[tatsuke95]

I'm going to assume, since the newspaper is Canadian, that he's Canadian, like myself. He is also near to my age. There is ample work in our country, but you have to be mobile and willing to do labour.

It sounds to me that this fellow's problem is this:

>" I wanted the tailored suits, the chance at a high income, the BMW, the prestige, the respect, and the power."

Yet he wants that opportunity to be given to him, rather than going out and making it happen. He seems entitled, after graduating from University, to these opportunities. That ship has sailed. Our (my generation) father's worked in labour and helped create the middle class of North America. Why are we so against it?

[jarek]

If you're 29, your father would have most likely been born around 1955, reached adulthood in the 70s, and have middle class handed to him on a platter. Other than that, I have no concerns.