15-year-old quits barista and babysitting jobs to focus on volunteering for college, parents protest she won’t pay rent any more: ‘Neither my brother or sister has ever contributed’

A teenage job is a rite of passage, but it shouldn’t be needed to pay the bills. While there are minors out there who contribute to their family’s finances or even act as the breadwinners, it is a responsibility that, technically speaking, parents have an obligation to shelter them from before adulthood. Learning how to …
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New Yorker claims all NYC transplants should have to volunteer to atone for taking from the city: ‘If the only thing you’re contributing is your taxes, you are ultimately a loser’

There is a seemingly never-ending stream of online discourse about NYC «transplants.» A transplant is someone who moves to a city that they didn’t grow up in, and allegedly makes it worse with their tacky, trendy consumption habits. It’s essentially the 21st-century version of a yuppie. Transplant discourse is not solely a New York City …
Seguir leyendo New Yorker claims all NYC transplants should have to volunteer to atone for taking from the city: ‘If the only thing you’re contributing is your taxes, you are ultimately a loser’