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Yoof struggling - I think not
moneyinmypocket
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Yoof always moan that they have it hard - give me a break. Every generation has its struggles. Most yoof have grown up with the wonderful Internet and tech booms - learning has never been eaiser - a wealth of knowledge at there finger tips. I don't prescribe to the notion that the yoof of today have it hard.
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They could save up for a house if they wanted - but instead this spolit generation want it all on a plate - holidays beer money sky sub etc never met yoof he couldn't get drunk or who didn't have a smart phone - bunch of slackers0
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Maybe they are saving? Its just the houses are so over priced it takes longer to get a deposit0
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Why are you going to such lengths to make the bullish look stupid?
You don't even achieve that.0 -
moneyinmypocket wrote: »They could save up for a house if they wanted - but instead this spolit generation want it all on a plate - holidays beer money sky sub etc never met yoof he couldn't get drunk or who didn't have a smart phone - bunch of slackers
Did you discuss this at your "Dinner party for morons", sorry I mean "homeowners"?
Not that anyone was there apart from you and your tin of beans cooked in your bedsit.0 -
I know I would have loved to have a digital camera when I was growing up. I do have a handful of old photos which are so good to look back on.0
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Thank you for the replies0
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There are two sides to this argument (the following carries a generalisation warning) :-
Youth has a gripe that houses are relatively more expensive and deposits harder to acquire than for a long time -- fair enough. They also have a gripe that for the first time eons there is the possibility that they may not ever be better off than the generations that immediately preceded them -- fair enough.
On the other hand, they tend not to be willing to wait for anything, they want and expect it all now. Also they are not very good at saving up because they find it difficult to deny themselves anything that they want.No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
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^ very well put - thank you0
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So true, I think my children should have to pay 5000x more for a house than I did because the internet will be faster and they will all have bigger TVs and better phones.Have my first business premises (+4th business) 01/11/2017
Quit day job to run 3 businesses 08/02/2017
Started third business 25/06/2016
Son born 13/09/2015
Started a second business 03/08/2013
Officially the owner of my own business since 13/01/20120 -
Pearcy - we have more rights these days, better equality, more education resources - houses are v affordable at the moment.0
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