When Axton Betz-Hamilton set up her first utility bill at college, she soon realized something was very, very wrong.

It turned out she’d been a victim of identity theft—and it had destroyed her credit rating.

In 2001, when she was a 19-year-old student, Betz-Hamilton’s new utility provider demanded a $100 security deposit to turn on her service, citing her credit score.

“I thought it was because I didn’t have enough credit,” she told Fortune. But when a copy of her credit report turned up in her mailbox six weeks later, she learned the opposite was true.

  • TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id
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    1 year ago

    Sure, if by “each subsequent generation” you mean millennials. Historically the trend in the US has always been the opposite; most people could count on being better off than their parents.

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      1 year ago

      There are already two new generations since millenials. I’m a millennial and I’m almost 40.