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1. The dream in Britain was supposed to be that kids climb the ladder and do better than their parents:
2. But lately the harder you try to get up the pole the more difficult it gets:
3. When I was the first in my family to get to university I was like:
4. Then the Lib Dems broke their promise and tripled the cost of university, so obviously I went a bit…
5. But I worked hard and got a decent degree:
6. …and some of my friends who left school at 17 started applying for apprenticeships:
7. We all had hopes of landing a great job:
8. Then realised we were part of a queue of a million young people stuck looking for work:
9. And the government is saying just find yourself a job, even though there are none to get:
10. Even when jobs do come up, loads are either unpaid internships, or part of the government’s unpaid workfare scheme:
11. And after tonnes of unanswered emails and rejections, you feel like:
12. I got something in the end. It isn’t well paid, but I was still …
13. And then I heard the government say I might not get help with my housing costs if I lost my job, just because I am under 25:
14. Then you look at your bank account and it’s still like:
15. …and I found out I’d need to save around £26,000 if I want to get a deposit for a house and went:
16. Then I saw this graph and realised why lots of older people aren’t so worried about the problem:
17. At least things will get better in the long run and hey you can enjoy yourself when you're older right? Perhaps not …
18. But! There are lots of us in the same boat and if we get together we can start to change things.
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