Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X & Boomers have completely different ideas of what being poor actually means

Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X & Boomers have completely different ideas of what being poor actually means

A 34-year-old tells her father she’s broke. She has a job, a car, and an apartment she likes. He looks around and can’t locate the problem. There’s food in the fridge. The lights are on. Nobody is going without. She’s talking about the student loans, the rent that buys her nothing, and the savings number that doesn’t budge. He’s talking about whether there’s dinner. Both of them are using the same word correctly. The gap between them has nothing…