Government Cutting Benefits For “Generation Screwed” | Zero Hedge.
We’re talking about much more than the US Government. I believe the “Generation Screwed” problem is larger in Europe then the US.
Case in point: the British government has just announced a new push to eliminate benefits for young people. And this is just step 1.
What a pathetic excuse for a social contract. There has to be a better way. And for young people, there is.
Youth is a gift. It’s a time in your life where you have tremendous energy and very little to lose. You’re not tied down by a mortgage or a family to support.
And rather than follow the conventional path of indebting yourself for 13-years so that you can attend university for four, and then fork over the bulk of your pay to the government, instead focus on learning tangible, valuable skills overseas.
Moving to a thriving place like China or Myanmar costs a tiny fraction of a single semester at university.
Yet learning the local languages, establishing yourself in the business community, becoming an apprentice, and building a reputation with influential people will be far more valuable than anything you could learn in Underwater Basket Weaving 101.
Best of all, when you head abroad, you are effectively divorcing yourself from the tax and debt-infested rat race back home.
While your friends back home will be living off the dole or paying the bulk of their income to the government, you won’t even know what they’re talking about.
It’s incredibly liberating. And far more prosperous.
Let me translate. Generation Screwed, take responsibility for your own life and don’t wait on your government to make your life fulfilling.
