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£1.2tn given to old from young

Dunno what programme this is, or what channel it's on, can't see the TV!

But it's just been stated that in the noughties, £1.2 trillion was passed from the young to the old in the form of properties assets.

The programme is about baby boomers. (i think!!)

Anyone watching?!
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  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    Oops - you need to change your title, Graham - it's the wrong way round. :)
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    It's not. It was the calculation of how much the "baby boomers" have made from taking from the younger generation. I.e. the cost of the decades HPI to the young.

    Over 50's also held something like 80% of the wealth in the country (though I may have misheard that, only started listening when I heard abot HPI).

    Edit: it's BBC2.
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    Dunno what programme this is, or what channel it's on, can't see the TV!

    But it's just been stated that in the noughties, £1.2 trillion was passed from the young to the old in the form of properties assets.

    The programme is about baby boomers. (i think!!)

    Anyone watching?!

    Do you receive DVBT in your brain then? :)

    But how much as been inherited in the last 10 years?

    It is looking at how much a football clubs spends in the transfer window without looking at what they sell.

    The true transfer would be what the young have transferred minus inheritance and gifts, etc.
  • £1.2tn given to old from young


    Excellent, thanks.:D

    I look forward to your next installment.;)
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    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”

    -- President John F. Kennedy”
  • It's not. It was the calculation of how much the "baby boomers" have made from taking from the younger generation. I.e. the cost of the decades HPI to the young.

    Over 50's also held something like 80% of the wealth in the country (though I may have misheard that, only started listening when I heard abot HPI).

    Edit: it's BBC2.

    How could the old be taking from the young?
    Did the young own the property in the first place?
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    How could the old be taking from the young?
    Did the young own the property in the first place?

    They were talking about 2nd, 3rd mortgages and investment properties.
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    Dunno what programme this is, or what channel it's on, can't see the TV!

    But it's just been stated that in the noughties, £1.2 trillion was passed from the young to the old in the form of properties assets.

    The programme is about baby boomers. (i think!!)

    Anyone watching?!

    No wonder so many opt for never working. Why pay for other's when you they wish to do the same to you.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    It's not. It was the calculation of how much the "baby boomers" have made from taking from the younger generation. I.e. the cost of the decades HPI to the young.

    Over 50's also held something like 80% of the wealth in the country (though I may have misheard that, only started listening when I heard abot HPI).

    Edit: it's BBC2.

    I have news for you Graham, they can't take it with them icon7.gif I wonder where all that dosh will end up :rolleyes:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • sjaypink
    sjaypink Posts: 6,740 Forumite
    I can't be a*sed to get up and change channel now, but sounds interesting... if not a bit depressing :)
    We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung

  • They were talking about 2nd, 3rd mortgages and investment properties.

    That's still not taking it from them is it?
    To take from them they have to own in the first place.

    What it sounds like is another moan about how some young cannot afford to buy and blame the older generation while other young people manage fine.
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
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