GOP Candidate Slammed for Telling Voters to Deal With Gas Prices by Cutting Back on Starbucks
If you were born anytime after 1980, you’ve probably had an adult — be they a home-owning grandparent, a millionaire news host, or a billionaire receiving a tax cut — tell you that young people have it all wrong, and that the key to affording the American dream is simply to spend less money on things you don’t need. “When I was trying to buy my first home, I wasn’t buying smashed avocado for $19 and four coffees at $4 each,” Australian millionaire Tim Gurner said in a now infamous 2017 60 Minutes segment that became the subject of widespread mockery online.
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If you were born anytime after 1980, you’ve probably had an adult — be they a home-owning grandparent, a millionaire news host, or a billionaire receiving a tax cut — tell you that young people have it all wrong, and that the key to affording the American dream is simply to spend less money on things you don’t need. “When I was trying to buy my first home, I wasn’t buying smashed avocado for $19 and four coffees at $4 each,” Australian millionaire Tim Gurner said in a now infamous 2017 60 Minutes segment that became the subject of widespread mockery online. Since then, the gap between prices and wages has only grown wider — particularly for young people. The median age for a first-time home buyer recently reached a record high of 40.
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- If you were born anytime after 1980, you’ve probably had an adult — be they a home-owning grandparent, a millionaire news host, or a billionaire receiving a tax cut — tell you that young people have it all wrong, and that the key to affording the American dream is simply to spend less money on things you don’t need. “When I was trying to buy my first home, I wasn’t buying smashed avocado for $19 and four coffees at $4 each,” Australian millionaire Tim Gurner said in a now infamous 2017 60 Minutes segment that became the subject of widespread mockery online.
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GOP Candidate Slammed for Telling Voters to Deal With Gas Prices by Cutting Back on Starbucks
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