The younger workforce.

[stan33]

We have changed the norm so much over the last 30-40 years that what used to be extravagance is now expected. We are now all about instant NEVER delayed gratification.

It's the same here but possibly worse. Australian households have more debt compared to the size of the country’s economy than any other in the world. $2 trillion in unconsolidated household debt relative to $1.6 trillion in GDP. Cars, boats, McMansions etc and it's all on the never never.
When the interest rates go up, this country is in deep do do.

 

[Industrial Toys]

In this country fertility drugs are very expensive but they are given free to welfare women for compassionate reasons. Where is there any compassion for the tax payer? The people that dole out the money, have too much money and a secure rosey future. I think that is one big problem right there.

People now insist on kitchens that are bigger than our living rooms used to be (or is that a "Great Room" how stupid) and no one cooks much it seems. These look more like a restaurant kitchens.

I could fit my house several times into the attic space of some of the homes I work in.

And what's this thing about recessed lighting all around the perimeter of your house? What the helll is that for anyway?

 

[Texas Dawg]

In this country fertility drugs are very expensive but they are given free to welfare women for compassionate reasons. Where is there any compassion for the tax payer? The people that dole out the money, have too much money and a secure rosey future. I think that is one big problem right there.

People now insist on kitchens that are bigger then out living rooms used to be (or is that a "Great Room" how stupid) and no one cooks much it seems. These look more like a restaurant kitchens.

One thing that is a constant in almost every country in the world. The politicians have NO PROBLEM spending other peoples money to keep themselves in power.

 

[stan33]

The 'western' world's last gasp of private and public, unsustainably credit funded, decadence.

"Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence."

Or you could equally say that the mark of a dying great empire, is general decadence and not necessarily the reason it falls.
It's part of the cycle of birth, wealth and death of an empire.

 

[jerrybob]

It's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone that knows how to run a government is either driving taxicabs or cutting hair.

George Burns

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

It's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone that knows how to run a government is either driving taxicabs or cutting hair.

George Burns

:thumbsup: :laughing:

 

[dmccarty]

Hey Bah Boh :

I cant' agree that your friend is doing himself or any one else a favor by getting the education he's getting.

Getting an education just for the sake of getting an education is useful to no one, not even he student, unless he does something with it. Learning, learning and more learning without a goal is just taking up someone else's seat in a college.

I know lots of 'professional students' who depend on everyone else to do day to day stuff for them as they know nothing but how to study. None of them can put their knowledge to any practical use. As someone told me, he's so smart he can't even tie his own shoes.

Well, he is not a professional student since he has a very good, sort high paying job. The classes he was taking as fun were not for a degree so he should not have taken a seat from someone needing the class.

Like many people, he went down a couple of different paths before deciding on what he really wanted to do in life, and by the time he figured it out, he had earned some degrees. He made some drastic turns in what he wanted to do and I suspect some of it was studying for a profession his FAMILY wanted him to pursue instead of what HE wanted to do. I have know some people who have fallen into that trap and not gotten out. He did. While some very smart people can't really function well, I have known many people like this, my coworker was NOT that way at all.

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

...

And what's this thing about recessed lighting all around the perimeter of your house? What the helll is that for anyway?

The recessed lighting makes the house blend in with the UFOs when the land in the nearby fields to drop off and pick up pallets....

:shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[Sprinklerman]

I know a young man , he just turned 21 . He went to vocational school , he became a licensed master electrician before his 21 birthday has his class a cdl plows snow for extra money . Bought his first house at 21 , married at 22 . Landed a job with a traffic signal company making $ 95,000 a year . ( Maryland ) This kid has it together When I met his father , I shook his hand and told him he did a fine job .

I am also a landlord , I could write pages of stories and excuses from applicants and tenants . Its sad where we are heading

 

[300UGUY]

Around here, it seems the smart kids leave and don't come back. It doesn't help that college tuition is very high here. I've got 2 nieces currently going to school out of state. Tuition in other states can be half what they charge here.