The American Dream is DEAD and many Americans can’t afford to have kids!

[@tthomas2923]

Young folks better not have kids especially with states closing schools. A district in TX just closed 3 or 5 elementary schools and more are to come in other states. The only options you will have for your kids is to PAY for school because there will only be charter schools or homeschool them. It’s best NOT to have kids now.

[@andrewgleason586]

Pitfalls of raising young children,the unaffordable cost is painful....

[@davidsuprenant893]

My father worked for 30 years in a factory. My mother was a stay at home mom. They raised 6 children, bought a two story house,had a reliable car,and we took a 2 week family vacation every year. That's what I called living the American Dream. A Buck was worth a buck back then.INFLATION is what is killing most people today that play by the rules . Mom and dad's are both working,nobody is home to raise the children,it's turned into the American nightmare.,!!!

[@black4vcobra]

I have 2 boys, 5 years old and almost 1. Daycare is BY FAR the worst part about parenting. During the pandemic it was even worse as we had to pay for 4-5 months of daycare thay we never even received otherwise we would have lost our spot at that Daycare. It currently tly costs $300 a week for our baby and the hours of 7:30 to 4:45 aren't even long enough for one of us to work a full day. To all you who are contemplating children, make sure you have Daycare squared away before getting pregnant. I thought we'd had some regular family help but we get no scheduled help and minimal help even when we are in a bind. If something doesn't change with the Daycare problem in this country then fertility rates are going to really drop off.

[@te7406]

Edward, thanks for sharing your memories.

[@sachawisznia9685]

Great video! 👍👍

[@huemann7637]

I support a family of 5 with one income doing landscaping and irrigation. We aren’t financially wealthy but I bought a home in 2018 and my life is actually fulfilling.

[@frankcorrea8691]

@huemann7637 and you respect yourself snd your job snd not some money grabber from a 500 fortune company, kudos to you!

[@timboc105]

Why bring a kid/kids into this crazy mad world!

[@sagepirotess6312]

I do agree with the 1 commenter about hard times living through 2 financial crises. Most live through 1. And we have had to in 15 years. Both created by our government to transfer wealth and power to the top and government. Saying that, think nationally or globally for opportunities and resources.

[@tajuanajackson2923]

You Reap What You Sow.❤

[@jayc4715]

Times are tough.. people can't even afford to put rugs on their walls anymore

[@tc6580]

Was it ever easy to buy a home and raise a family?

[@brewcrew5854]

Incorrigible angry self absorbed women and the threat of blimp sized wrecking ball to the wallet and other body parts in divorce court has men cowering under rocks these days this from a never married but witness to the horror potentials person

[@Curlyblonde]

We all must be doing something wrong with our income budgets and work ethics. Early Retirement Guru Sarasota Tim has bought himself 2 new vehicles costing approx. $100Gs and a new RV just this year alone with his early retirement SSI and KZbin income. Shops at Walmart daily. His viewers are throwing money at him and offering free stays at their homes and properties. Now he's discovered and eyeing up how he can live in The Villages with all those fun-loving Seniors Meanwhile the rest of us are listening and experiencing The Gloom & Doom News. Where did we go wrong?

[@oldbuzzard8536]

He is a con!!

[@sachawisznia9685]

I remember the Guess Jeans from the 80's... 😂

[@certified68crazy3]

And don't forget ... ( The I've got to have it latest $$$$$ smart phones ).... Can't possibly live without it...

[@CDMaclintock]

I never wanted to be a father (so I didn't) and I never wanted to be "held down" by owning a home. So now I'm 67, collecting my full Social Security, with NO debt and good savings, living fine in The US. However, I'm ready for a change, so I'll be moving to Cambodia mid next year, where I can live VERY well, not have to even touch my savings, and still save approx. $20,000 every year. I'm waiting until next year to move, because I have A LOT of Gold & Silver, and I expect it to increase in value (markedly) in the next several months, so I don't want to miss all that profit by selling it at current values.

[@RepuBlicOfChaD]

Stay stacked 💰 and stay jacked 💪

[@Gentlelivingon10]

Consistency👌

[@Cosmo4357-mj1tw]

Great show. The 👔 works well with the 🎄.

[@cueoneful]

LOLOLOLOL................................Merry Christmas To All Americans Who Spend Responsibly....Save....& Plan....!!!

[@cueoneful]

The American Dream Is Alive & Well For Those Who Plan Wisely.....FACT.

[@michaelopheim7549bmw]

Let the games begin🎉🎉🎉

[@HarryKamal-c4d]

Hunger games!

[@robaudey7774]

My HOA will not allow a white picket fence!!!!!

[@gregorylyon1004]

Never buy in a HOA. That way you can have a white picket fence. LOL

[@JeorgeGUY]

64 views in 11 minutes; Doing Great!

[@Downsdddgh]

Those who go to Starbucks aren't thinking straight. Take a thermos of Maxwell House with you out the door. Do the math. See how much you save each month.

[@huemann7637]

You don’t even have to drink maxwell house. It is still vastly cheaper to make your own good coffee at home.

[@cabot100]

Like yourself, many of us have made poor life choices. Many of the people I know who used to go to Starbucks eventually realized that it was a waste of money.

[@gabrielmoody1708]

Starbucks is just part of the oversaturated consumer market of convenience! 70% of the economy is consumption and now we are seeing what the landscape looks like when people are broke with maxed out credit!

[@authentictalkpodcast]

Brutal

[@johnamacio4905]

It's been dead for a decade

[@PistolPete1984]

In the old tv shows everyone shared a phone lots of fights

[@sagepirotess6312]

@@PistolPete1984 fighting among households develops skills. And in todays world would get people unplugged.

[@cherylT321]

I remember that!

[@Curlyblonde]

Those Good Old Days of the Party Lines where the main entertainment was listening (rubbering) to other people's conversations. Great source for community news and views. No newspapers, radios or TVs needed!

[@Scooch-cu6vo]

Edward is a stud

[@Scooch-cu6vo]

Im so broke i cant pay attention

[@gillian32]

It would be wild if birth rates declined in the United States during the next four years. 🤔

[@markp4967]

American Dream is alive and well.

[@Patrick70007]

I pray to be Financially independent ASAP. Leaving USA ASAP. Im glad we still have OUR PAID OFF PROPERTIES. Good luck y'all! American nuclear FAMILY IS DEAD.

[@josefj1776]

It was dead 100 years ago.

[@sagepirotess6312]

Honestly the whole debate globally about affording kids is bs. No one addresses the real cause. Individualism, independence. These traits are promoted as western, cool. It's all about me. They can afford, but don't want to give up freedom for responsibility and service to others, family, society.

[@lilblackduc7312]

The American Dream is alive & well for those willing to earn it...🇺🇸 👍☕

[@gabrielmoody1708]

How about overpopulation? This planet does not have infinite resources! 8 billion many looking for a better life? Immigration and overpopulation go hand in hand!

[@gabrielmoody1708]

How about this trait! I don't want kids?

[@sagepirotess6312]

@gabrielmoody1708 if you are a man, that's valid, as you can be drafted and killed. Hence no freedom. As a woman it's your mandated duty to either produce a baby, be a sergeant for a couple or donate eggs so others can do the duty to society you neglected.

[@huemann7637]

You don’t want kids but you probably want to collect the social security that everyone else’s kids have to pay taxes for…

[@GordonAnderson-c6m]

Edward, I had the exact same experience as you with that small box of crayons! LOL it's funny now but didn't we kind of feel inadequate? I know I did damn rich kids had those huge boxes! LOL it's true

[@te7406]

I think we were told what size of crayons to buy on the supply list.

[@tjwithanak7517]

Being forced to share the workforce economy with women is a great burden on family formation. Unpopular opinion I know…

[@Downsdddgh]

You are right. Speaking the truth is admirable.

[@AngelaWoodward-w6e]

Yeah ; don’t sacrifice women on the alter of Capitalism. Thanks

[@sagepirotess6312]

@@tjwithanak7517 that's not really the problem. But two issues in it. No percentages. Say 70% women in teachers and nurses, 30% should be given to men. But it's like 90% currently. The other issue affirmative action. Meet quotas off skin or segment group forcquotas. Not skills of the worker.

[@huemann7637]

They want to be the boss but you aren’t going to catch them holding a shovel and working their way up from the bottom.

[@debbiecreter2005]

The government utilized Gloria Steinem by helping her accelerate her feminist movement of women having careers with the agenda of increasing income tax revenue. A friend of one of the Rockefeller grandsons, Aaron Russo, revealed this in an interview. CIA was a part of this push.

[@james-n5b1b]

im 75 the american is still the same the dream was to own a house and a car my wifes kids have made a good living they are in there late 50s none of them have ever paid off a house or a car

[@15coals39]

Bruh, I don't understand what you are saying 😂

[@gregorylyon1004]

I'm 50 years old and I own 2 homes fully paid for and a 5 acre parcel of land that's paid for. I also own 2 vehicles that are fully paid off. But my vehicles are both over 10 years old.

[@halfdollar1]

Cat lady must of been too young to experience how bad the economy was in the early 1990’s. I was laid off for the first time in 1994.

[@genxx2724]

I graduated college in 1989, straight into a recession and could not get a decent job. So I hid out the recession in graduate school. When I graduated in 1994, unfortunately the economy still wasn’t good, and it was very difficult to get a job.

[@halfdollar1]

@ i do chuckle when I hear younger folks talk about submitting hundreds of resumes. When I was laid off, it was newspapers, recruiters and many phone calls. Mailing paper resumes to hr. I did land another job before my final work day but realized after that and another job it was time to take my parents offer and continue for my bachelors degree. I was already going to the community college system for a few years working on an AS in IT. Had to take many more courses for an AA and then start at the university as a junior. I am much netter off since graduating with my BA in MIS and then a few years later earning a MS in CIS. Always found work since. But I do suspect if I were to be let go this time that work would not be so easy to obtain. So be it. My coffers are full and the home is paid off

[@theallseeingkats6321]

The new amerikan dream is to leave Rome 2.0..

[@000distructzero]

Can't afford to have kids. That's a line that truly exposes someone's sense of entitlement and how out of touch and selfish they are. Even well below middle class people in America enjoy a much better life than most of the rest of the world, and they seem to be having children and able to manage. Some people yes they should hold off on children if they're in a bad situation, but the vast majority could just have their children,.. You have a way of figuring it out and managing as you go.

[@gabrielmoody1708]

Some people are just not cut out to be parents even if they are financially stable and is really no one else's concern. Making a conscious decision to not just "have their kids" is neither selfish or entitled and involve circumstances you are not privy to!

[@genxx2724]

@@gabrielmoody1708 What’s selfish is to have kids when you have no interest in raising them. Most people have no idea what raising a child entails. They’ve never even held a baby or taken care of a child until they have their own. It’s ridiculous.

[@Cosmo4357-mj1tw]

I had a friend like that in elementary school. He had a 100 box of crayons that he carried in a alligator style brief case. I wanted his 🛍️ more than the crayons.

[@PatrickFoley-vf3lr]

If you can't afford NYC or beachfront in Fl or CA, move to the Midwest where things are a lot cheaper and stop complaining.

[@akanesoratobu8889]

having kids is the most cruel thing a parent can do for sex

[@saleens330]

The last commenter was 100% correct.

[@tylerkrelle7091]

The American dream is dead if you fall for consumerism. Still plenty of opportunities if you Weren't educated by television

[@kevinjoseph517]

?

[@tjwithanak7517]

@@kevinjoseph517exactly! What is this boomer talking about?

[@lilblackduc7312]

No excuses. No scapegoats. No transferring guilt to others in order to take the focus off your own inability to succeed. The American Dream is alive to those willing to earn it...🇺🇸 👍☕

[@Jenda-ld8dj]

That is true. Many don't know how to manage money. Many never will. Oh well.

[@23pinkpear]

enough of the fatalism i couldn’t buy a house to invest in invested in stocks instead my dividends 3 years later are paying my bills

[@lilblackduc7312]

American Dream is NOT dead...for those willing to work for it...🇺🇸 👍☕

[@000distructzero]

Agreed, it's changed a little but the premise of if you want it bad enough you can do it is still true. I work for a utility company and got to know a 22yr old laborer that worked for a contractor we deal with. He and his wife were expecting their 1st child and lived with her parents. He told me this hand digging ditches for $22 an hour wasn't the long term answer. He went to night school, learned MIG and arc welding and got certified. That was 5yrs ago. Now he's with the same contractor but does welding on live high pressure natural gas mains. He got his own tricked out welding truck he owns.. Makes almost $60 an hour and does side work for $50 an hour. They've moved in to their own house and have a 2nd child now. When he shows up to do a weld he sits in his truck and sips his coffee until the excavation is exactly the way he wants it, shoring, gravel poured in the bottom so his feet don't sink in mud. Then he gets out.. Does his 15-30min welding and he's done until the next weld. I saw him at a job recently, he smiled and shook his head listening to the 20yr old laborers complaining about how the system is rigged against them, they're no opportunities, their pay sucks and they can't get ahead.

[@lilblackduc7312]

@@000distructzero "Victim Culture" blaming scapegoats. Tell your young man for me that I said, "He's a good American"!

[@josefj1776]

You are 100% correct. Every year they say it is dead. Things have never been easier.

[@shanerogers9386]

I’d just cost double, triple and quadruple vs just 3 years ago due to flipper and investor epidemic. Good luck

[@artmcfarter2678]

The truth is...expensive or not kids a a burden. I would rather have 10 ingrown toenails, everyday, for the rest of my life than deal with a brat for 1 hour.

[@nilsalmgren4492]

You could never afford to have kids. Just give up on having things and you can afford kids. Priorities

[@josefj1776]

Kids are very cheap. And owning a home is very easy.

[@kevinjoseph517]

huh

[@LoboLady2007]

What have you been smoking????

[@frankcorrea8691]

You must live in Albania, where the kids are put to work at 5 years old!

[@josefj1776]

@ In the great nation called America. I remember hearing all my youth how expensive diapers are and for a month supply was only $40 and they haven't changed much since 2015

[@josefj1776]

@@LoboLady2007 Life and it is great try and join us there.

[@rickthompson8122]

1st

[@voodoodrug]

You just have to be creative , it’s the time factor Im a pro like you Ed 🤓……. Got a baby momma , raising a family was epic, peace in the universe with full benefits