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But the misinformation runs both ways. Sure, new houses now probably cost a lot more than they did 30-50 years ago when most boomers were starting out. But they also were a lot smaller, with way less amenities and features, and much more plain. Many families started out in 1200 sq ft homes, with maybe 1 bathroom.  A lot of new homes now are twice that size, with multiple bathrooms, granite countertops, 12’ ceilings, expensive tubs, fancy appliances.  So are you really comparing apples to apples?  Plus, for many years until probably the 80’s, only the husband worked.  Houses could only cost so much, because you were relying on one income.  Now, if you have a professional couple, they could easily make $200-300k combined.  I’m talking jobs where the wife may be a nurse, and the husband is an engineer.  This income level was probably pretty rare up until the late 80’s/90’s.

I can clearly remember the days when a lot of families only had one car. The husband would usually use the car to get to work one week, and then carpool the next. The wife pretty much just stayed home that week.  If she needed to go to the store or something, it had to wait.

Still not quite sure where all the hate from billionaires comes from.  I mean, take someone like Mark Zuckerberg for example. He co-founded Facebook, created a product that was far superior to its competitors of the time, grew the company, led it through several tech advances ( PC’s, mobile, metaverse).  How does what he did or have affect you in any way?  I mean we we get green with envy and object how one person should not be allowed to have that much wealth but…..why? 

Some of these billionaires may have made modern America worse, like Amazon killing local shopping, or Walmart killing mom and pop stores, but this was always going to happen, whether it was Walmart, or something else that evolved. Walmart killed Sears, Amazon damaged Walmart.

We have a billionaire from our small town of 3,000 people.  He is partner in a little chain of stores called Bucees. His store was literally across the street from our shop. It was called Dons Quickstop. Then it was Bucees, then there were a few more, and now they’re all over the country. He didn’t take anything away from me to get where he is.

Yes they did.  Don't you know the economy is a zero-sum game.  For one person to get another has to lose. <insert sarcastic font>

But the misinformation runs both ways. Sure, new houses now probably cost a lot more than they did 30-50 years ago when most boomers were starting out. But they also were a lot smaller, with way less amenities and features, and much more plain. Many families started out in 1200 1100 sq ft homes, with maybe 1 bathroom

Technically, this is not true at all.  It MAY be true in reality, but it need not be true, and in any event, no one seems able to propose any realistic solution to the "problem".

So your point is to not deal with the reality of the situation?