Baby Boomers making out like bandits as usual

Bullfighter

reweird wrote: »

It was tough in our day too you know but some of you young 'uns are so wet behind the ears you don't know you were born.

yeah, very tough

Free education
A fit for purpose NHS
Cheap energy
Rising living standards
North Sea Oil Bonanza
No major conflicts
Cheap housing
Strong employment market
Hope for the future

!!!! you.

beckythemadcow

I love how all the old folks got married, had babies and bought a house in the space of 2 years.

ILW

Bullfighter wrote: »

yeah, very tough

Free education
A fit for purpose NHS
Cheap energy
Rising living standards
North Sea Oil Bonanza
No major conflicts
Cheap housing
Strong employment market
Hope for the future

!!!! you.

Virtually all of them are better now than they were 20 or 30 years ago.

You really do not seem to have a clue.

Going4TheDream

Jimmy_31 wrote: »

Thats kinda like what im doing, it takes a lot longer than a couple of years to get a deposit together though.

I quite admire you, and it you have the support of your parents who allow you to say at home when necessary (without taking advantage of them!) then good luck to you, what many people fail to grasp is many parents
today are asset rich but cash poor and the only way they can help their kids is by having them stay at home.

Oldernotwiser

beckythemadcow wrote: »

I love how all the old folks got married, had babies and bought a house in the space of 2 years.

Yes, I like fairy stories as well!

ILW

Jimmy_31 wrote: »

Thats kinda like what im doing, it takes a lot longer than a couple of years to get a deposit together though.

With no outgoings, you should be able to save up 10 grand in no time.

JayBrun

OptionARMAGEDDON wrote: »

Whoever plays around with suggesting eugenics for all those past working age gets my vote.

Eugenics could be a bit late for many past working age since they've already passed their genes on, for better or worse, to the next generation - whoever they might be.

If you really wanted to improve the genetic make up of the population it would be more appropriate for younger folk who are more likely to breed.

Always a touchy and unpleasant subject at the best of times not least since those subjected to it might not appreciate the criteria used, which could include perceived intelligence and a reasoned, balanced approach and respect to those around them

McKneff

Very few baby boomers bought their houses in their twenties. I was in my late thirties before I bought my council house just before the right to buy came in.

You young 'uns want it all and you want it now, no matter what the cost, well you cant bloody well have it now, save up for it instead of clubbing it etc and letting the capitalists charge you £4/£5 for a small bottle of lager,and you smile and say thankk you, youre all nuts to be paying that, get yourselves half of cider and save a fortunre.

Other side of the coin, when my kids were born late 60's early 70's there was no help, not even Child benefit for the first born, if you were out of work or were on a small wage, tough, you had to get on with it, no credit cards either. There was no help from the goverment in those days. Nowadays there is housing benefit, income support, tax credits, etc. etc, etc, the government is throwing money at you now and still us baby boomers are working to fund it. (actually Ive just retired after working 45 out of 47 years) I get half the state pension. full stop.
Good job my OH gets a state pension too.

You don't know youre born these days.
And I happen to believe that for every council house sold there should have been and should be a new one built.

Graham_Devon

I love these arguments.

But one point....it's all well and good having a pop at the younger generation, suggesting we want it all and want it all now, blah de blah.

But who did we we, the youngsters get this attitude from?

Going to upset a few just stating that. But surely we only learn what we are shown and given access to?

Or is it maybe not that we want it all and want it now? I dunno. But you can't continually blame the younger generation, neither can you continually blame the older generation. There just seems to be generational warfare.

The attitude that every youngster is out clubbing it and paying £5 for a lager is no better than the attitude that baby boomers had everything easy. Baby boomers had their day for partying. It was called the 60's. No one ever went drinking at festivals? Could have fooled me....no one ever spent money on entertainment and enjoyment? Strange how the Beatles etc raked in such a fortune.

reweird

Going4TheDream wrote: »

Rewired -please dont make me come round and slap your legs. Why do you feel that younger people staying with their folks is so bad?

I left home at 17, bought a house at 18 as a single mum in the 80's and NEVER went home. However I never wanted to, and never needed to. However, if my girls wanted to come home then home they would come. I have plenty of space, there would be rules, no bringing strange people back and such like and they would have to contribute, to food and bills,maybe £30 - £35 a week. They would have to use the house as a home and that would mean participating in house work, etc.

Why do then consider that living out of mummy and daddys pocket?(or mummys in my case)

Moving out of home and living independently, standing on your own 2 feet builds character and turns a boy into a man. I moved out to go to University at 18. It is just utterly pathetic that we have a generation of children pushing 30 who live at home and have zero concept or hope of being a man.