Maximum wage used to be a thing. It’s how we got insurance tied to employment.

At this point, we need someone to seize the reins long enough to save us. And then put them down.

I’m solid GenX.

My grandparents bought a house on a corner lot in the northwest suburbs of Chicago for $6000. Which was about a years salary for Grampa, who worked as a welder. This was in the late 60s.

ETA: Their mortgage was around $50.00 a month.

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I’m playing No Man’s Sky for the first time. I consider myself fortunate to have missed the launch debacle.