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Eleanors38

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30. Owner of Amazon just bought WaPo for .25 bill. (BBC).

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Boomerang Babies: Record Numbers of Young Adults Live with Parents at Terrible Cost [View all] xchrom Aug 2013 OP

Just Keep Voting Republican. Keeping Any Of Those GOP Maggots In Power Is A Disaster. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2013 #1

Yes. Simple as that. nt ladjf Aug 2013 #13

This is the outcome when you destroy labor unions. B Calm Aug 2013 #2

Frightening numbers there. Inkfreak Aug 2013 #3

k/r marmar Aug 2013 #4

Obama's vaunted job creation mostly low-wage, dead-end jobs. Want fries w/that? Divernan Aug 2013 #5

Even the term "Job" has lot it's meaning. "Job" used to mean: Able to get out of regular debt,... BlueJazz Aug 2013 #7

Sometimes for college grads, "job" means an unpaid opportunity to gain experience. Quantess Aug 2013 #52

... n2doc Aug 2013 #8

Newsmax allowed as a source on DU. sufrommich Aug 2013 #14

++++++++ mopinko Aug 2013 #15

100s of sources reporting same story - are there any facts you contest? Divernan Aug 2013 #17

Don't forget Amazon. JRLeft Aug 2013 #20

Owner of Amazon just bought WaPo for .25 bill. (BBC). Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #30

Newsmax always has an ulterior motive. Enthusiast Aug 2013 #38

Bullshit Bullshit Bullshsit - American Business And The GOP Are Responsible For Low Wage TheMastersNemesis Aug 2013 #51

Don't blame Obama for the fact that the Rethugs have blocked every important pnwmom Aug 2013 #57

My daughter is 20 years old. she is in college and working... SummerSnow Aug 2013 #6

I tell boomers, do not try to compare your experience with what young folk are experiencing now Skittles Aug 2013 #34

Another recent phenomenon The2ndWheel Aug 2013 #9

it's true that it's a recent phenomenon. Back to the Waltons would be fine except that magical thyme Aug 2013 #11

Hey, let's raise the retirement age again, and cut those Social Security benefits magical thyme Aug 2013 #10

While not being able to leave the parental nest probably is a bad thing there is a plus. I am living jwirr Aug 2013 #12

who decided multigenerational living was always bad? mopinko Aug 2013 #16

My uncles were raised in Honduras and lived at home until lunamagica Aug 2013 #23

I've had this conversation with my friends before. RedCappedBandit Aug 2013 #27

greener, too. mopinko Aug 2013 #33

A lot of us move out or want to move out because we cannot stand our families. Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #39

it's not for everyone, for sure. mopinko Aug 2013 #47

Are there no Amazons, are there no Costcos? Safetykitten Aug 2013 #18

I'm from a generation still well-educated enough to catch the allusion to Dickens Divernan Aug 2013 #19

Amazon has thousand of low wage jobs. JRLeft Aug 2013 #21

I've considered moving out during college, but... white_wolf Aug 2013 #22

What a waste... Sotf Aug 2013 #24

Lower than I would have guessed, tbh. RedCappedBandit Aug 2013 #25

alas. the same is becoming true for many seasoned adults Skittles Aug 2013 #35

That's very true. HappyMe Aug 2013 #56

AS long as D.C. bows to Big Biz and does whatever they want. Rex Aug 2013 #26

My friends from Afghanistan could never wrap their head around the idea that I lived alone Recursion Aug 2013 #28

yes, it's such a utopia there Skittles Aug 2013 #36

Yes, we should embrace extended family living! Enthusiast Aug 2013 #40

I bet a lot of Afghani women wished they lived alone Skittles Aug 2013 #42

What a stupid thing to say Recursion Aug 2013 #44

Wow, that went right over your head. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2013 #45

No Recursion Aug 2013 #46

You obviously don't know Skittles, who is a woman by the way. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2013 #48

Edited, thanks Recursion Aug 2013 #49

with that one it always does Skittles Aug 2013 #58

i grew up with my grandmother living in our home madrchsod Aug 2013 #54

DEBT is the soul-crusher here SoCalDem Aug 2013 #29

problem with having a shitty job tabbycat31 Aug 2013 #31

kepp your head down or you'll be blacklisted, MisterP Aug 2013 #32

What is wrong with a 1962 Dodge Seneca? Enthusiast Aug 2013 #41

It was uggggggly..but it got me where I needed to go SoCalDem Aug 2013 #59

This is why we must enact the TPP. Enthusiast Aug 2013 #37

This is a very negative indicator marions ghost Aug 2013 #43

I have THE WORST example three doors up from me. Son races VERY LOUD street-cars, and drives up and WinkyDink Aug 2013 #50

it`s been that way in my family for years madrchsod Aug 2013 #53

What strikes me as one of the problems SheilaT Aug 2013 #55

Another aspect of this is the effect on careers! LongTomH Aug 2013 #60