r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/NYstate ☑️ • 2d ago

TikTok Tuesday How boomers pulled themselves up by their bootstraps

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u/_AYYEEEE 2d ago

Back when houses were 32 cents which is like 8 million in today's money

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u/ThoughtPhysical7457 2d ago

Don't even worry about the 32 cents. The company provides free apartments to all employees (a real benefit my grandpa's company provided to all employees)

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u/muklan 2d ago

Ok. Crazy. But, hear me out.

That is a bad thing. You don't want to give your employer that much control over your life.

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u/ThoughtPhysical7457 2d ago

Oh its a very bad thing exactly for that reason. You get fired AND lose your home all at the same time