re: Nice opinion piece on income inequality from CNN

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Being pissed because somebody worked hard to get what they have or parents worked hard to give them what they have is no way to go through life. It's petty and jealous.

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I don't get the sense at all that people are pissed at anyone else's situation. The anger is at the system that allows it to happen.

I mean look at how fast college tuition rates have increased over the past 2 decades. Kids whose parents don't have the means to afford this higher tuition are graduating with massive student loan debt and entering a very lean job market. That should be frightening to everyone.

I take a personal issue with it as well. While I wasn't kicked out at 18, I knew once I moved out and onto college, I was on my own. My parents wanted to help, but with 5 kids, the money just wasn't there. I don't begrudge them, nor do I begrudge those who had parented with the means to pay for their college. Me, I graduated with a modest student loan debt and entered a pretty good job market. While I have been putting money away for my kids to go to college, I fear it will not be enough, and I fear even more the jjob market they'll enter.