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Re:Young 'to be poorer than parents at every stage of life' by irox859 on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @11:02AM (#10621450)
My grandfather was a carpenter working in a factory that made piano benches. He worked there his entire career.

He was in his early fifties when he retired and was actually retired longer than he worked in terms of time, and when he died he still had 6 digits in assets (not including his house.) He didn't do anything special except live modestly, save, and buy stocks.

Who can say they'll have the same experience working a blue collar job today?

Re:Young 'to be poorer than parents at every stage of life' by austenallred on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @01:50PM (#10622663)
I think as a rule of thumb anybody working a blue collar job today is in trouble.