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Host and comedian Rose Surnow asked millennials about their debt, salaries, and other awkward money questions.
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Transcript Provided by YouTube:
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– How much is your rent?
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– 1,400 a month.
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– It’s 1,100 ’cause it’s rent control.
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– 2,800 per month.
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– 2,800?
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– Yeah. – And you’re how old?
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– 19.
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Hi, I’m Rose Surnow and this is Inside Intimacy.
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Today we’re talking about millennials.
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Are we spoiled brats or creative hustlers?
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Let’s find out.
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How much money do you make a year?
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– Wow, personal, no?
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I don’t know, about 50, 55, something like that?
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– Just under about 35,000.
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– I have no idea.
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– You don’t know how much money you make?
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– I don’t.
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– Why, Stephanie?
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– I don’t know.
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I just take it to the accountant.
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She does all that stuff and–
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– So you have no idea.
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You could make 300,000, you could make 10,000.
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Who knows?
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Not Stephanie.
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– Yeah.
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– 25,000?
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– That sounds hard to live on.
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– Yeah.
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It’s a lot cheaper in Virginia.
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– How much debt are you in?
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– I think about, like, 200,000.
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– 20,000.
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– 13,000.
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– 15,000.
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– 2k.
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– Why so good?
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– I’ve been paying my student loans
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every month since I’ve entered college.
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I actually would get at least two part-time jobs
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and then work along with work study
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and then just a bunch of scholarships.
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I applied to like 50 a year.
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– And how much debt are you in?
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– I have a mortgage.
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– You own a home?
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How old are you?
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– 28.
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– That’s impressive.
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– Is it?
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– It’s impressive to me.
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I’m in my mid 30s and looking very good,
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and nobody I know owns a house.
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– I bought my house at 21.
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– What?
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Guys, let’s all move to New Zealand.
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How much debt are you in?
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– No debt, actually.
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– How the heck did you do that?
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– No college.
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– Smart.
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– Yes.
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– What do you do for a living?
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– I’m a musician.
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– What do you do for a living?
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– Musician for real, like–
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– And how do you make money?
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– I actually play music for a living.
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– Okay. – It’s Los Angeles.
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You can do that here, kind of.
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– I actually work at a smoothie place
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called Blended at my university,
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and it’s basically like a self-automated robot
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and I’m just working there to help pay off my college debt.
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– So your job is to watch a robot prototype make a smoothie?
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– Yeah, and like, refill the fruits I guess, yeah.
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– That’s like literally your grandparents’ nightmare.
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– I’m an actress and a model.
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– Shocked, I’m so shocked.
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– I’m an aerospace engineer.
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– Whoa.
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You’re single?
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– I am single.
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– Cool.
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How tall are you, Chris?
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– I’m six five.
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– Oh my God.
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Can you take this mic and just do an example
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of what you do for promo stuff?
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– Hey, this hat’s from Makaveli.
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I got it at Zumiez.
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If you’re interested, you can get one too.
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– Have you ever had a regular punch-in job, nine to five?
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– No.
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– I open and manage a fitness center
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in the mornings, at 5:30,
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and then I work at an athletic association for high schools
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and I do that with the second half of my day.
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And then I also work as a private provider
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for my sibling who has a disability.
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– So, in addition to working 40 hours,
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you take care of a sibling?
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– Yeah.
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– Do you have retirement savings?
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– No.
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– Do you have a 401 ?
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– No.
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– Roth?
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– No.
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– So what’s your plan for getting older and having money?
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– I was gonna say I hope to die young, but…
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– That ship has passed, baby.
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– Oh!
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– How much do you have in savings?
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– Like $20,000.
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– Oh my God, Chris.
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I really feel like we’re vibing even more now.
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How much money would make you happy?
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– I would say 15 million is a cool number to start off with.
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– Anywhere 60,000 plus would be just a,
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that would be a good life.
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– I would like to make at least, like, 70 or 80.
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– I want 100,000 a year.
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– Stephanie, your wish is my command.
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I forgot to tell you guys, I also grant wishes.
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So Stephanie, you’re gonna be making 100,000.
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Somebody give her the check!
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We have a $100,000 check for you.
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We don’t, but believing in yourself is priceless.
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What are the stereotypes that you hear about millennials?
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What are the things you hear tossed around?
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– The stereotypes I’m sick of hearing
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is that we’re entitled.
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– We are entitled.
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– Entitled.
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– Do you think these stereotypes are legit,
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or just like baby boomer bullshit?
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– Frankly, I think it’s kinda bullshit.
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– I don’t feel that we’re entitled.
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I just feel like it’s a different economy
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where we can no longer afford
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to buy the things that our parents could.
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– So you make 30,000 a year.
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You pay 400 in car, 400 in health insurance,
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and how much student loans every month?
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– About 250.
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– So how much left do you have to spend?
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– Just after I pay all my monthly bills,
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I have maybe just about 150 to 200 that I just save.
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– The older generations,
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they picked a path and they stuck to it no matter what
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because, for them, it was about trading time for money,
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and that was what the purpose of life was
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was to start a family, pay your bills, get a mortgage.
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– What’s the millennial purpose of life?
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– I think we seek purpose and meaning.
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– What do you guys wanna do for a living?
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Do you have a plan?
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– Yes, I want to be a youth justice mentor
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for juvenile delinquents,
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just like help them through what they are going through,
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because all they need is kind of love and affection,
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and a lot of them don’t get it.
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– I really wanna become a creative director
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or I wanna have a business where I make clothes,
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especially for people with disabilities.
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– My dream job would be to work in athletics,
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especially those who specialize
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with those with disabilities.
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– I want to be free.
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To be able to make choices that make me happy.
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– Are you free right now?
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– I’m getting there.
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– Good luck out there, Marissa.
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I believe in you.
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– I bought it because it’s made in America and I like that.
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– Are you a Republican?
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I really need you to be a Democrat for this to work.
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– I wouldn’t say I’m a Democrat or a Republican.
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Is that the dealbreaker?
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– Kind of, yes.
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Our relationship was, I don’t know, about five minutes.
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It was fun while it lasted.
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