I'm 59 and I haven't given up, I'm just getting started. Your videos are helping me tremendously. You have inspired me to go gung ho on budgeting money and saving for retirement. Thank you so much Prepper Princess!
I was just talking to my husband and a friend. Not only are we being taxed to death, but insurance requirements is outrageous. They collect for years and if you file a claim, they penalize you. Ridiculous!
Hey PP I’m your age, debt free and 15% saved for retirement since my 20s. My kids are adults, studying engineering in scholarships (no student loans). We haven’t all given up. We like camping, drive older cars, don’t go to salons/spa/“medi spa”, cooking at home. Someone told me today I’m like the classic Millionaire Next Door.
I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world given the direction things are going. The cost of raising a child is enormous, and the so called American dream is increasingly out of reach.
Buying a home is harder than before. Home prices and rent have jumped like a 100%. Corporations are buying up real estate and charging outrageous prices compared to what a individual did.
Not sure if it is giving up, more of a realization that the game is rigged and those of us in the middle who work and put food on the table will not win. We will not get ahead, ever.
Both my daughters left the US and live in Germany. Neither will move back. To me as an American, the German/EU social protections, much lower crime rate, education system, work environment, and generally humane lifestyle was shockingly better than ours. It’s painful to say that because I deeply love our country. My kids are accomplished go-getters and would economically do well here but they’ve thrived in Germany. Thanks for another thought provoking episode, Prepper Princess. This one got to me.
People have given up everywhere you look. The service industry in general is full of tired, sad people doing the bare minimum (restaurants, home improvement stores, etc.). Others are extending and pretending. I know people who are constantly going out to bars and restaurants, traveling, etc. If someone is willing to take their money, they're willing to give it up! The punchline is these people are BROKE! A guy in particular I know was complaining to me last Summer about how he wanted to buy a house but couldn't afford it. He's 45 and living with his parents on a $60k teachers salary. He's living at home because he bought a BMW 7 years ago and it was repossessed due to non-payment and his credit was wrecked. What does he do while rebuilding his credit living rent free with mom and dad? He goes out constantly. Insists on having group dinners then footing the $200+ tab to look like a big shot. Travels all the time, orders the bar when going out for drinks. Hasn't saved anything for a home down payment according to him, when he lives rent free! During one of his rants about not being able to afford a home coupled with "it must be nice..." snide comment to me, I asked him why he doesn't teach summer school to bring in an extra income to supplement his $60k (I would assume he could make another $20K teaching an extra 3 months). His response was "I don't work Summers". I was stunned at the arrogance. Sure the economy is tough, I won't argue that. We don't have the opportunities that past generations have in some respects (same could be said in reverse also). However, there is a point where some people just don't want to help themselves and are willfully ignorant to the consequences of their actions. Society is definitely in decline, I think all of us can feel it and see it around us. Some choose to raid the buffet while the titanic is sinking instead of getting their life vest in order and planning an escape route.
I don't feel sorry for him. He should have put his ego aside and bought a quality used (and affordable) car and instead of blowing his money by traveling and going out to eat all the time, sock it away into savings and investments. Sounds like he needs a Dave Ramsay wake-up call.
@@PositivelyPam Yeah, he can be a lot to deal with because he seems very materialistic and I am not. Those types of personality clashes don't resolve easily. He was goading me on a year ago when he bought an iPhone 14 saying that my iPhone 12 was out of date because it didn't have the dynamic island front facing camera. Difference is I paid for my phone in cash, he's financing his so technically he doesn't own it. Some people love payments rather than owning things. The worst is that he can be resentful of others sometimes when he wants what others have without realizing that there were sacrifices along the way to get there that he's not willing to make that others were willing to make.
Prepper princess please do "a day in my life" video!!! Would loooove to see how you spend it in regards to daily routine, meals, leisure, etc. I can't imagine a day without a target or mall trip, eating out, etc. would love to see the stark differences and work on mine
When I was in China in 2008, my female tour guide (this requires a college degree in China), explained that in her generation, there were 12 million missing women. Assuming that about equal numbers of male and female children are born yearly, that means 12 million female babies were destroyed in her "generation." She was an only child, and her family protected her from other relatives who might have harmed her. Heart breaking stuff, going back for decades.
I know two American families who traveled to China and adopted little girls and raised them as their own children. Another family I know adopted from Peru. I don't know a lot of people, but out of the people I have known, there are at least 3 examples. I have heard of female babies being killed at birth, because families were allowed only one child. and, a lot of others got abandoned at orphanages and got adopted out. Despite the fact that birth rate is going down, population of the Earth is still going way up.
Hi, i m English. Hate the way the government is stealing the tax payers money or using it for people who don t come from this country. I m 54 and i ve worked full time since I was 16. Worked in health care. Tired of being treated badly. Have decided to just do casual work and side gigs. Will work when I want to, so i have retired from full time, permanent employment. I m quiet quitting 😅.
I grew up in NJ and here is what I don’t understand about suburban neighborhoods. When I was a kid in the 80’s, every family had 3-5 kids (sometimes bigger) and we all lived a 2,000+ sq ft house. In the last 20 years, all new houses built in suburban neighborhoods are 3,000+ sq ft houses yet everyone I know has only 2 kids (very few have 3 kids). So we built bigger and more expensive houses yet families keep getting smaller? It makes no sense.
I watched a news show that said home builders make more money building bigger houses. The land they buy is expensive. I don't necessarily like this but it's capitalism here.
I've given up on life. At this point I'm working my butt off just to kill time and have a nest $$$ to leave my little brother who is 15-years younger than me and is currently deployed. I told him not to worry about housing and to just stay safe and learn as much skill sets as possible. I try for him since I can't have kids.❤
My Mom that lives in Poland just had to pay taxes for her house and land that we have in our family since 17th century. Guess how much was her tax for one year? $…$10! What is USA officials doing with all our taxes for cryin out loud!???!!!!!!
My 16 year old grandson told me yesterday that there will be nothing left for his generation by the time he is 30. SAD!I am now a widow as of Feb 26th. I am also my 93 yo Dad's care giver full time. My children are grown. My house is 40 yo. I have to keep my 2400 sq ft house on 1.5 acres because even if I sold it I could not afford to live anywhere else. I am frugal and have no needs. I choose to fight at 69 yo. I have no problem with working to supplement of SS.
So sorry for the loss of your husband. It's absolutely shameful for what's happening to us. Me at 72 am now looking for a second job as is my husband. No retirement insight for us
Sorry for your loss of your husband. I’m also caring for my mom she will be 91 years young. My husband and I live with her in the CITY. We have a home 🏠 out of the city which we are taking care of also. Things are so expensive for just repairs. Take care
That's the price we pay for the leadership everybody chose. I've already seen shows where they claim that the AI cannot be stopped once it's in full force, of course we will never know the truth.
Look into moving to Belize- the trade on the dollar is 2 Bz. To $1 US- we live comfortably on our SS only. It’s clean here and no corporations, only mom and pop shops.
As long as my dogs are with me i'm happy. And i can feed them life is good. My old body had broken down and from years of taking care of people as a nurse. It was wondeful and i loved it. I have always been very independent so it's very hard to ask help. I really won't. If i could move to another country I would. We have no one with integrity and morals runnings our country for the last several years. I really enjoy your channel Prepper Princess❤
Just hang in there I'm 58 and I know just what you're feeling is defeated but hang in there I'm sure you're a wonderful nurse I thank you for your service stay strong💪😄
Old Millennial here… I wish I would have spent my 20’s learning how to enjoy life with a frugal mindset. Teach your kids how to NOW if you have them. I grew up wasting so much in Los Angeles. Still here, but living differently for sure. Teaching my 11 year old daughter- who had caught the Sephora kid virus via YT- all about drug store dupes😅😅
The world is at a tipping point in more ways than one. I’m 63 and we moved to Belize to be able to just survive on our SS income only. We paid off all our debts, sold everything and moved with 8 duffle bags. Smartest thing we’ve ever done! Living here is very doable and refreshing. We don’t have any corporations here, it’s a very poor country and people are very happy and kind here. The food is clean, life is simple and getting back to basics. Watching the news of the world swirling down the drain.
Great video! I am unable to work a normal job (inoperable brain tumor) but I work our homestead, garden/orchard plus I have a wood shop. This allows me to have the time off on my down days. My husband makes 6 figures so that pays few bills we have and the rest goes to savings. The income I earn goes straight to savings. We were both born in California, and we moved to Iowa about 35 years ago. Even back then my husband remembers the "law makers" telling all of us that if we voted to have casinos in the state that the proceeds would go to the public schools. Yep....that was a lie.
“When the ordinary thought of a highly cultivated people begins to regard ‘having children’ as a question of pro’s and con’s, the great turning point has come.” - Oswald Spengler, _Fall of the West_
Thank you! I needed to hear this. I’ve been feeling down about some big changes I’m making to hopefully build a better life for my family. If it was just me by myself again I know I would probably give up on any traditional aspirations. I don’t think any of that stuff matters in and of itself, and I can’t help myself sometimes with the dread that no matter how hard I try the system is doing everything it can to break all of us.
Just finished my taxes and feel like I'm just stuck financially. The more I work, the more I earn, the more I'm taxed. In NY, it is essentially pointless for me to work more and do side gigs because it's a wash with taxes. Why am I busting my behind for nothing more?
My wife and I have prepped for 15 years now.... once cov plandemic hit we started two side hustles and we're growing them nice and steady. We're genX and we know how to adapt! Upwards and onwards into the fight!!
We lost almost everything this last year…no bailout, couldn’t even get bankruptcy. We are starting worse than 25 years ago when we were “kids”. We have kids and had them when life was easier. I can completely see if couples are not making ends meet why they are not having kids.
Keeping my cost of living low has served me well over the years. I'm retired with significant savings and investments. I see a lot of people driving around in vehicles that cost more than all of the cars I have owned in my entire adult life.
I'm in my early 70s, been fighting to survive way too many years, I won't give up but somedays I'm overwhelmed and very depressed knowing it probably won't get any better until after I'm gone 😡
EXACTLY! I had my grandson over and had a cocomelon show on for him and I looked up at the TV and it was showing 2 grown men bathing a baby. Wtf is that? I've never seen nor had someone help me bathe my children. The US is allowing and mind warping babies, toddlers, young children and teens.
I think there is a major shift occurring in the US which will impact the rest of world. The first big problem is most American's have big spending problem and consumer debt is at all-time highs. People need to start preparing themselves to live with less. Social Security is going to take 25% reduction around 2032. That will be around $500 a month. Prepare yourself people. Downsize, pay of all debt, and dial back spending.
Yeah I've thought forever that the government is not carefully spending every dime they receive from the people I believe we'd be in shock for some of the ways our tax dollars are spent.
Americans have lost their will. I believe consumerism, fast-food addiction, lack of exercise, etc. has contributed to our physical, mental, and emotional decline. I see it all around me every single day.
I started a job that was very stressful, because of it I stopped exercising and eating healthy. My mindset became so dark and I began to get depressed. I just recently pulled myself out of it but some people actually just live in that. It’s so sD
Here in the UK, the cost of living here is horrendous! Every time our minimum wage goes up, so do all the bills at exactly the same time! As a result, we don’t see any benefit from it. We are also funding wars.
You (I mean collectively you in the UK) have kept in power the party of austerity and Brexit that have decimated the UK as well as the great deal both EU and British citizens had. It is so sad as it was so unnecessary but everyone was convinced the the public should pay for the mistakes of the banks and government.
I have not given up PP. Life is still great. The USA is still the greatest country in the world. Most folks are falling victim to the media playing with their emotions. Just being alive and breathing is better than 6ft under!
I'm a 73 year old woman with disabilities and the hope for making ends meet just to be able to eat 2 meals a day is dwindling. I have no debt or car payment because I have a 17 year old car that still works, thank God. Everyday I look for ways to save money. Double pneumonia put me in the hospital for 2 weeks. Took me over a year and 1/2 to pay off what I owed after insurance. My hope is in God alone. I appreciate your videos and saving money is my hobby but we have been fleeced via taxing on everything by our own corrupt politicians. Prayers for those in Canada who are suffering from the corruption more than we are because of their literal loss of freedom of speech. That's where the corruption leads to....being jailed for speaking about the current conditions. We can only pray for justice, honest leaders and do our best to survive and help others. God bless+
I know DJT is not the be all end all, but dear God, I hope people do not vote in JB/KH again. What a nightmare this is and continues to be. And why on earth would the people of CA continue to vote in Newsom? Most of all of our entire Government representation needs a complete overhaul!
Honestly, life is just too expensive. In Canada, we pay so much in taxes, that it's almost not worth it to work. The government takes half your pay, then we're paying a carbon tax that makes food astronomically expensive. I'm so done. A 1 bedroom here $2000/month. WTF is that. Who can afford this?
@amycopeland1701 If we didn't have the worst weather in the world, I'd live in an RV. Unfortunately, we also have huge tent cities here now and an opioid crisis in every major city. People are losing everything because our government doesn't care about us.
Here in Canada after you account for gas taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, income taxes, capital gains taxes, parking fees (on city property), and government monopolies like mandated insurance, etc etc etc you're paying over 50% on taxes unless you are a broke ass nobody. Meanwhile, a 1 bedroom costs $1200-2500 depending on the city, and a house here costs 1 million dollars for a 50-80 year old house that needs 100k of work in it. It's fucked. What can I do? Nothing but make money for myself and invest so I can save myself and my loved ones. I fully expect things to continue to go to shit. There is also so much corruption here on every level. Businesses stealing from the people who pay exorbitant taxes through government contracts. Oh and the highly touted Canadian healthcare? They are closing down emergency rooms now from time to time due to lack of staffing. Nobody can get a family doctor. Pregnant women and new mothers can't get checkups. Meanwhile the taxes must still be paid and extremely mediocre government employees (I know them in real life) brag about 200k household income. What a joke.
One thing you forgot to consider regarding social security - when you work a $10 an hour job your employer is actually paying about double that because of taxes they pay into the system for their employees too. Exactly why so many businesses are short handed and doing everything possible not to hire new employees. As a retired employer I can tell you, it's not pretty. Paid taxes to have workers who were also taxed, as well as personal taxes on the money I earned. Taxation every step of the way and not much from the government to show for it.
There really are a lot of people that seem depressed and are struggling. As a community, we should try to reach out to people that need a little help. I try to do this through volunteer work feeding the needy at dinner events in my community and by growing a garden and sharing what I grow. I think everyone can do a little bit to help others and it will make a difference. ❤
I am going to join our church pantry to help the needy. I am very busy but I feel like I should help. I have a huge garden, husband, children and grandchildren. They keep me busy
I’ll never get out of debt. Been trying for years but keep having issues (house, car bill, etc). One step forward, three steps back. I wish I had never been born and can’t wait to get off this merry go round so I can stop running on this useless hamster wheel. I work in healthcare and today was my 6th 10 hour shift in a row. This is my life. I wish everyone the best out there!!
My son went on a training course for military in Canada in September and he observed that the people 10 years younger than him were not doing anything with their free time but staying in their rooms and playing video games. None were married, none with children. Scariest thing didn't realize war was on way. Its like their parents enrolled them to get them out of their basement or they were booted out.
They might be booted out of boot camp as well, lol. Many are, they are too "soft" now and can't even make it thru basic training. Too coddled, we heard this from someone who is still in...
“ When the ordinary thought of a highly cultivated people begins to regard ‘having children’ as a question of pro’s and con’s, the great turning point has come. ” - Oswald Spengler
I started making 6 figures before the pandemic, after years of working low wage jobs. I was never a saver up until then because I was just scraping by and didn't have the wherewithal to think ahead. I got excited about being able to change my life and I have - but still feel like I will never "make it" unless I work a job, and own a business, AND own real estate, given the inflation and instability of the job market. II am no stranger to hard work, working 2 or 3 weeks in a row with no break 12 hour days, etc. But I know that that's not enough - t feels rather overwhelming. Anything is possible, I agree, I just wish I'd not been naive and passive about social security and pensions because it's becoming clear now that when I retire it's not going to be there and I need to make sure I get all my bases covered by myself. With that said, if you are a parent PLEASE teach your children about finances. People who were not taught like myself can eventually figure it out but the lost time is no joke and totally preventable.
Hey Prepper Princess, I just wanted to say that your videos have been inspiring me to be more intentional with saving and investing my hard earned money AND paying off debt. In addition to my full time job, I'm starting a part time job at a local laundry mat to speed up my debt payoff journey. At 26 years old, I have $7k in credit card debt, a $6,000 car loan, and about $60,000 in student loan debt. I've had enough! This won't be easy, but hearing your story made me feel like I can do it too!
You too can buy a few shares of stock and participate in corporate earnings with dividends. That's what PP and her grandmother did instead of spending and spending on consumer goods. PP also worked 3 jobs at one point.
I’ve been thinking this for a while now. The world is so unstable , I think people feel there isn’t anything to look forward to or strive for . I’ve actually felt like ‘what’s the point’!
Hi PP 🌷 I am 41 years old, I have never been married, it has been more than 5 years since I gave up wanting to get married, I do not want to have children, I do not want to get involved with a divorced person with small children… I have been single for 6 years and I will remain single for years apparently because all men After 50 that I have known want to have children! 🤦🏻♀️ I have given up on many things, but never in my life, I never lose hope, faith in God...
I have a friend whose brother is in his 50's. He has two Masters degrees. He is still living at home with their mom, who is in her 80's. Now their mom needs to go into a nursing home. He is fighting to keep her at home. Sad that he never grew up
My son, 37 says he wishes he was never born....ouch. no kids, lives with me and my mom taking care of me, Im on palliative care. Major depression, i worry what he will do after I pass. He says live on the street, Ive done it before. Sigh...
Please get him help. He sounds severely depressed. It sounds real bad he may need to go inpatient for a couple days but medicines and therapy can help alot. Once he gets a diagnosed he should apply for ssdi and get on some housing lists. Don't let your baby suffer after your
I'm burnt out because everything is too complicated now. Like I just had to find out how to protect my catalytic converter since it was stolen, spent hours researching now need to get a mechanic to put a shield on, $600 or so out the door. My nieces and nephews are in HS....everything is more intense now, I'm getting invited to an event almost every weekend and the driving back and forth is stressful. They keep old sick people alive longer so the period you take care of old folks is longer than ever. Yes, the costs. The feeling of not being safe is higher, with all of the anti-cop rhetoric and cops having zoned out and DAs releasing repeat criminals. I've seen more mental people spiraling and screaming on the trains. Work is more complicated and pressure on my brain, all the routine stuff was automated so I spend all day doing SAT level work now. Shopping isn't even a release anymore, every store wants your email and phone and to push a credit card on you.
I work at an auto repair shop. The prices of parts have gone through the roof. A part that cost us $15 four years ago now costs us $70. That's OUR cost. We haven't raised our labor rate at all. We feel that folks are getting screwed over enough as it is. I just entered said part into the computer...
Wow! This was a good video. She's absolutely right. These are hard times but don't give up! Lots of things to be grateful for in this world. Start a gratitude journal and write all the things you're grateful for everyday. This will help you focus on the good things.
Have these taxes just appeared? If they've always been, then taxes don't explain the problem. Also, people won't save for retirement. If money wasn't taken out of checks, most old people would be in soup lines again.
Giving up is a mental health issue, mental health issues cause people to give up and the state of society and the structure we live in is causing degradation of people’s mental health.
When I was young and didn't know any better, I had kids and with no college degree it was a real struggle raising them through the 80's. Housing costs are such that I don't know how young people will ever own a home. Two of my kids own and one rents. The rent prices are higher than the mortgage and insurance of the two that own. I would hate to be a young person nowadays. They seem so lost.
I AGREE WITH YOU 💯% I've been around a long time...I've never seen the world in this bad shape in my life. My son blames COVID, but, I think it's something more. I feel like I'm giving up and, so are many others. Living is just too difficult now. Rosemarie
It hasn't happened in your lifetime but think about people born in 1900 and what they lived through. A real pandemic which killed children, 2 world wars, no antibiotics, thr great depression, no welfare, real hunger and actual starvation.
What extremely wise advice! I am going to take your advice, I do feel like giving up sometimes. From now on when I feel that way I'll tell myself this😊
I haven't given up, but I probably should. There is little hope for the future. Me and my wife are doing better than most, but the world is just awful, and it's getting worse everyday. I am proud to have been smart enough never to bring a child into all of this.
Anyone thinking these hard times happened organically and not by design, is not paying attention. But never,ever, give up hope! Pay attention to how the people elected to serve you vote, and what they support, and VOTE THEM OUT when they don’t put the yours or their constituents interests first.
Thank you PP for your video. Can you make more videos about not to give up hope and suggesting ways to start. It certainly is a very pessimistic scenario for the younger people who are living with their parents and find themselves trapped. Please encourage and give them hope like you did in this video.
Yep, it seems like what the heck the US has gone to 💩. The last 3 years it's hopeless. The gooberment has destroyed everything. So glad I'm not young anymore. Just concerned about kids and grandchildren. 🙏
WE ARE TIRED BUT THE BAD GUYS ARE NOW BEING REVEALED. MACRON FROM FRANCE, THEN TRUDEAU FROM CANADA, THEN I THINK BIDEN. THEY WILL BE EXPOSED AND WE WILL SEE DAYLIGHT.
Thank you for another amazing video on getting out of debt. I finally realized years ago what many people don’t t want to hear, “live below your means”. The only way to survive in this economy.
Yes, it’s important to live within your means. But the price of housing ( rent or mortgage), food, utilities, personal and home care and supplies, clothing, gas, transportation ( bus, subway, car, gas , insurance), child care and other living expenses are out of control inflated and most people’s wages just aren’t keeping up and even when people are trying to make ends meet, working two plus jobs is still not enough. These are truly unprecedented times.
As an experiment I tried living below my means the past month. I'm still alive, the house is still standing, the kitty hasn't starved, there's still fas in the car and a couple of $20s in my wallet. Turns out it was not impossible, it just took some forethought and determination. Gonna do it again this coming month. The whole below your means lifestyle kinda grows on you after awhile.
@@shmataboro8634 I’m glad for you. Unfortunately, most people are affected by the rise in prices of all things I mentioned above in my comment. It’s not a matter of living within or below your means. It’s just trying to keep up with necessary expenses to live. Plus if people have a partner or spouse or children, then there are more people to consider.
Italy has a low birthrate too. This is truly sad. I do see so many young people doing the side gigs and not getting some type of skill. I went to nursing school as an adult and it was hard but I did it. I also say people can't give up, things can get better.
I gave up on buying a house ☹️ I'm just going to instead focus on investing more into my retirement accounts so I can retire comfortably. I am though debt free thank goodness. Forever grateful for that! Even the dating world, is getting more bleak. I'm actually talking to someone but shiz after being single so many years, you get so comfortable being alone and having money in your savings!
I’m saving thousands a month and still don’t want to buy a house right now because my rent is so cheap. Says a lot about how bad things are right now. I don’t want to be tied to an expensive house if the economy tanks worse than it already is.
We are now being taxed on our car tags for departmental training when our mill levy's already pay the county. So much taxation without representation going on.
It’s ridiculous what it costs to just to survive every month. I’m 55 and I’ve been on social security since I was 30. I’ve spent 25 years being very poor and struggling for 25 years. Every year I get poorer and poorer because everything goes up in price constantly. I get 30 raise every January but the government turns around and lowers my food stamps and my rent goes up because I live in section 8. They need to keep the 30.00 because they are taking it back and more. This needs to change. Everything is so high now I can’t make it living in section 8. I only get 138.00 in food stamps. That’s a joke. I’m in Washington so that 138.00 gets me 4 to 5 bags of groceries with no meat. I can’t buy meat anymore. I’m using another 150.00 cash on more groceries every month to make it and this is buying the cheaper groceries. I’m really not making it having to fork out 150.00 cash in groceries. People in my situation should get more food stamps. Something needs to change. If groceries keep going up then our food stamps should go up. I’m done struggling for 25 years so I’m in the process of getting a tiny home built on my daughter’s property. I’m not going spent the rest of my life struggling this bad. I’m lucky to be able to have a daughter that can help me with my living situation. I feel for anyone in the situation I’ve been in for 25 years. This world has gone crazy. I want to go back to the 70s and 80s when life was so much easier and better.
I live on a fixed income. 100% of my monthly bills have gone up. I’m paying 30% more for the same stuff with a 10% COLA. The math does not work! No more to cut.
I switched everything but my foundation for dollar tree makeup and v05. Started adding water to everything AND using very sparingly. Saves a lot but I admit I would rather have the expensive stuff
@@kenyonbissett3512 because the love of fellow man keeps getting colder, medical care is getting more difficult or expensive, violence is now a daily common occurrence. In a 2 mile radius from my house just in the past week. A crazy man was shot and killed by police. 3 men in a road rage incident broke out into a stabbing, 2 didn’t survive. Are we going to turn around as a society? Nope, conditions will continue to decline.
@@Atgul-z6o in a 2 mile radius of my home Zero (0) incidents in a year. Guess it depends where you live. I could probably extend that to 5yrs but I’d have to check.
I'm 59 and I haven't given up, I'm just getting started. Your videos are helping me tremendously. You have inspired me to go gung ho on budgeting money and saving for retirement. Thank you so much Prepper Princess!
I was just talking to my husband and a friend. Not only are we being taxed to death, but insurance requirements is outrageous. They collect for years and if you file a claim, they penalize you. Ridiculous!
Insurance own us with a helping hand from government.
I agree
Insurances are my biggest bills. If I didn’t have them I could live on $500/mo EASILY, without ANY struggle or conserving
@@PrepperPrincess I agree. Try making a claim the insurance company doesn’t want to fix.
@@PrepperPrincess other then vehicle insurance I don't believe any are required other than for some business or occupations.
Hey PP I’m your age, debt free and 15% saved for retirement since my 20s. My kids are adults, studying engineering in scholarships (no student loans). We haven’t all given up. We like camping, drive older cars, don’t go to salons/spa/“medi spa”, cooking at home. Someone told me today I’m like the classic Millionaire Next Door.
You live like me except I’m 73 years old.
I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world given the direction things are going. The cost of raising a child is enormous, and the so called American dream is increasingly out of reach.
Absolutely true.
Buying a home is harder than before. Home prices and rent have jumped like a 100%. Corporations are buying up real estate and charging outrageous prices compared to what a individual did.
Not sure if it is giving up, more of a realization that the game is rigged and those of us in the middle who work and put food on the table will not win. We will not get ahead, ever.
Both my daughters left the US and live in Germany. Neither will move back. To me as an American, the German/EU social protections, much lower crime rate, education system, work environment, and generally humane lifestyle was shockingly better than ours. It’s painful to say that because I deeply love our country. My kids are accomplished go-getters and would economically do well here but they’ve thrived in Germany. Thanks for another thought provoking episode, Prepper Princess. This one got to me.
After I die, my daughter plans on moving to Italy to live. She spent most of a year there and that is where she wants to retire.
Ditto ~ I feel better off living on my small pension living in South Korea. But every day it breaks my heart to hear what's happening in America. 😢
This is a global collapse no where to run
We've come full circle. Taxation without representation.
I don’t blame people for not wanting to have children. You can’t afford them. Plus look at the world that you’ll be bringing them into.
Exactly!!!
People have given up everywhere you look. The service industry in general is full of tired, sad people doing the bare minimum (restaurants, home improvement stores, etc.). Others are extending and pretending. I know people who are constantly going out to bars and restaurants, traveling, etc. If someone is willing to take their money, they're willing to give it up! The punchline is these people are BROKE!
A guy in particular I know was complaining to me last Summer about how he wanted to buy a house but couldn't afford it. He's 45 and living with his parents on a $60k teachers salary. He's living at home because he bought a BMW 7 years ago and it was repossessed due to non-payment and his credit was wrecked.
What does he do while rebuilding his credit living rent free with mom and dad? He goes out constantly. Insists on having group dinners then footing the $200+ tab to look like a big shot. Travels all the time, orders the bar when going out for drinks. Hasn't saved anything for a home down payment according to him, when he lives rent free!
During one of his rants about not being able to afford a home coupled with "it must be nice..." snide comment to me, I asked him why he doesn't teach summer school to bring in an extra income to supplement his $60k (I would assume he could make another $20K teaching an extra 3 months). His response was "I don't work Summers". I was stunned at the arrogance.
Sure the economy is tough, I won't argue that. We don't have the opportunities that past generations have in some respects (same could be said in reverse also). However, there is a point where some people just don't want to help themselves and are willfully ignorant to the consequences of their actions.
Society is definitely in decline, I think all of us can feel it and see it around us. Some choose to raid the buffet while the titanic is sinking instead of getting their life vest in order and planning an escape route.
I don't feel sorry for him. He should have put his ego aside and bought a quality used (and affordable) car and instead of blowing his money by traveling and going out to eat all the time, sock it away into savings and investments. Sounds like he needs a Dave Ramsay wake-up call.
@@PositivelyPam Yeah, he can be a lot to deal with because he seems very materialistic and I am not. Those types of personality clashes don't resolve easily. He was goading me on a year ago when he bought an iPhone 14 saying that my iPhone 12 was out of date because it didn't have the dynamic island front facing camera. Difference is I paid for my phone in cash, he's financing his so technically he doesn't own it. Some people love payments rather than owning things. The worst is that he can be resentful of others sometimes when he wants what others have without realizing that there were sacrifices along the way to get there that he's not willing to make that others were willing to make.
Prepper princess please do "a day in my life" video!!! Would loooove to see how you spend it in regards to daily routine, meals, leisure, etc. I can't imagine a day without a target or mall trip, eating out, etc. would love to see the stark differences and work on mine
When I was in China in 2008, my female tour guide (this requires a college degree in China), explained that in her generation, there were 12 million missing women. Assuming that about equal numbers of male and female children are born yearly, that means 12 million female babies were destroyed in her "generation." She was an only child, and her family protected her from other relatives who might have harmed her. Heart breaking stuff, going back for decades.
I know two American families who traveled to China and adopted little girls and raised them as their own children. Another family I know adopted from Peru. I don't know a lot of people, but out of the people I have known, there are at least 3 examples. I have heard of female babies being killed at birth, because families were allowed only one child. and, a lot of others got abandoned at orphanages and got adopted out. Despite the fact that birth rate is going down, population of the Earth is still going way up.
Hi, i m English. Hate the way the government is stealing the tax payers money or using it for people who don t come from this country. I m 54 and i ve worked full time since I was 16. Worked in health care. Tired of being treated badly. Have decided to just do casual work and side gigs. Will work when I want to, so i have retired from full time, permanent employment. I m quiet quitting 😅.
I grew up in NJ and here is what I don’t understand about suburban neighborhoods. When I was a kid in the 80’s, every family had 3-5 kids (sometimes bigger) and we all lived a 2,000+ sq ft house. In the last 20 years, all new houses built in suburban neighborhoods are 3,000+ sq ft houses yet everyone I know has only 2 kids (very few have 3 kids). So we built bigger and more expensive houses yet families keep getting smaller? It makes no sense.
I watched a news show that said home builders make more money building bigger houses. The land they buy is expensive. I don't necessarily like this but it's capitalism here.
I've given up on life. At this point I'm working my butt off just to kill time and have a nest $$$ to leave my little brother who is 15-years younger than me and is currently deployed. I told him not to worry about housing and to just stay safe and learn as much skill sets as possible. I try for him since I can't have kids.❤
Kudos to you for caring! Keep it up! You've got "sisu"! ❤
My Mom that lives in Poland just had to pay taxes for her house and land that we have in our family since 17th century. Guess how much was her tax for one year? $…$10! What is USA officials doing with all our taxes for cryin out loud!???!!!!!!
They're giving it to illegal immigrants and the Ukraine. @@Saudade54
My 16 year old grandson told me yesterday that there will be nothing left for his generation by the time he is 30. SAD!I am now a widow as of Feb 26th. I am also my 93 yo Dad's care giver full time. My children are grown. My house is 40 yo. I have to keep my 2400 sq ft house on 1.5 acres because even if I sold it I could not afford to live anywhere else. I am frugal and have no needs. I choose to fight at 69 yo. I have no problem with working to supplement of SS.
So sorry for the loss of your husband. It's absolutely shameful for what's happening to us. Me at 72 am now looking for a second job as is my husband. No retirement insight for us
Sorry for your loss of your husband. I’m also caring for my mom she will be 91 years young. My husband and I live with her in the CITY. We have a home 🏠 out of the city which we are taking care of also. Things are so expensive for just repairs. Take care
That's the price we pay for the leadership everybody chose. I've already seen shows where they claim that the AI cannot be stopped once it's in full force, of course we will never know the truth.
Look into moving to Belize- the trade on the dollar is 2 Bz. To $1 US- we live comfortably on our SS only. It’s clean here and no corporations, only mom and pop shops.
As long as my dogs are with me i'm happy. And i can feed them life is good. My old body had broken down and from years of taking care of people as a nurse. It was wondeful and i loved it. I have always been very independent so it's very hard to ask help. I really won't. If i could move to another country I would. We have no one with integrity and morals runnings our country for the last several years. I really enjoy your channel Prepper Princess❤
Tell your dogs I said hi
I have. I’m a 51 year old absolutely exhausted night shift nurse. I just want to be done. I’m very unhappy. I hate this life 😢
change your job! quit your current job! Get a new job!
Just hang in there I'm 58 and I know just what you're feeling is defeated but hang in there I'm sure you're a wonderful nurse I thank you for your service stay strong💪😄
Must be awful making $80 an hour
@@SmartZero-f8e it's not that easy!
This is the most exciting time to be alive, enJoy it while you can
Old Millennial here… I wish I would have spent my 20’s learning how to enjoy life with a frugal mindset. Teach your kids how to NOW if you have them. I grew up wasting so much in Los Angeles. Still here, but living differently for sure. Teaching my 11 year old daughter- who had caught the Sephora kid virus via YT- all about drug store dupes😅😅
The world is at a tipping point in more ways than one. I’m 63 and we moved to Belize to be able to just survive on our SS income only. We paid off all our debts, sold everything and moved with 8 duffle bags. Smartest thing we’ve ever done!
Living here is very doable and refreshing. We don’t have any corporations here, it’s a very poor country and people are very happy and kind here. The food is clean, life is simple and getting back to basics. Watching the news of the world swirling down the drain.
Belize is an extremely corrupt country. Be careful. The government of Belize is what destroyed John McAfee’s life.
McAfee destroyed his own life.
I just paid my car off today, and trying to get out of debt. No mortgage thankfully. I have worked all my life.
Great video! I am unable to work a normal job (inoperable brain tumor) but I work our homestead, garden/orchard plus I have a wood shop. This allows me to have the time off on my down days. My husband makes 6 figures so that pays few bills we have and the rest goes to savings. The income I earn goes straight to savings.
We were both born in California, and we moved to Iowa about 35 years ago. Even back then my husband remembers the "law makers" telling all of us that if we voted to have casinos in the state that the proceeds would go to the public schools. Yep....that was a lie.
“When the ordinary thought of a highly cultivated people begins to regard ‘having children’ as a question of pro’s and con’s, the great turning point has come.” - Oswald Spengler, _Fall of the West_
I'm 56 and I will fight to rebuild my life and have a nice home that's paid off.
I remember when sales tax was 3%. I remember when a large studio apartment was $300 month here in LA. 😞
Was this like in the 90s???
@@eheheh3263 Yup
I paid 400 a mth for a cute 1 bdrm apt in Vancouver B C in the mid 1970s it included heat and electricity too.
Thank you! I needed to hear this. I’ve been feeling down about some big changes I’m making to hopefully build a better life for my family. If it was just me by myself again I know I would probably give up on any traditional aspirations. I don’t think any of that stuff matters in and of itself, and I can’t help myself sometimes with the dread that no matter how hard I try the system is doing everything it can to break all of us.
Just finished my taxes and feel like I'm just stuck financially. The more I work, the more I earn, the more I'm taxed. In NY, it is essentially pointless for me to work more and do side gigs because it's a wash with taxes. Why am I busting my behind for nothing more?
Unfortunately, such is that simply because it's new York. Please consider moving out of that state. Its a total 180!!
My wife and I have prepped for 15 years now.... once cov plandemic hit we started two side hustles and we're growing them nice and steady. We're genX and we know how to adapt! Upwards and onwards into the fight!!
We lost almost everything this last year…no bailout, couldn’t even get bankruptcy. We are starting worse than 25 years ago when we were “kids”. We have kids and had them when life was easier. I can completely see if couples are not making ends meet why they are not having kids.
I give people credit today for not having kids. That's actually being responsible.
Keeping my cost of living low has served me well over the years. I'm retired with significant savings and investments. I see a lot of people driving around in vehicles that cost more than all of the cars I have owned in my entire adult life.
I'm in my early 70s, been fighting to survive way too many years, I won't give up but somedays I'm overwhelmed and very depressed knowing it probably won't get any better until after I'm gone 😡
Who wants to bring a child into this evil world?? It's sad.
EXACTLY! I had my grandson over and had a cocomelon show on for him and I looked up at the TV and it was showing 2 grown men bathing a baby. Wtf is that? I've never seen nor had someone help me bathe my children. The US is allowing and mind warping babies, toddlers, young children and teens.
I think there is a major shift occurring in the US which will impact the rest of world. The first big problem is most American's have big spending problem and consumer debt is at all-time highs. People need to start preparing themselves to live with less. Social Security is going to take 25% reduction around 2032. That will be around $500 a month. Prepare yourself people. Downsize, pay of all debt, and dial back spending.
FYI.. 3 of the richest American families own more wealth than the bottom 50%..The defense department's budget is approximately $900 billion.
Yeah I've thought forever that the government is not carefully spending every dime they receive from the people
I believe we'd be in shock for some of the ways our tax dollars are spent.
Americans have lost their will. I believe consumerism, fast-food addiction, lack of exercise, etc. has contributed to our physical, mental, and emotional decline. I see it all around me every single day.
We don’t have any balance. It’s all or nothing.
I started a job that was very stressful, because of it I stopped exercising and eating healthy. My mindset became so dark and I began to get depressed. I just recently pulled myself out of it but some people actually just live in that. It’s so sD
Here in UK too.
I know I have!. I'm 67 and really don't care what happens. Some people want to live and some R just sick of life!
Here in the UK, the cost of living here is horrendous! Every time our minimum wage goes up, so do all the bills at exactly the same time! As a result, we don’t see any benefit from it. We are also funding wars.
You (I mean collectively you in the UK) have kept in power the party of austerity and Brexit that have decimated the UK as well as the great deal both EU and British citizens had. It is so sad as it was so unnecessary but everyone was convinced the the public should pay for the mistakes of the banks and government.
I have not given up PP. Life is still great. The USA is still the greatest country in the world. Most folks are falling victim to the media playing with their emotions.
Just being alive and breathing is better than 6ft under!
I'm a 73 year old woman with disabilities and the hope for making ends meet just to be able to eat 2 meals a day is dwindling. I have no debt or car payment because I have a 17 year old car that still works, thank God. Everyday I look for ways to save money. Double pneumonia put me in the hospital for 2 weeks. Took me over a year and 1/2 to pay off what I owed after insurance. My hope is in God alone. I appreciate your videos and saving money is my hobby but we have been fleeced via taxing on everything by our own corrupt politicians. Prayers for those in Canada who are suffering from the corruption more than we are because of their literal loss of freedom of speech. That's where the corruption leads to....being jailed for speaking about the current conditions. We can only pray for justice, honest leaders and do our best to survive and help others. God bless+
I know DJT is not the be all end all, but dear God, I hope people do not vote in JB/KH again. What a nightmare this is and continues to be. And why on earth would the people of CA continue to vote in Newsom? Most of all of our entire Government representation needs a complete overhaul!
Worst 3 years ever! Inflation is awful. barely making it. Sad for USA . 🇺🇸 feel like second class citizen most of us do...😢
All I need is this ashtray, and this paddle game, and the remote control, and the lamp, and this magazine, and this chair and that's all I need.
❤❤❤❤❤best comment! Love that movie! I quote this all the time 😂
Honestly, life is just too expensive. In Canada, we pay so much in taxes, that it's almost not worth it to work. The government takes half your pay, then we're paying a carbon tax that makes food astronomically expensive. I'm so done. A 1 bedroom here $2000/month. WTF is that. Who can afford this?
@amycopeland1701 If we didn't have the worst weather in the world, I'd live in an RV. Unfortunately, we also have huge tent cities here now and an opioid crisis in every major city. People are losing everything because our government doesn't care about us.
Here in Canada after you account for gas taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, income taxes, capital gains taxes, parking fees (on city property), and government monopolies like mandated insurance, etc etc etc you're paying over 50% on taxes unless you are a broke ass nobody. Meanwhile, a 1 bedroom costs $1200-2500 depending on the city, and a house here costs 1 million dollars for a 50-80 year old house that needs 100k of work in it.
It's fucked.
What can I do? Nothing but make money for myself and invest so I can save myself and my loved ones.
I fully expect things to continue to go to shit.
There is also so much corruption here on every level. Businesses stealing from the people who pay exorbitant taxes through government contracts.
Oh and the highly touted Canadian healthcare? They are closing down emergency rooms now from time to time due to lack of staffing. Nobody can get a family doctor. Pregnant women and new mothers can't get checkups. Meanwhile the taxes must still be paid and extremely mediocre government employees (I know them in real life) brag about 200k household income. What a joke.
I also live in Canada. Everyone knows the only way to make ends meet is to work for the government.
One thing you forgot to consider regarding social security - when you work a $10 an hour job your employer is actually paying about double that because of taxes they pay into the system for their employees too. Exactly why so many businesses are short handed and doing everything possible not to hire new employees. As a retired employer I can tell you, it's not pretty. Paid taxes to have workers who were also taxed, as well as personal taxes on the money I earned. Taxation every step of the way and not much from the government to show for it.
I love the style of your videos. Very pod cast like. It's perfect for listening to while I'm finishing up my work. (I work from home). Great video!
Honestly I've felt like "giving up" this month quite a bit, but I'm starting to feel better little by little.
There really are a lot of people that seem depressed and are struggling. As a community, we should try to reach out to people that need a little help. I try to do this through volunteer work feeding the needy at dinner events in my community and by growing a garden and sharing what I grow. I think everyone can do a little bit to help others and it will make a difference. ❤
I am going to join our church pantry to help the needy. I am very busy but I feel like I should help. I have a huge garden, husband, children and grandchildren. They keep me busy
My husband and I will never give up. We just had our first great grandchild. There is plenty to live for. So tired of people complain.
The burden of a family falls on women who also have to do paid full time work.
I’ll never get out of debt. Been trying for years but keep having issues (house, car bill, etc). One step forward, three steps back. I wish I had never been born and can’t wait to get off this merry go round so I can stop running on this useless hamster wheel. I work in healthcare and today was my 6th 10 hour shift in a row. This is my life. I wish everyone the best out there!!
Time for me time. Can you get a few days vacation? At least a breather built in to your killer work schedule? Sending best wishes to you also!
People feel like victims of the system and are tired of fighting it.
Maybe the best video you have ever done. I confirm as an IT administrator and my stats. People have given up.
I think the COVID jab is causing a lot of health issues for everyone, cancers etc
Fighting for it. Yes cutting back on luxuries is tough but is possible. Enjoy the simple things in life, like puddle jumping 😊
My son went on a training course for military in Canada in September and he observed that the people 10 years younger than him were not doing anything with their free time but staying in their rooms and playing video games. None were married, none with children. Scariest thing didn't realize war was on way. Its like their parents enrolled them to get them out of their basement or they were booted out.
They might be booted out of boot camp as well, lol. Many are, they are too "soft" now and can't even make it thru basic training. Too coddled, we heard this from someone who is still in...
“ When the ordinary thought of a highly cultivated people begins to regard ‘having children’ as a question of pro’s and con’s, the great turning point has come. ” - Oswald Spengler
I started making 6 figures before the pandemic, after years of working low wage jobs. I was never a saver up until then because I was just scraping by and didn't have the wherewithal to think ahead. I got excited about being able to change my life and I have - but still feel like I will never "make it" unless I work a job, and own a business, AND own real estate, given the inflation and instability of the job market. II am no stranger to hard work, working 2 or 3 weeks in a row with no break 12 hour days, etc. But I know that that's not enough - t feels rather overwhelming. Anything is possible, I agree, I just wish I'd not been naive and passive about social security and pensions because it's becoming clear now that when I retire it's not going to be there and I need to make sure I get all my bases covered by myself. With that said, if you are a parent PLEASE teach your children about finances. People who were not taught like myself can eventually figure it out but the lost time is no joke and totally preventable.
Hey Prepper Princess, I just wanted to say that your videos have been inspiring me to be more intentional with saving and investing my hard earned money AND paying off debt. In addition to my full time job, I'm starting a part time job at a local laundry mat to speed up my debt payoff journey. At 26 years old, I have $7k in credit card debt, a $6,000 car loan, and about $60,000 in student loan debt. I've had enough! This won't be easy, but hearing your story made me feel like I can do it too!
I’m in the same boat as you as a 28 year old. We can do it!
You can do it!
I finally started a private pension at 49. Somehow or other I can do this. Because I have to. Giving up is never an option.
Gotta blame the corporations as well Greed is all around
You too can buy a few shares of stock and participate in corporate earnings with dividends. That's what PP and her grandmother did instead of spending and spending on consumer goods. PP also worked 3 jobs at one point.
You are a great example. You are a smart cookie. Keep up the positive influencing. 😊❤
Ty for putting this out there. Giving up isn't something I feel like doing but I see it happening around me and it scares me 😟
I’ve been thinking this for a while now. The world is so unstable , I think people feel there isn’t anything to look forward to or strive for . I’ve actually felt like ‘what’s the point’!
Hi PP 🌷
I am 41 years old, I have never been married, it has been more than 5 years since I gave up wanting to get married, I do not want to have children, I do not want to get involved with a divorced person with small children… I have been single for 6 years and I will remain single for years apparently because all men After 50 that I have known want to have children! 🤦🏻♀️
I have given up on many things, but never in my life, I never lose hope, faith in God...
I have a friend whose brother is in his 50's. He has two Masters degrees. He is still living at home with their mom, who is in her 80's. Now their mom needs to go into a nursing home. He is fighting to keep her at home. Sad that he never grew up
What if his net worth is more than yours but you just look better on paper at the expense of being in debt? Is that more grown up?
He most likely has a mental illness like bipolar and is unable to live on his own.
My son, 37 says he wishes he was never born....ouch. no kids, lives with me and my mom taking care of me, Im on palliative care. Major depression, i worry what he will do after I pass. He says live on the street, Ive done it before. Sigh...
Sounds like a heavy bout of depression.
Please get him help. He sounds severely depressed. It sounds real bad he may need to go inpatient for a couple days but medicines and therapy can help alot. Once he gets a diagnosed he should apply for ssdi and get on some housing lists. Don't let your baby suffer after your
After your gone 😢
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I am just living day by day, hoping that a disaster doesn’t happen and sometimes it’s just a moment by moment.
I'm burnt out because everything is too complicated now. Like I just had to find out how to protect my catalytic converter since it was stolen, spent hours researching now need to get a mechanic to put a shield on, $600 or so out the door. My nieces and nephews are in HS....everything is more intense now, I'm getting invited to an event almost every weekend and the driving back and forth is stressful. They keep old sick people alive longer so the period you take care of old folks is longer than ever. Yes, the costs. The feeling of not being safe is higher, with all of the anti-cop rhetoric and cops having zoned out and DAs releasing repeat criminals. I've seen more mental people spiraling and screaming on the trains. Work is more complicated and pressure on my brain, all the routine stuff was automated so I spend all day doing SAT level work now. Shopping isn't even a release anymore, every store wants your email and phone and to push a credit card on you.
I work at an auto repair shop. The prices of parts have gone through the roof. A part that cost us $15 four years ago now costs us $70. That's OUR cost. We haven't raised our labor rate at all. We feel that folks are getting screwed over enough as it is. I just entered said part into the computer...
You are so right.
Keep making your videos it gives us hope.
Wow! This was a good video. She's absolutely right. These are hard times but don't give up! Lots of things to be grateful for in this world. Start a gratitude journal and write all the things you're grateful for everyday. This will help you focus on the good things.
Thank you....
Gratitude always
Have these taxes just appeared? If they've always been, then taxes don't explain the problem. Also, people won't save for retirement. If money wasn't taken out of checks, most old people would be in soup lines again.
Giving up is a mental health issue, mental health issues cause people to give up and the state of society and the structure we live in is causing degradation of people’s mental health.
When I was young and didn't know any better, I had kids and with no college degree it was a real struggle raising them through the 80's. Housing costs are such that I don't know how young people will ever own a home. Two of my kids own and one rents. The rent prices are higher than the mortgage and insurance of the two that own. I would hate to be a young person nowadays. They seem so lost.
God bless you Prepper Princess and thank you for your insights and wisdom that you share with all of us, we are so grateful!
I AGREE WITH YOU 💯% I've been around a long time...I've never seen the world in this bad shape in my life. My son blames COVID, but, I think it's something more. I feel like I'm giving up and, so are many others. Living is just too difficult now. Rosemarie
It hasn't happened in your lifetime but think about people born in 1900 and what they lived through. A real pandemic which killed children, 2 world wars, no antibiotics, thr great depression, no welfare, real hunger and actual starvation.
What extremely wise advice! I am going to take your advice, I do feel like giving up sometimes. From now on when I feel that way I'll tell myself this😊
My paycheck keeps shrinking and my expenses keep going up
I haven't given up, but I probably should. There is little hope for the future. Me and my wife are doing better than most, but the world is just awful, and it's getting worse everyday. I am proud to have been smart enough never to bring a child into all of this.
Anyone thinking these hard times happened organically and not by design, is not paying attention. But never,ever, give up hope! Pay attention to how the people elected to serve you vote, and what they support, and VOTE THEM OUT when they don’t put the yours or their constituents interests first.
Ty for encouraging. There's not enough of that anymore in these depressing times.
Thank you PP for your video. Can you make more videos about not to give up hope and suggesting ways to start. It certainly is a very pessimistic scenario for the younger people who are living with their parents and find themselves trapped. Please encourage and give them hope like you did in this video.
Who can afford ANYTHING anymore???😢
I can. Always lived below my means and worked to acquire skills that people will pay for.
I'm working 3 part time JOBS. With chronic fatigue syndrome!!!!
Oh, wow..I'm sorry. It must take such a toll on your health.
Yep, it seems like what the heck the US has gone to 💩. The last 3 years it's hopeless. The gooberment has destroyed everything. So glad I'm not young anymore. Just concerned about kids and grandchildren. 🙏
I want to live rural with less stuff that I don't need or want. I think the day is coming when raw land could cost as much as the house on it
people dont even want kids and i dont blame them
Conspiracy theory alert (on myself not you) being bombarded with one catastrophe after another wears on a soul.
WE ARE TIRED BUT THE BAD GUYS ARE NOW BEING REVEALED. MACRON FROM FRANCE, THEN TRUDEAU FROM CANADA, THEN I THINK BIDEN. THEY WILL BE EXPOSED AND WE WILL SEE DAYLIGHT.
Rutte from the Netherlands 🫣😬
@@TheDutchHomemakerWat een smeerlap is dat
Thank you for another amazing video on getting out of debt. I finally realized years ago what many people don’t t want to hear, “live below your means”.
The only way to survive in this economy.
Yes, it’s important to live within your means. But the price of housing ( rent or mortgage), food, utilities, personal and home care and supplies, clothing, gas, transportation ( bus, subway, car, gas , insurance), child care and other living expenses are out of control inflated and most people’s wages just aren’t keeping up and even when people are trying to make ends meet, working two plus jobs is still not enough. These are truly unprecedented times.
As an experiment I tried living below my means the past month. I'm still alive, the house is still standing, the kitty hasn't starved, there's still fas in the car and a couple of $20s in my wallet. Turns out it was not impossible, it just took some forethought and determination. Gonna do it again this coming month. The whole below your means lifestyle kinda grows on you after awhile.
@@shmataboro8634 I’m glad for you. Unfortunately, most people are affected by the rise in prices of all things I mentioned above in my comment. It’s not a matter of living within or below your means. It’s just trying to keep up with necessary expenses to live. Plus if people have a partner or spouse or children, then there are more people to consider.
Italy has a low birthrate too. This is truly sad. I do see so many young people doing the side gigs and not getting some type of skill. I went to nursing school as an adult and it was hard but I did it. I also say people can't give up, things can get better.
We are taxed too heavily. We're barely left with enough to survive on.
Get off the system.
I gave up on buying a house ☹️ I'm just going to instead focus on investing more into my retirement accounts so I can retire comfortably. I am though debt free thank goodness. Forever grateful for that! Even the dating world, is getting more bleak. I'm actually talking to someone but shiz after being single so many years, you get so comfortable being alone and having money in your savings!
I watched this video twice. I think it's one of the best you have done. Same here is the uk too. So perceptive. ❤
I’m saving thousands a month and still don’t want to buy a house right now because my rent is so cheap. Says a lot about how bad things are right now. I don’t want to be tied to an expensive house if the economy tanks worse than it already is.
We are now being taxed on our car tags for departmental training when our mill levy's already pay the county. So much taxation without representation going on.
I am too stubborn to give up!
It’s ridiculous what it costs to just to survive every month. I’m 55 and I’ve been on social security since I was 30. I’ve spent 25 years being very poor and struggling for 25 years. Every year I get poorer and poorer because everything goes up in price constantly. I get 30 raise every January but the government turns around and lowers my food stamps and my rent goes up because I live in section 8. They need to keep the 30.00 because they are taking it back and more. This needs to change. Everything is so high now I can’t make it living in section 8. I only get 138.00 in food stamps. That’s a joke. I’m in Washington so that 138.00 gets me 4 to 5 bags of groceries with no meat. I can’t buy meat anymore. I’m using another 150.00 cash on more groceries every month to make it and this is buying the cheaper groceries. I’m really not making it having to fork out 150.00 cash in groceries. People in my situation should get more food stamps. Something needs to change. If groceries keep going up then our food stamps should go up. I’m done struggling for 25 years so I’m in the process of getting a tiny home built on my daughter’s property. I’m not going spent the rest of my life struggling this bad. I’m lucky to be able to have a daughter that can help me with my living situation. I feel for anyone in the situation I’ve been in for 25 years. This world has gone crazy. I want to go back to the 70s and 80s when life was so much easier and better.
I live on a fixed income. 100% of my monthly bills have gone up. I’m paying 30% more for the same stuff with a 10% COLA. The math does not work! No more to cut.
Ive switched from department store face cream salon shampoo. To grocery store. And now im on dollar tree facecream shampoo etc. All within a decade
I switched everything but my foundation for dollar tree makeup and v05. Started adding water to everything AND using very sparingly. Saves a lot but I admit I would rather have the expensive stuff
My retirement plan is a hole in the ground with a board over it.
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Sounds like a sump pump that actually works?
I’m afraid to bring a child into this world
I think that is what they are counting on.
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Why?
@@kenyonbissett3512 because the love of fellow man keeps getting colder, medical care is getting more difficult or expensive, violence is now a daily common occurrence. In a 2 mile radius from my house just in the past week. A crazy man was shot and killed by police. 3 men in a road rage incident broke out into a stabbing, 2 didn’t survive. Are we going to turn around as a society? Nope, conditions will continue to decline.
@@Atgul-z6o in a 2 mile radius of my home Zero (0) incidents in a year. Guess it depends where you live. I could probably extend that to 5yrs but I’d have to check.