Multinationals in particular hiked prices far above rise in costs to deliver an outsize impact on cost of living crisis, report concludes

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    1 year ago

    Yea, the grind is becoming impossible though. My old man worked a summer job and could afford university all year on that.

    After joining the military for the GI Bill, finishing that commitment, I worked in IT to keep us afloat while my wife went to university.

    I left at 5AM for work, worked as much OT as I could, after work instead of sitting in traffic or stuffing on the train like sardines I studied, did all my IT certs, and left work at 7pm. The weekends I worked a second job doing IT. All through university I worked IT on nights and weekends.

    The grind you have to do to reach “middle” class is becoming: come from money to afford college, or go into debt for life for uni, or work nonstop always.

    How can people take care of kids, family?