The Selfish Generation

ramorth

my son is 23 and has bought his own house ( well got a mortgage atleast) he bought it at the age of 20 without any help from us his parents ( cause we couldnt afford to help him)

its not all bad for the younger generation, although i will say it aint great either, but then it aint great for me and his dad either so ....

cotleigh

ruggedtoast wrote: »

And let the other ones eat cake I suppose.

Why provide for complete losers?

ruggedtoast

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

their lives have revolved around providing the best opportunities for us within their means.

Thats what they wanted you to believe yes, but boomers are past masters at deception.

For decades a progressive generational sleight of hand has seen the lions's share of assets transferred to boomers, and a mountain of debt passed to Gen X and Y.


That university degree better be literally worth its weight in gold

ukcarper

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Thats what they wanted you to believe yes, but boomers are past masters at deception.

For decades a progressive generational sleight of hand has seen the lions's share of assets transferred to boomers, and a mountain of debt passed to Gen X and Y.


That university degree better be literally worth its weight in gold

Transferred from whom?

CLAPTON

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Thats what they wanted you to believe yes, but boomers are past masters at deception.

For decades a progressive generational sleight of hand has seen the lions's share of assets transferred to boomers, and a mountain of debt passed to Gen X and Y.

Obviously the reason for the apparent fall in the percentage of X,Y generation being owner occupiers is the influx of young overseas migrants.
The parents of these migrant don't support them in the same way the UK parents support their own.

So it would be better for you to post on overseas forums to encourage these foreigner to help their own youth.

and of course, my best wishes for you to reconcile your situation with your parents : I've sure if you offered to take the bins out occasionally and be helpful round the house, then they would re-instate your pocket money.

ruggedtoast

CLAPTON wrote: »

Obviously the reason for the apparent fall in the percentage of X,Y generation being owner occupiers is the influx of young overseas migrants.
The parents of these migrant don't support them in the same way the UK parents support their own.

So it would be better for you to post on overseas forums to encourage these foreigner to help their own youth.

and of course, my best wishes for you to reconcile your situation with your parents : I've sure if you offered to take the bins out occasionally and be helpful round the house, then they would re-instate your pocket money.

Rude.


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CLAPTON

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Rude.


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do you deny there are immigrants in the age range of X, Y generation?
do you think the UK boomers should buy them houses?
do you think the increased demand from this increase in population causes increased demand which results in increased house prices?

ruggedtoast

CLAPTON wrote: »

do you deny there are immigrants in the age range of X, Y generation?
do you think the UK boomers should buy them houses?
do you think the increased demand from this increase in population causes increased demand which results in increased house prices?

Oh God, this had to come back to xenophobia did it?

CLAPTON

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Oh God, this had to come back to xenophobia did it?

obviously in keeping with your youthful views.

so repeatedly insulting a whole age group is acceptable to you but pointing out how childish that is you find 'rude' : well of course you do.

denying simple economic truths about supply and demand and their effect of price is, I guess ignorant, rather than childish
however denying that most immigrants have foreign parents is truly infantile.

anyway make it up with the parents