Did We Run Out Of Cows??

BigBlockTank wrote:

tomkaren13 wrote:
We can't imagine how we would feed a family. Even coupons are not as good now. We are thankful for pensions and Social Security. But wonder if there will be a cost of living increase this year. Even tho the cost of living has gone up.

I'm retired USAF, and work for the DoD (USAF too) now in civil service. We haven't had a "real" cost of living allowance in 5 years. We've had small percentage raises. I'll always take a raise and not complain, but that small seems hardly worth the work to institute it. It's hard to keep those ends meeting when cost of living goes up 7% and we get 1% raise.

I really feel for the younger generation these days. I guess like us, they'll survive too....

While we are not retired and may be considered "young" to many by being in our mid 40's, we don't feel sorry for most of the younger crowd. The younger crowd doesn't want to work, but they want things. They want to do all they have to do, just to get by. We have a son that's almost 24 yrs old and he's the same way. While he has a fulltime job and lives on his own (with a room mate), he barely gets by. And we know this because we get a call ever so often about needing some money for gas or food until payday. I guess most parents deal with that. He works fulltime, but I don't even believe it's 40 hrs. No matter what you tell him, or any other younger person, if you need X amount of money to survive, then you need to make more than X! That might mean two jobs....or a better paying job....or get rid of some stuff and don't expect too much. There seems to not be much desire/pride in many of the younger folks today. You don't have to be rich. Just support yourself. And stop complaining and go out and do something about it.