Who are these most wonderful people giving advice about giving up their smartphones, Netflix, expensive high interest loan possessions and such to give such valuable advice to head of households that make more than the medium household makes in the US on average with 4.5 times the national average of children, without a mortgage by the way, to preach on how they support their families better? Could ALL you anons please expound further for our edification how your blueprint can be executed in such a manner that it satifies your understandings, or acceptance, of the jooish pailing operations?

Me...

While I'm certainly not for the welfare state, it seems to me that the "zero welfare, ever" position is a libertarian position and I don't see why Catholics would be obliged to take that position.  Obviously in an ideal world the Church would have much more of a role in these things rather than the government, but I don't think we necessarily have to support laissez faire capitalism.

I'd also say that the currency is horribly manipulated/inflated by the Fed, so...

Obviously we shouldn't just be lazy but I don't see why a person who's already working full time should work even more because of some overly idealistic opposition to receiving welfare.

Than Then he needs to develop the skills and(/)or education to earn that wage.  No one owes him nothing anything regardless if of whether he has no kids or a dozen.
Someone wants a living wage? Than then they he need(s) to figure out how much they he need(s) to earn and then do what they have he has to do to develop the skills and knowledge to earn it.  
It is no one else’s responsibility to take care of you...or your family.

There, fixed it for you. It seems you are not a boomer!

There, fixed it for you. It seems you are not a boomer!

Good job Nadir! This type of grammatical error doesn't speak well of this generation... it speaks volumes for the current crisis..

Good job Nadir! This type of grammatical error doesn't speak well of this generation... it speaks volumes for the current crisis..

Thank you, St Ignatius. It's one of the advantages of God's arranging my entry into the world in the 1940's. 

I don't know... I'm torn on this boomer / youngin' question. It seems only a boomer would suggest that buying a flip phone would be cheaper than using a smart phone. Who doesn't know that it's the service which really costs money, not the phone?

-MaterDominici

Good catch! It sounds like they're spouting advice from an old magazine from 2012 or something. Typical out of touch Boomer. You can buy a huge variety of smartphones any day of the week for $30. Just go to any Walmart or Target. You can't get much cheaper than that. But this Boomer who has no doubt "arrived" and "did his time" probably has the latest iPhone.

Meanwhile, a good percentage of America is pushing for actual Socialism. I thought they were crazy, but it's actually understandable on a human level. It's all these disenfranchised youth. They get out of college, can't find a full time job that pays more than minimum wage, can't even afford to live on their own, but they have tons of student loan debt. The price of a home is astronomical for newcomers to the game. These whippersnappers just want a fair shake. They want some modicuм of economic justice. You realize how dangerous it is when a whole generation has no wealth, investment in the current system, property, or hope for the future. They are ripe for a socialist or communist revolution that promises to redistribute wealth and set things right. They will do bad things, cause bad things, and be manipulated by evil men, but humanly speaking their passion is understandable. They have a legitimate grievance to be angry about.

You know who enjoy these luxuries the most? Boomers. They act all self-righteous like they slew a dragon to get where they are, but the fact is they had it easier than any generation that ever existed. They rode the wave of the biggest monetary expansion in history, and that tide lifted all their boats. They bought homes for $15K and $20K in the 70's and watched them increase in value to over 10 times what they paid. Could you imagine that happening today? The job situation was more favorable to all education levels. Manufacturing hadn't been exported to China yet. And health care and education were a small fraction of what they cost today.

Boomers in other places too. Someone who bought a house in San Francisco or Melbourne 40 years ago for pennies would get over a million for that today. Maybe $2 million.