Our mentality was, ???My folks kicked me out of the house at 19 to fend for myself so I must find work to get money for rent, food, and beer otherwise I???m completely screwed and will either starve to death or end up begging on the street.??? People also conveniently forget about the Reagan/Thatcher/Mulroney recession that happened from 1989-93 where nobody our age could find any sort of job.