SEEMS LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD HAS JUST GIVEN UP
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I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world given the direction things are going. The cost of raising a child is enormous, and the so called American dream is increasingly out of reach.
Absolutely true.
Not sure if it is giving up, more of a realization that the game is rigged and those of us in the middle who work and put food on the table will not win. We will not get ahead, ever.
I was just talking to my husband and a friend. Not only are we being taxed to death, but insurance requirements is outrageous. They collect for years and if you file a claim, they penalize you. Ridiculous!
Insurance own us with a helping hand from government.
I agree
Insurances are my biggest bills. If I didn’t have them I could live on $500/mo EASILY, without ANY struggle or conserving
@@PrepperPrincess I agree. Try making a claim the insurance company doesn’t want to fix.
@@PrepperPrincess other then vehicle insurance I don't believe any are required other than for some business or occupations.
Hey PP I’m your age, debt free and 15% saved for retirement since my 20s. My kids are adults, studying engineering in scholarships (no student loans). We haven’t all given up. We like camping, drive older cars, don’t go to salons/spa/“medi spa”, cooking at home. Someone told me today I’m like the classic Millionaire Next Door.
You live like me except I’m 73 years old.
Buying a home is harder than before. Home prices and rent have jumped like a 100%. Corporations are buying up real estate and charging outrageous prices compared to what a individual did.
We've come full circle. Taxation without representation.
I don’t blame people for not wanting to have children. You can’t afford them. Plus look at the world that you’ll be bringing them into.
Exactly!!!
When I was in China in 2008, my female tour guide (this requires a college degree in China), explained that in her generation, there were 12 million missing women. Assuming that about equal numbers of male and female children are born yearly, that means 12 million female babies were destroyed in her "generation." She was an only child, and her family protected her from other relatives who might have harmed her. Heart breaking stuff, going back for decades.
I know two American families who traveled to China and adopted little girls and raised them as their own children. Another family I know adopted from Peru. I don't know a lot of people, but out of the people I have known, there are at least 3 examples. I have heard of female babies being killed at birth, because families were allowed only one child. and, a lot of others got abandoned at orphanages and got adopted out. Despite the fact that birth rate is going down, population of the Earth is still going way up.
Hi, i m English. Hate the way the government is stealing the tax payers money or using it for people who don t come from this country. I m 54 and i ve worked full time since I was 16. Worked in health care. Tired of being treated badly. Have decided to just do casual work and side gigs. Will work when I want to, so i have retired from full time, permanent employment. I m quiet quitting 😅.
My 16 year old grandson told me yesterday that there will be nothing left for his generation by the time he is 30. SAD!I am now a widow as of Feb 26th. I am also my 93 yo Dad's care giver full time. My children are grown. My house is 40 yo. I have to keep my 2400 sq ft house on 1.5 acres because even if I sold it I could not afford to live anywhere else. I am frugal and have no needs. I choose to fight at 69 yo. I have no problem with working to supplement of SS.
So sorry for the loss of your husband. It's absolutely shameful for what's happening to us. Me at 72 am now looking for a second job as is my husband. No retirement insight for us
Sorry for your loss of your husband. I’m also caring for my mom she will be 91 years young. My husband and I live with her in the CITY. We have a home 🏠 out of the city which we are taking care of also. Things are so expensive for just repairs. Take care
That's the price we pay for the leadership everybody chose. I've already seen shows where they claim that the AI cannot be stopped once it's in full force, of course we will never know the truth.
Look into moving to Belize- the trade on the dollar is 2 Bz. To $1 US- we live comfortably on our SS only. It’s clean here and no corporations, only mom and pop shops.
“When the ordinary thought of a highly cultivated people begins to regard ‘having children’ as a question of pro’s and con’s, the great turning point has come.” - Oswald Spengler, _Fall of the West_
I'm 59 and I haven't given up, I'm just getting started. Your videos are helping me tremendously. You have inspired me to go gung ho on budgeting money and saving for retirement. Thank you so much Prepper Princess!
My Mom that lives in Poland just had to pay taxes for her house and land that we have in our family since 17th century. Guess how much was her tax for one year? $…$10! What is USA officials doing with all our taxes for cryin out loud!???!!!!!!
They're giving it to illegal immigrants and the Ukraine. @@Saudade54
I grew up in NJ and here is what I don’t understand about suburban neighborhoods. When I was a kid in the 80’s, every family had 3-5 kids (sometimes bigger) and we all lived a 2,000+ sq ft house. In the last 20 years, all new houses built in suburban neighborhoods are 3,000+ sq ft houses yet everyone I know has only 2 kids (very few have 3 kids). So we built bigger and more expensive houses yet families keep getting smaller? It makes no sense.
I watched a news show that said home builders make more money building bigger houses. The land they buy is expensive. I don't necessarily like this but it's capitalism here.
Both my daughters left the US and live in Germany. Neither will move back. To me as an American, the German/EU social protections, much lower crime rate, education system, work environment, and generally humane lifestyle was shockingly better than ours. It’s painful to say that because I deeply love our country. My kids are accomplished go-getters and would economically do well here but they’ve thrived in Germany. Thanks for another thought provoking episode, Prepper Princess. This one got to me.
After I die, my daughter plans on moving to Italy to live. She spent most of a year there and that is where she wants to retire.
Ditto ~ I feel better off living on my small pension living in South Korea. But every day it breaks my heart to hear what's happening in America. 😢
This is a global collapse no where to run
People have given up everywhere you look. The service industry in general is full of tired, sad people doing the bare minimum (restaurants, home improvement stores, etc.). Others are extending and pretending. I know people who are constantly going out to bars and restaurants, traveling, etc. If someone is willing to take their money, they're willing to give it up! The punchline is these people are BROKE!
A guy in particular I know was complaining to me last Summer about how he wanted to buy a house but couldn't afford it. He's 45 and living with his parents on a $60k teachers salary. He's living at home because he bought a BMW 7 years ago and it was repossessed due to non-payment and his credit was wrecked.
What does he do while rebuilding his credit living rent free with mom and dad? He goes out constantly. Insists on having group dinners then footing the $200+ tab to look like a big shot. Travels all the time, orders the bar when going out for drinks. Hasn't saved anything for a home down payment according to him, when he lives rent free!
During one of his rants about not being able to afford a home coupled with "it must be nice..." snide comment to me, I asked him why he doesn't teach summer school to bring in an extra income to supplement his $60k (I would assume he could make another $20K teaching an extra 3 months). His response was "I don't work Summers". I was stunned at the arrogance.
Sure the economy is tough, I won't argue that. We don't have the opportunities that past generations have in some respects (same could be said in reverse also). However, there is a point where some people just don't want to help themselves and are willfully ignorant to the consequences of their actions.
Society is definitely in decline, I think all of us can feel it and see it around us. Some choose to raid the buffet while the titanic is sinking instead of getting their life vest in order and planning an escape route.
I don't feel sorry for him. He should have put his ego aside and bought a quality used (and affordable) car and instead of blowing his money by traveling and going out to eat all the time, sock it away into savings and investments. Sounds like he needs a Dave Ramsay wake-up call.
@@PositivelyPam Yeah, he can be a lot to deal with because he seems very materialistic and I am not. Those types of personality clashes don't resolve easily. He was goading me on a year ago when he bought an iPhone 14 saying that my iPhone 12 was out of date because it didn't have the dynamic island front facing camera. Difference is I paid for my phone in cash, he's financing his so technically he doesn't own it. Some people love payments rather than owning things. The worst is that he can be resentful of others sometimes when he wants what others have without realizing that there were sacrifices along the way to get there that he's not willing to make that others were willing to make.
Wonderful analogy! My husband and one son work in office jobs, and almost ALL their co-workers have double incomes and NO MONEY, yet they go on vacations and buy fancy homes and cars and allow their kids to go into debt to finance a lot of worthless college degrees. My other two sons work in physical jobs, and their co-workers struggle and can't get anywhere ahead of inflation and go dwindling pay check to paycheck.
I've given up on life. At this point I'm working my butt off just to kill time and have a nest $$$ to leave my little brother who is 15-years younger than me and is currently deployed. I told him not to worry about housing and to just stay safe and learn as much skill sets as possible. I try for him since I can't have kids.❤
Kudos to you for caring! Keep it up! You've got "sisu"! ❤
I have. I’m a 51 year old absolutely exhausted night shift nurse. I just want to be done. I’m very unhappy. I hate this life 😢
change your job! quit your current job! Get a new job!
Just hang in there I'm 58 and I know just what you're feeling is defeated but hang in there I'm sure you're a wonderful nurse I thank you for your service stay strong💪😄
Must be awful making $80 an hour
@@user-in3br2qs8x it's not that easy!
This is the most exciting time to be alive, enJoy it while you can
Who wants to bring a child into this evil world?? It's sad.
EXACTLY! I had my grandson over and had a cocomelon show on for him and I looked up at the TV and it was showing 2 grown men bathing a baby. Wtf is that? I've never seen nor had someone help me bathe my children. The US is allowing and mind warping babies, toddlers, young children and teens.
Americans have lost their will. I believe consumerism, fast-food addiction, lack of exercise, etc. has contributed to our physical, mental, and emotional decline. I see it all around me every single day.
We don’t have any balance. It’s all or nothing.
I started a job that was very stressful, because of it I stopped exercising and eating healthy. My mindset became so dark and I began to get depressed. I just recently pulled myself out of it but some people actually just live in that. It’s so sD
Here in UK too.
The world is at a tipping point in more ways than one. I’m 63 and we moved to Belize to be able to just survive on our SS income only. We paid off all our debts, sold everything and moved with 8 duffle bags. Smartest thing we’ve ever done!
Living here is very doable and refreshing. We don’t have any corporations here, it’s a very poor country and people are very happy and kind here. The food is clean, life is simple and getting back to basics. Watching the news of the world swirling down the drain.
Belize is an extremely corrupt country. Be careful. The government of Belize is what destroyed John McAfee’s life.
McAfee destroyed his own life.
Prepper princess please do "a day in my life" video!!! Would loooove to see how you spend it in regards to daily routine, meals, leisure, etc. I can't imagine a day without a target or mall trip, eating out, etc. would love to see the stark differences and work on mine
Just finished my taxes and feel like I'm just stuck financially. The more I work, the more I earn, the more I'm taxed. In NY, it is essentially pointless for me to work more and do side gigs because it's a wash with taxes. Why am I busting my behind for nothing more?
Unfortunately, such is that simply because it's new York. Please consider moving out of that state. Its a total 180!!
I'm a 73 year old woman with disabilities and the hope for making ends meet just to be able to eat 2 meals a day is dwindling. I have no debt or car payment because I have a 17 year old car that still works, thank God. Everyday I look for ways to save money. Double pneumonia put me in the hospital for 2 weeks. Took me over a year and 1/2 to pay off what I owed after insurance. My hope is in God alone. I appreciate your videos and saving money is my hobby but we have been fleeced via taxing on everything by our own corrupt politicians. Prayers for those in Canada who are suffering from the corruption more than we are because of their literal loss of freedom of speech. That's where the corruption leads to....being jailed for speaking about the current conditions. We can only pray for justice, honest leaders and do our best to survive and help others. God bless+
I'm 56 and I will fight to rebuild my life and have a nice home that's paid off.
I remember when sales tax was 3%. I remember when a large studio apartment was $300 month here in LA. 😞
Was this like in the 90s???
@@eheheh3263 Yup
I paid 400 a mth for a cute 1 bdrm apt in Vancouver B C in the mid 1970s it included heat and electricity too.
Keeping my cost of living low has served me well over the years. I'm retired with significant savings and investments. I see a lot of people driving around in vehicles that cost more than all of the cars I have owned in my entire adult life.
I just paid my car off today, and trying to get out of debt. No mortgage thankfully. I have worked all my life.
Nice job!
We lost almost everything this last year…no bailout, couldn’t even get bankruptcy. We are starting worse than 25 years ago when we were “kids”. We have kids and had them when life was easier. I can completely see if couples are not making ends meet why they are not having kids.
I give people credit today for not having kids. That's actually being responsible.
The burden of a family falls on women who also have to do paid full time work.
Old Millennial here… I wish I would have spent my 20’s learning how to enjoy life with a frugal mindset. Teach your kids how to NOW if you have them. I grew up wasting so much in Los Angeles. Still here, but living differently for sure. Teaching my 11 year old daughter- who had caught the Sephora kid virus via YT- all about drug store dupes😅😅
Here in the UK, the cost of living here is horrendous! Every time our minimum wage goes up, so do all the bills at exactly the same time! As a result, we don’t see any benefit from it. We are also funding wars.
You (I mean collectively you in the UK) have kept in power the party of austerity and Brexit that have decimated the UK as well as the great deal both EU and British citizens had. It is so sad as it was so unnecessary but everyone was convinced the the public should pay for the mistakes of the banks and government.
My wife and I have prepped for 15 years now.... once cov plandemic hit we started two side hustles and we're growing them nice and steady. We're genX and we know how to adapt! Upwards and onwards into the fight!!
Giving up is a mental health issue, mental health issues cause people to give up and the state of society and the structure we live in is causing degradation of people’s mental health.
I think there is a major shift occurring in the US which will impact the rest of world. The first big problem is most American's have big spending problem and consumer debt is at all-time highs. People need to start preparing themselves to live with less. Social Security is going to take 25% reduction around 2032. That will be around $500 a month. Prepare yourself people. Downsize, pay of all debt, and dial back spending.
I'm in my early 70s, been fighting to survive way too many years, I won't give up but somedays I'm overwhelmed and very depressed knowing it probably won't get any better until after I'm gone 😡
My paycheck keeps shrinking and my expenses keep going up
people dont even want kids and i dont blame them
My retirement plan is a hole in the ground with a board over it.
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Hilarious
A lot of excellent points. Just one quibble: you're not comparing apples to apples. Comparing today to the 50s through the haze of nostalgia distorts everything. I grew up in the 50s. Yes, the average house was only 1.5 times the average salary; but new houses then also had no smoke detecters, effective insulation, air conditioning, or attached garages. Yes, you could find a job that paid enough to live on with only a high school degree, but I remember nuclear bomb drills at school, cruel segregation, détente and the terrifying nuclear arms race. Our problems are different - and MUCH more visible and well-known, courtesy of social media - but they are just that. Different. Not much more or less. My best tip: IGNORE THE NEWS! "What bleeds, leads," and the news and social media are giving you a very distorted picture of our society.
These are great points!
@@jenns37 Thanks!
People feel like victims of the system and are tired of fighting it.
One problem is a victim mentality keeps being promoted while at the same time everyone is spending like they are multi millionaires.
Yeap. I don't understand the cavalier attitude towards spending by a lot of people. People spend money like they didn't bust their behind earning it for 40+ hours a week and got a check from daddy. Even worse are the people who base their entire lifestyle off of credit.
Yes, but everything has gone up a crazy amount… even if you have your sh*t together how do you adjust to your rent going up 50%-100% out of nowhere… like maybe you can deal with it for a while with your savings, but now you probably have to get another job to keep up… and it’s just not right that all of a sudden something costs 100% or 50% more… this is criminal/robbery
We all need to learn to live more frugally. What many consider necessities are actually luxuries.
Yes and how many Americans do you know who stuff their garage with things they don’t use and park on the street? Americans are drowning in stuff.
My son went on a training course for military in Canada in September and he observed that the people 10 years younger than him were not doing anything with their free time but staying in their rooms and playing video games. None were married, none with children. Scariest thing didn't realize war was on way. Its like their parents enrolled them to get them out of their basement or they were booted out.
They might be booted out of boot camp as well, lol. Many are, they are too "soft" now and can't even make it thru basic training. Too coddled, we heard this from someone who is still in...
“ When the ordinary thought of a highly cultivated people begins to regard ‘having children’ as a question of pro’s and con’s, the great turning point has come. ” - Oswald Spengler
I haven't given up, but I probably should. There is little hope for the future. Me and my wife are doing better than most, but the world is just awful, and it's getting worse everyday. I am proud to have been smart enough never to bring a child into all of this.
Worst 3 years ever! Inflation is awful. barely making it. Sad for USA . 🇺🇸 feel like second class citizen most of us do...😢
Great video! I am unable to work a normal job (inoperable brain tumor) but I work our homestead, garden/orchard plus I have a wood shop. This allows me to have the time off on my down days. My husband makes 6 figures so that pays few bills we have and the rest goes to savings. The income I earn goes straight to savings.
We were both born in California, and we moved to Iowa about 35 years ago. Even back then my husband remembers the "law makers" telling all of us that if we voted to have casinos in the state that the proceeds would go to the public schools. Yep....that was a lie.
Honestly, life is just too expensive. In Canada, we pay so much in taxes, that it's almost not worth it to work. The government takes half your pay, then we're paying a carbon tax that makes food astronomically expensive. I'm so done. A 1 bedroom here $2000/month. WTF is that. Who can afford this?
Here in the USA in Colorado Springs, I am seeing more people living in RVs & living in vans
@@amycopeland1701 If we didn't have the worst weather in the world, I'd live in an RV. Unfortunately, we also have huge tent cities here now and an opioid crisis in every major city. People are losing everything because our government doesn't care about us.
As long as my dogs are with me i'm happy. And i can feed them life is good. My old body had broken down and from years of taking care of people as a nurse. It was wondeful and i loved it. I have always been very independent so it's very hard to ask help. I really won't. If i could move to another country I would. We have no one with integrity and morals runnings our country for the last several years. I really enjoy your channel Prepper Princess❤
Tell your dogs I said hi
I know DJT is not the be all end all, but dear God, I hope people do not vote in JB/KH again. What a nightmare this is and continues to be. And why on earth would the people of CA continue to vote in Newsom? Most of all of our entire Government representation needs a complete overhaul!
One thing you forgot to consider regarding social security - when you work a $10 an hour job your employer is actually paying about double that because of taxes they pay into the system for their employees too. Exactly why so many businesses are short handed and doing everything possible not to hire new employees. As a retired employer I can tell you, it's not pretty. Paid taxes to have workers who were also taxed, as well as personal taxes on the money I earned. Taxation every step of the way and not much from the government to show for it.
FYI.. 3 of the richest American families own more wealth than the bottom 50%..The defense department's budget is approximately $900 billion.
Yeah I've thought forever that the government is not carefully spending every dime they receive from the people
I believe we'd be in shock for some of the ways our tax dollars are spent.
Honestly I've felt like "giving up" this month quite a bit, but I'm starting to feel better little by little.
My son, 37 says he wishes he was never born....ouch. no kids, lives with me and my mom taking care of me, Im on palliative care. Major depression, i worry what he will do after I pass. He says live on the street, Ive done it before. Sigh...
Sounds like a heavy bout of depression.
Please get him help. He sounds severely depressed. It sounds real bad he may need to go inpatient for a couple days but medicines and therapy can help alot. Once he gets a diagnosed he should apply for ssdi and get on some housing lists. Don't let your baby suffer after your
After your gone 😢
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Here in Canada after you account for gas taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, income taxes, capital gains taxes, parking fees (on city property), and government monopolies like mandated insurance, etc etc etc you're paying over 50% on taxes unless you are a broke ass nobody. Meanwhile, a 1 bedroom costs $1200-2500 depending on the city, and a house here costs 1 million dollars for a 50-80 year old house that needs 100k of work in it.
It's fucked.
What can I do? Nothing but make money for myself and invest so I can save myself and my loved ones.
I fully expect things to continue to go to shit.
There is also so much corruption here on every level. Businesses stealing from the people who pay exorbitant taxes through government contracts.
Oh and the highly touted Canadian healthcare? They are closing down emergency rooms now from time to time due to lack of staffing. Nobody can get a family doctor. Pregnant women and new mothers can't get checkups. Meanwhile the taxes must still be paid and extremely mediocre government employees (I know them in real life) brag about 200k household income. What a joke.
I also live in Canada. Everyone knows the only way to make ends meet is to work for the government.
I’m afraid to bring a child into this world
I think that is what they are counting on.
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Why?
@@kenyonbissett3512 because the love of fellow man keeps getting colder, medical care is getting more difficult or expensive, violence is now a daily common occurrence. In a 2 mile radius from my house just in the past week. A crazy man was shot and killed by police. 3 men in a road rage incident broke out into a stabbing, 2 didn’t survive. Are we going to turn around as a society? Nope, conditions will continue to decline.
@@NoWastedCalories in a 2 mile radius of my home Zero (0) incidents in a year. Guess it depends where you live. I could probably extend that to 5yrs but I’d have to check.
I have not given up PP. Life is still great. The USA is still the greatest country in the world. Most folks are falling victim to the media playing with their emotions.
Just being alive and breathing is better than 6ft under!
Princess, you don't see the big picture. The US reached its peak in 1945 and has been steadily declining ever since. At 82 I won't see the end, but you might and if you have kids they definitely will.
My daughter who is 30 says pets are the new kids and plants are the new pets. She doesn't want kids because she enjoys her money and freedom too much.
a few of my adult kids seem to have that same mindset.. so sad to me, I was so happy to have a large family,and we even adopted kids to add to our family
My daughter doesn’t want children and she will be 45 this year, her baby is her mini schnauzer….
My daughter...late 30s...doesn't want marriage or kids.
My two sons, 40ish, are not having children. They see a violent and corrupted world deteriorating even further, how any children they have would be highly taxed wage slaves, home ownership only a dream.
One of my son and his girlfriend don't want kids. But have a bunch of pets and plants instead.
At 57yo im finding out the American dream just isn't in America anymore. What works for me is 6mo overseas and 6 mo in America 🇺🇸 I rent 2 places in Phillipines for less then $600 US a month. You can't put all your hopes and Dreams in America anymore. You have to change your mindset if you want your money to stretch you have to leave America if you can. And be creative these days Love your videos.
So you're not patriotic.
@@karlabritfeld7104 yes I am I served in the US Navy. I'm just not stupid when comes to being in debt like most Americans are.
You are right Billy. I'm patriotic also, but I can barely live in America anymore. Can't afford all the taxes.
All I need is this ashtray, and this paddle game, and the remote control, and the lamp, and this magazine, and this chair and that's all I need.
❤❤❤❤❤best comment! Love that movie! I quote this all the time 😂
I finally started a private pension at 49. Somehow or other I can do this. Because I have to. Giving up is never an option.
Gotta blame the corporations as well Greed is all around
You too can buy a few shares of stock and participate in corporate earnings with dividends. That's what PP and her grandmother did instead of spending and spending on consumer goods. PP also worked 3 jobs at one point.
Who can afford ANYTHING anymore???😢
I can. Always lived below my means and worked to acquire skills that people will pay for.
Anyone thinking these hard times happened organically and not by design, is not paying attention. But never,ever, give up hope! Pay attention to how the people elected to serve you vote, and what they support, and VOTE THEM OUT when they don’t put the yours or their constituents interests first.
One thing I have to point out is, you don't have children or grandchildren. There's a huge shortage of childcare and waiting lists to get children into childcare and/or before and after school care. And you have no idea the price of what that cost. Do some research on that and maybe you'll see why people aren't having children. It's unaffordable.
@@passive101 Even with 2 incomes it's not feasible a lot of times. Have you looked at the cost of full time childcare?
@@passive101 that's not everyone and I don't know where you get your statistics from.
@@michelleraney3577 I'm not talking about people living off of welfare. (Off of I and your money).
@@passive101I'm a Feminist and proud of it! Without feminism I would not have been able to become an airline pilot! And I am a mother of two and am not a single mother.
Latinos don't seem to have a problem with having kids.
I have a friend whose brother is in his 50's. He has two Masters degrees. He is still living at home with their mom, who is in her 80's. Now their mom needs to go into a nursing home. He is fighting to keep her at home. Sad that he never grew up
What if his net worth is more than yours but you just look better on paper at the expense of being in debt? Is that more grown up?
@@lindsay3793 ??????
He most likely has a mental illness like bipolar and is unable to live on his own.
I'm not going to be tax slave to a state that hates me, my culture, my people, family and color and want to replace me and all I stand for as quickly as possible. I now live off grid in Europe hoping to move to Mexico in the next year to live free from state interfering in my life and build my family and community.
I’ll never get out of debt. Been trying for years but keep having issues (house, car bill, etc). One step forward, three steps back. I wish I had never been born and can’t wait to get off this merry go round so I can stop running on this useless hamster wheel. I work in healthcare and today was my 6th 10 hour shift in a row. This is my life. I wish everyone the best out there!!
Time for me time. Can you get a few days vacation? At least a breather built in to your killer work schedule? Sending best wishes to you also!
I know I have!. I'm 67 and really don't care what happens. Some people want to live and some R just sick of life!
Yep, it seems like what the heck the US has gone to 💩. The last 3 years it's hopeless. The gooberment has destroyed everything. So glad I'm not young anymore. Just concerned about kids and grandchildren. 🙏
My husband and I will never give up. We just had our first great grandchild. There is plenty to live for. So tired of people complain.
You are unfortunately out of touch on this subject. Childcare costs more than a mortgage. A “real job” just pays for childcare these days. And we’re stuck paying for and taking care of our boomer parents as well as our kids and alllll of the things. It’s HARD right now. So we haven’t given up, we’re surviving.
Exactly!
THIS!!!!
And Healthcare OMG
I know more Boomers that are raising their grandkids than Boomers who are being 'looked after' by their kids. I also know a lot of Boomers who have sacrificed their own retirement to pay for homes and education for their grown kids.
I'm burnt out because everything is too complicated now. Like I just had to find out how to protect my catalytic converter since it was stolen, spent hours researching now need to get a mechanic to put a shield on, $600 or so out the door. My nieces and nephews are in HS....everything is more intense now, I'm getting invited to an event almost every weekend and the driving back and forth is stressful. They keep old sick people alive longer so the period you take care of old folks is longer than ever. Yes, the costs. The feeling of not being safe is higher, with all of the anti-cop rhetoric and cops having zoned out and DAs releasing repeat criminals. I've seen more mental people spiraling and screaming on the trains. Work is more complicated and pressure on my brain, all the routine stuff was automated so I spend all day doing SAT level work now. Shopping isn't even a release anymore, every store wants your email and phone and to push a credit card on you.
I work at an auto repair shop. The prices of parts have gone through the roof. A part that cost us $15 four years ago now costs us $70. That's OUR cost. We haven't raised our labor rate at all. We feel that folks are getting screwed over enough as it is. I just entered said part into the computer...
I am just living day by day, hoping that a disaster doesn’t happen and sometimes it’s just a moment by moment.
Inflation is the biggest tax.
This is where history comes in. Every year high school and college graduates hear that this is the worst time to find a job. I have heard it for the last 45 years and no longer believe it. Every year there is inflation and the handwringers saying I don't know what I'm going to do. Every year there is new technology leaving the older people wondering what on earth does it do and saying we used to do it manually and we made it. I went to college without a calculator! Yes, I took Calculus without a calculator. Every year college, cars, and homes were expensive. One of my favorite quotes is from Fran Leibowitz, who lives in New York. She said people say New York is the most expensive city to live in, yet millions come to New York and some how find a way to make a living. Every year it is the government's fault, doesn't matter which party is in power. Historically, we have paid the same percentage for FICA and Medicare since 1990. You may feel like you are paying more because you are earning more, but it is the same percentage. I feel where we are getting cheated is with insurance. When I was a young worker, I had free health care and there was no such thing as copays. I remember being told the first time the employees were charged for insurance premiums. We all stood around angry at having $5.50 deducted from our paychecks. Don't get me started on home and car insurance.
I agree with what you said. Something else that has changed is expectations. I worked through college, no semesters abroad or internships that didn’t pay or summers off. Most people I knew at my university did the same. Bragging rights were on who got the best paying summer jobs. We had one tv, one radio and one stereo. My parents use the same pots and pans they got as a marriage gift for the 50+ yrs they were married. Only the upper class country club people took vacations the used airplanes. New homes were small, basically a box with single pane windows with poor insulation. The big thing people saved and scraped for was air conditioning. For my first 12 yrs my family had one car. We got a second when my dad got a company paid work vehicle. Your telephone lasted for 30-50 years, not 1-2 years. We used the paper bags our groceries came in for trash bags. We ate at home every night and if my parents were invited out no children were invited. It was a right of passage to go out for meals, think 16+ yrs old. My dad repaired our cars and frequently went to a junk yard for parts. My dad did the basic electrical and plumbing repairs and upgrades. When electric got expensive in the 70s, we split firewood. One yr during a recession free firewood was hard to come by, so my dad started bringing home pallets the we kids broke down and removed all the nails and that was our firewood for the winter. Most of our clothes were second, third or fourth time hand me downs. We got new socks and underwear as well as one toy for Christmas. Birthdays were a homemade cake and 2 small gifts. Credit wasn’t as available. You wanted, you saved. Calculators didn’t exist when I was growing up.
@firstname7470 LOL congrats on getting through calculus!!! I was writing nurses charting notes without computers!!!! And I think you are spot on!!!
@@shelbysmom Haha, remember when you ordered anything on the patient you would have to order it on a ticket in triplicate form for patient billing?! Thanks, I don't remember anything about calculus. That was 42 years ago. To be clear, 4 function calculators were available for the wealthy, but we were not allowed to use them in math courses. The professors had not adopted them.
Have these taxes just appeared? If they've always been, then taxes don't explain the problem. Also, people won't save for retirement. If money wasn't taken out of checks, most old people would be in soup lines again.
Thank you! I needed to hear this. I’ve been feeling down about some big changes I’m making to hopefully build a better life for my family. If it was just me by myself again I know I would probably give up on any traditional aspirations. I don’t think any of that stuff matters in and of itself, and I can’t help myself sometimes with the dread that no matter how hard I try the system is doing everything it can to break all of us.
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I am 41 years old, I have never been married, it has been more than 5 years since I gave up wanting to get married, I do not want to have children, I do not want to get involved with a divorced person with small children… I have been single for 6 years and I will remain single for years apparently because all men After 50 that I have known want to have children! 🤦🏻♀️
I have given up on many things, but never in my life, I never lose hope, faith in God...
I miss the days of neighborly neighbors and helping one another as needed. I miss civility and good manners, but most of all, I miss KINDNESS! My 24 year old grandson and his fiance both work so hard and feel so defeated in trying to save for emergencies and to buy a house. They are very down-to-earth types like Prepper Princess--no grand and glorious dreams of a McMansion, new vehicles, etc. and they still feel what they want is unattainable. It makes me sad for them and all the young adults who feel so defeated.
I’ve been thinking this for a while now. The world is so unstable , I think people feel there isn’t anything to look forward to or strive for . I’ve actually felt like ‘what’s the point’!
I was in the workforce 52 years, and so was my sister, but the government calculates your SS benefits based on only the highest 35 years of earnings. Many people don't understand that the money taken out of every paycheck for SS (FICA), has to be matched by your employer, by law. So there were 34 years, that I, my sister, and our employer's, paid to the government, with absolutely no return. Here's something else, I was divorced, and rec'd child support. My ex was taxed on earning the money that went to child support, and I was taxed on receiving it. The government send's ton's of our tax money to countries, that in some cases, are our enemies, and in other cases, to countries that we owe nothing. If I had handled my finances like the government does, I'd be a homeless bag lady, instead of owning my home and being debt free.
34 plus 35 is 69.
I have paid into FICA since 1975. It would be nice if a portion of the years contributions beyond the top 35 would be returned to me.
And I pay income tax on my social security. Oh, well.
Maybe the best video you have ever done. I confirm as an IT administrator and my stats. People have given up.
I think the COVID jab is causing a lot of health issues for everyone, cancers etc
There really are a lot of people that seem depressed and are struggling. As a community, we should try to reach out to people that need a little help. I try to do this through volunteer work feeding the needy at dinner events in my community and by growing a garden and sharing what I grow. I think everyone can do a little bit to help others and it will make a difference. ❤
I am going to join our church pantry to help the needy. I am very busy but I feel like I should help. I have a huge garden, husband, children and grandchildren. They keep me busy
I started making 6 figures before the pandemic, after years of working low wage jobs. I was never a saver up until then because I was just scraping by and didn't have the wherewithal to think ahead. I got excited about being able to change my life and I have - but still feel like I will never "make it" unless I work a job, and own a business, AND own real estate, given the inflation and instability of the job market. II am no stranger to hard work, working 2 or 3 weeks in a row with no break 12 hour days, etc. But I know that that's not enough - t feels rather overwhelming. Anything is possible, I agree, I just wish I'd not been naive and passive about social security and pensions because it's becoming clear now that when I retire it's not going to be there and I need to make sure I get all my bases covered by myself. With that said, if you are a parent PLEASE teach your children about finances. People who were not taught like myself can eventually figure it out but the lost time is no joke and totally preventable.
Here in Canada, we are getting a carbon tax hike of 23% on April 1st. What a joke.
Conspiracy theory alert (on myself not you) being bombarded with one catastrophe after another wears on a soul.
WE ARE TIRED BUT THE BAD GUYS ARE NOW BEING REVEALED. MACRON FROM FRANCE, THEN TRUDEAU FROM CANADA, THEN I THINK BIDEN. THEY WILL BE EXPOSED AND WE WILL SEE DAYLIGHT.
Rutte from the Netherlands 🫣😬
@@TheDutchHomemakerWat een smeerlap is dat
65 as the default retirement age is unrealistic. Employers want you gone by 50.
It’s 67 for those born after 1960 for retirement.. Walmart seems to be senior hiring central, but they are all miserable…. Can’t afford to retire.
Yup just read yesterday if you're over 50 if female, have a disability, or a person of color, it is very hard to get a job.
I’m saving thousands a month and still don’t want to buy a house right now because my rent is so cheap. Says a lot about how bad things are right now. I don’t want to be tied to an expensive house if the economy tanks worse than it already is.
We traded in our morality for materialism, narcissism, self glorification, and a number of other things I won't list here.
Instead of walking in Christ and focusing on the things that really matter.
We get the government and society that we deserve. People's hearts have grown cold. People pursue the fleeting desires that never last.
I think this is why people are miserable because it's why I was miserable. And I found Christ and it changed for me. My wants changed my actions changed my heart changed. All glory to The Lord Jesus on that.
Ty for putting this out there. Giving up isn't something I feel like doing but I see it happening around me and it scares me 😟
I want to live rural with less stuff that I don't need or want. I think the day is coming when raw land could cost as much as the house on it
We are taxed too heavily. We're barely left with enough to survive on.
Get off the system.
If we sit around in a circle only talking about how bad things are we'll never be able to lift ourselves up. One night at the dinner table with extended family the conversation got so negative that I laughingly said that the next person to say something negative would have to give me a dime. Then they laughed. Negativity is contagious. Try doing something kind for someone else, smile to those around you in public, open a door for an old person. Write a list of 5 good things in your life that you are grateful for and do this right before bedtime. Simple things can sometimes do wonders.
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Hey Prepper Princess, I just wanted to say that your videos have been inspiring me to be more intentional with saving and investing my hard earned money AND paying off debt. In addition to my full time job, I'm starting a part time job at a local laundry mat to speed up my debt payoff journey. At 26 years old, I have $7k in credit card debt, a $6,000 car loan, and about $60,000 in student loan debt. I've had enough! This won't be easy, but hearing your story made me feel like I can do it too!
I’m in the same boat as you as a 28 year old. We can do it!
You can do it!
It’s ridiculous what it costs to just to survive every month. I’m 55 and I’ve been on social security since I was 30. I’ve spent 25 years being very poor and struggling for 25 years. Every year I get poorer and poorer because everything goes up in price constantly. I get 30 raise every January but the government turns around and lowers my food stamps and my rent goes up because I live in section 8. They need to keep the 30.00 because they are taking it back and more. This needs to change. Everything is so high now I can’t make it living in section 8. I only get 138.00 in food stamps. That’s a joke. I’m in Washington so that 138.00 gets me 4 to 5 bags of groceries with no meat. I can’t buy meat anymore. I’m using another 150.00 cash on more groceries every month to make it and this is buying the cheaper groceries. I’m really not making it having to fork out 150.00 cash in groceries. People in my situation should get more food stamps. Something needs to change. If groceries keep going up then our food stamps should go up. I’m done struggling for 25 years so I’m in the process of getting a tiny home built on my daughter’s property. I’m not going spent the rest of my life struggling this bad. I’m lucky to be able to have a daughter that can help me with my living situation. I feel for anyone in the situation I’ve been in for 25 years. This world has gone crazy. I want to go back to the 70s and 80s when life was so much easier and better.
I live on a fixed income. 100% of my monthly bills have gone up. I’m paying 30% more for the same stuff with a 10% COLA. The math does not work! No more to cut.
They say depression in the US is skyrocketing. It’s not just loneliness, which they think is why people are sad. It’s deeper. If you want to call about a phone or health issue, you get robot responses, and then you get rerouted outside the country where the people can barely talk let alone resolve your issue. It takes half a day just to get something done. If you want to order something from Poshmark or Etsy, for example, there is no customer service, so even simple issues are virtually impossible to resolve. There’s an exorbitant escalation of online fraud and general credit card fraud. So you spend your days trying to get what is legitimately yours. It’s all exhausting, and makes living here suck.
When I was young and didn't know any better, I had kids and with no college degree it was a real struggle raising them through the 80's. Housing costs are such that I don't know how young people will ever own a home. Two of my kids own and one rents. The rent prices are higher than the mortgage and insurance of the two that own. I would hate to be a young person nowadays. They seem so lost.