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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 4339867, member: 73473&quot;]Give me a break!</p><p>It’s hard to save money when the cost of healthcare and housing has shot up since 2010 and wages have been essentially stagnant since the late 1970’s. Here is an anecdotal story.</p><p>I graduated from a public university with a degree in Medical Laboratory science. I quickly got a job and began working at a private hospital laboratory , my starting salary was $24 USD an hour. One of my coworkers was an MLT(2 year version of my profession) and was making $23 an hour. She had been working since 1981 where she initially made $7.50 an hour. Once we add in inflation, she has earned&nbsp; an additional $2.30 USD for nearly 30 years of experience.</p><p>&nbsp;If I didn’t go into the US Navy Medical Service Corps I would be living paycheck to paycheck, and I have a four year science degree and am not “glued to my phone or was spoiled rotten by my boomer parents”.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also know electrical engineers in Austin who have 80k in student debt who live in a tiny apartment and can barely keep the lights on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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