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Aussie bloke exposes soaring cost of living: Three jobs and still struggling

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In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chris Booy (pictured) claimed he was working three jobs and making more money than ever, but was still struggling to get by in Australia.

A man who works three jobs but is still struggling financially has criticized the cost of living crisis, saying home ownership is now unattainable for most Australians.

Chris Booy, who is in his 30s and lives on the Sunshine Coast, vented his frustrations in a video shared with your youtube channel.

“I’ve never made more money but I’ve never felt more broke,” is the title of his video.

Booy explained that he worked about 60 hours a week at three jobs, including in the insurance sector, as a driver for DoorDash and Uber Eats, and as a content creator on YouTube.

Despite his onerous workload, Booy said he does not feel he is making progress, demonstrating the dramatic decline in the quality of life for many Australians in recent years.

‘Working three jobs. “I’ve never made more money in my life, but I don’t feel like I’m making any progress,” Booy said.

‘I live in Australia, we are a great country and we have many opportunities. It’s a good place to live. But things are expensive. The cost of living is crazy right now.

Booy said the average Australian who has a job and a median income of $67,000 “lives just above the poverty line.”

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chris Booy (pictured) claimed he was working three jobs and making more money than ever, but was still struggling to get by in Australia.

By comparison, a decade ago he earned only $40,000 a year, but he got by more comfortably.

“The quality of life in Australia is declining,” Mr Booy said.

‘Ten years ago I probably earned half what I earn (now), I had one job and things seemed easier to afford.

‘I went out and bought things, I didn’t stress about shopping, I didn’t stress about paying the rent. It was affordable for what you earned back then and I wasn’t a high earner.

‘Nothing special, nothing crazy and things were affordable, I could make things. Now that I have three jobs, things seem more and more out of reach.’

Booy said his 60-hour work week wasn’t sustainable because he didn’t have time to “live” even if he earned more.

He added that a medium-paying job was not enough to survive in Australia.

‘Is that really the Australian dream? Because it seems like one job just isn’t enough. “Wages are not rising, the cost of living is skyrocketing and food is out of control,” Booy said.

Booy, who is in his 30s and lives on the Sunshine Coast, said many Australians were struggling to survive amid the rising cost of living and rising rent and property prices.

Booy, who is in his 30s and lives on the Sunshine Coast, said many Australians were struggling to survive amid the rising cost of living and rising rent and property prices.

‘Any way you try to do your shopping and do it on a budget, it just doesn’t happen.

‘Just groceries and household items, it’s not a waste, but it costs hundreds of dollars a month just to survive and stay fed. There is something wrong with that.

‘Housing… a large part of what you earn goes simply to keeping a roof over your head. “It doesn’t seem like we’re moving forward.”

Mr Booy’s goal is to become a homeowner, but as property prices continue to rise, he believes it may now be unattainable.

He explained that as property prices rise a much larger deposit is required, and the size of the loans needed to buy even a modest home leaves the borrower in debt for decades.

“I definitely don’t feel like I’m moving forward, I feel like a struggle right now,” Booy said.

‘What are you supposed to do, if two people working standard jobs can’t get ahead anymore, what’s the solution?’ Work more jobs?

“How much time are we supposed to spend trying to survive and get by, instead of living life?”

Booy said his goal of becoming a homeowner was becoming increasingly unattainable (file image)

Booy said his goal of becoming a homeowner was becoming increasingly unattainable (file image)

Booy also took aim at the Federal Government for its exorbitant spending that fuels inflation.

Last year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that Australia had reached an agreement to financially support Papua New Guinea to have a National Rugby League team.

Albanese, along with his Papua New Guinean counterpart, James Marape and NRL boss Peter V’landys announced the long-awaited $600 million deal.

The team will debut in 2028 and will be funded by Australian taxpayers over a 10-year period.

Booy also criticized Albanese for spending $368 billion on submarines that the country has not yet received.

Albanese announced the massive spending alongside now-defeated US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in 2023.

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating is among those who have declared this a colossal waste of taxpayers’ money at a time when the nation cannot afford it.

‘350 billion dollars, yeah “The Crown gave land for the people of Australia to use and we put that money into construction – we would build a million houses with our taxpayers’ money,” Mr Booy said.

“It feels like a damn circus with what’s going on. There are people who can’t afford bread. There’s a problem.’

‘Is it possible to stay ahead or is it just a matter of keeping your head above water?

‘Something’s wrong. When the majority of a country, when the majority of an economy, when the majority of people are not prospering and are struggling to survive, something is wrong.’

The young worker slammed the federal government (pictured Prime Minister Anthony Albanese) for spending billions of dollars on submarines and a Papua New Guinea NRL team instead of using funds to help struggling Australians .

The young worker slammed the federal government (pictured Prime Minister Anthony Albanese) for spending billions of dollars on submarines and a Papua New Guinea NRL team instead of using funds to help struggling Australians .

Other social media users agreed, with many stating that most people’s expectation of being able to find an affordable home is no longer there.

‘Growing up in Australia in the ’70s and ’80s, you pretty much won the lottery. Unfortunately those days are long gone, the great Australian dream is now to leave Australia,” one person wrote.

‘I hate what this country has become. “This is no longer Australia, it’s a land ruled by criminals,” a second person wrote.

“I’ve been working and saving money for the last five years and I feel like I’ve gone backwards and not forward because rent, housing, food and electricity have become so expensive,” a third chimed in.

A fourth added: “When did eating a steak and a beer in the pub become a luxury?” Not only is the cost of everything increasing, but the size and quality of the goods and services being purchased are decreasing.’

Another said that wage earners in Australia simply can’t keep up, and that the only people who can live comfortably are those who have money to invest or retirees who bought houses when they were much cheaper and sold them at huge profits.

“No matter how hard you work at a job, it’s not enough to keep up even before inflation,” they wrote.

‘Fewer people can afford to save, let alone invest, and more people could face tough times in retirement.

‘Low-paid jobs, inflation and high rents make saving difficult. Now, middle-class Australians are also finding it difficult to own a home, leaving them homeless.’

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