to "gold" status and an overdraft of £3,000 and suddenly you're in a cycle of debt. They don't check that you are able to afford the repayments or anything. They just take your money in ever increasing amounts.