I know I probably shouldn’t have commented on the article at all, but I’m just so sick of the leadership in this country (Bernie Sanders/Ted Cruz included) turning everything into a goddamn reality show where we pick sides, create meme-able sound bites, and turn off critical thinking skills. From the looks of the…

Cool, thanks for that. Now, I want you to tell me how long your grandfather lived like that and if it would even be feasible for an American today to "save their pennies" to generate any sort of useful savings and buy themselves things.

What my parents' generation called sacrifice, I call 'legal obligation.'

Yes, we live better than people did in the 1920's. And those folks lived better than people in the 1820's. So I guess I don't get your point, really? I should just be grateful for technological advances like air conditioning, and forget about things like income inequality and the rolling back of progressive…

You are exactly right and summed it up so much better than how I could say it.

Not sure what generation I am exactly. Y maybe? 9/11 happened in my first month of college. Ever since that day, I have felt like I live in a world I had no part in creating and I will suffer the fall-out from the choices of those who came before me.

Oh, like my neighbor that enjoys paying $600 a month for his rent-controlled apartment? The exact same apartment that charges me treble that amount? He got it because he moved in at the right time, and took advantage of a program that's not available to folks like me anymore. This allowed him the flexibility to…

Boomers basically created the whole concept of entitlement so.....yeah, total agreement here!

Yep. You should say thankyou for your table scraps and show nothing but utmost loyalty to a company that wouldn't think twice about cutting your, what ~$20,000-40,000/year wages from their balance sheet, just to make some accounting bullshit look better. And if you don't have a college degree? Where is your steel…

Well, I'm having a pretty bad day, so: