Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a...
by mechagodzilla on Friday June 11, 2021 @06:59PM
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The parents certainly can be enabling, but I think you're ignoring that there are plenty of people that are homeless, that do wind up with dependencies on alcohol, drugs like meth, etc, and your implication that anyone (especially people in their 30s with no real work history) can get full-time, minimum wage work doesn't seem realistic. Many of those jobs are both minimum wage and few enough hours per week (to avoid having to give you benefits, of course) that it would be extremely difficult to live independently, while still requiring a schedule that makes it nearly impossible to take on other jobs.
I'm in my 30s and have now seen several high school classmates with similarly poor prospects eventually succumb to drug overdoses.
Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a...
by gowld on Friday June 11, 2021 @08:20PM
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Spiked rich kids are spoiled. If they weren't spoiled rich kids the parents would be risking homelessness by supporting a layabout who isn't paying rent.
Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a...
by avs733 on Friday June 11, 2021 @08:58PM
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1) don’t assume these are the rich kids…because they are not. Not even close.
2) don’t assume rich kids don’t opt in to homelessness
Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a...
by BeFlatXIII on Friday June 11, 2021 @09:52PM
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What does this have to do with the parent comment?
The fact that the parents are providing a roof over their head and paying for their food/water/electricity/internet/clothes/games/etc is why they haven't had a job nor any desire for one well into their 30s.
Honestly, because the parents keep providing for them, there's no impetus for them to change, so they may as well do this into their 40s or 50s.
Minimum wage is enough to survive, and almost anyone that's not severely mentally/physically disabled can do most minimum wage work. In this case, it's not a matter of lack of ability, but lack of willingness.
That said, I have nothing against parents willing to provide housing/support if the child is working, still furthering their education, or need some help getting their feet back on the ground. But at this point, this is none of that, and just enabling their behavior.