Financial security in American shouldn't be a luxury.
It means:
You can pay your bills.
Save 10%.
Handle emergencies.
That’s it.
And most people still can’t reach it.
Gen Z unemployment is over 40%.
No, they aren't lazy.
The labor pool is flooded with overqualified candidates from mass layoffs.
Because entry level jobs disappeared.
Because companies replaced junior roles with AI before Gen Z ever had a chance to build experience.
Because a 22 year old with a degree is competing against a 40 year old with 15 years of experience for the same job.
Then the same people who created that environment tell Gen Z they just do not want to work.
There was a time when a steady job could get you these seven things.
A home you actually owned.
A reliable car without an $800 payment.
A vacation that did not require going into debt.
Childcare that did not cost as much as rent.
A retirement you could actually reach.
A financial cushion for emergencies.
And one income that was enough.
Every single one of those is now either impossible or a financial catastrophe.
Nobody took them all at once.
They just quietly disappeared one by one.
Gen Z entered the job market during a pandemic.
Graduated into the worst hiring environment in decades.
Entry level jobs down 35% since 2023.
Student debt at record highs.
Average rent requiring two incomes.
A home requiring eight times their annual salary.
And the generation that bought houses for three times their salary is telling them to work harder.
Leave Gen Z alone.
They never experienced an America where you could afford to live alone.
Or work one job and survive.
Or buy a house in your 20s.
Or go to college without financing the next decade of your life.
Or afford hobbies because hobbies were cheap.
Or graduate into a job market that was actually hiring.
They aren't lazy.
They got a different country than every generation before them.
And nobody who had it easier will admit that.
@JD21ok I reckon she probably puts on a perfect act when she’s in front of people, doesn’t she? When she’s on her own or with her family, she’s just a normal girl.