What happened to my generation?

Pobby

Kevicho wrote:

Pobby, with that post you probably encapsulated most of my beliefs.

The UK really is in precarious times, someone today called them thatchers children, who dont want to work, but want to have the world handed to them on a plate.

The ones of us that do work could have an uprising against us because of our wealth (this is in 10 years time)

Simply put the uk is breeding a increasing amount of wayne and waynettas who are happy to sit on the dole, while people like me work and pay increasing taxes to subsidise them.

Weve also got to look at the baby boomer generation who will be retiring in the next 5 - 15 years, the ones who will be drawing a pension, which they deserve as they have paid in for all these years, is it any wonder the government are scampering to increase retirement ages and to keep people in work longer (and to get there tax money).

I dont begrudge anyone who has worked all there life, to achieve financial freedom, on the contrary thats where i want to be, but from a purely financial pov, the aging population means more expense in healthcare, thus increased taxes to pay for people.

I think that we have reached a crossroads here and it is going to be increasingly difficult for the government to take care of its elderly, without raising taxes of todays generation

Well said.Mind you,Thatchers children{excluding the criminal prat and the rather quirky daughter} do not have a very good deal.Uni possibly{loadsa debt},high rents,mortgages beyond belief.I cannot see that it is going to be an easy time for this generation.

Pobby

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