@FluentInFinance@mastodon.social my parents made ~$50k in the 90s, with no student loans, had a mortgage on a 4-bedroom house with a basement, 3 cars, and were putting one kid through college with plans in place for two younger kids. I was making more than $130k before I was laid off, and it was barely enough for my student loans, a mortgage on a 2-bedroom condo, 1 car, and no kids. It’s nowhere fucking close to equivalent