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Old 06-15-2018, 02:05 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by jbolty View Post
I suppose there is an element of not being interested in what you can't afford also. Kids with giant student loans and worthless degrees are not buying much of anything except starbucks.

growing up as a local pretty much no one in my circle had a boat other than something with oars.
It's not just kids with "useless" degrees. For the past few decades, buying power of a huge segment of America has decreased. My parents could never afford now what they did 30 years ago on machinist's and grocery store clerk's salaries.

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