Seniors don't want to give up money for younger gen: poll
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My son made more money in his first job than I did in my last job. My daughter wasn't far behind.
What money should I give up? This whole premise is haywire.
I have no problems giving my money to my kid. I do have problems with giving my money to somebody else's kid.
They're basing it on housing prices and revenue increases.
Basically, younger families make $3,000 more per year (adjusted for inflation), but house prices are 76% higher.
And yours is the STUPIDEST! :lol:
Yeah, I wonder how many of the generation who are whining started out working for $1 an hour, two weeks annual holidays, NO stress leave, very little sick leave, no maturnity leave, 10 minute coffee breaks, no flex shifts. :lol:
Exactly. The OP reveals a really stupid poll, whoever ran the poll needs to ask important questions or get a real job and create wealth.
They're basing it on housing prices and revenue increases.
Basically, younger families make $3,000 more per year (adjusted for inflation), but house prices are 76% higher.
Oh yeah! I remember when these and many other 'intitlements' these whiners take for granted were merely a gleam in someone's eye. They have no idea how folks like Tommy Douglas put themselves out on a limb for public ridicule to champion causes like this and how many union strikes etc., it took to get these and many other of the benefits these whiners are acccessing on a daily basis as if they simply grew on the trees in their neighbourhood.
This Kershaw clown is sitting in his vastly over-priced condo with leaking windows making these idiotic comparisons as though they're generic across the land. There have been real estate spikes for every generation and usually a lot more than one or two. I remember well mortage rates in the double digits with no deflection of blame for having made a bad business decision and crying on anyones shoulder being comletely out of the question.
Hey Kershaw; your students can't afford a condo in downtown Vancouver; well tell 'em to rent a walk-up but, if they just have to have a little house and white picket fence to go along with the lease car and two cel-phones with minutes paid by credit cards, tell 'em move to PEI instead of enabling the little darlings to think of someone else being at fault.
There is one aspect of "seniors" today out of fairness should be put into perspective. The plight of the seniors today is far less than that of the seniors of 25 years ago. They went through a depression and a War, where as the seniors of today did benefit from 4 decades of good times where jobs were availalbe. BUT that is no reason to start accusing them of greed. The ones today in their 40s who are whining have also had a couple of decades of "milk and honey". :lol:
No one gets to choose when they are born. I missed the housing boom in my area by about 5 years; no sense in crying bout it. Make the best of what you got; in other words grow a pair and enjoy life.
I'm fine, myself. But there are people who are struggling because of the economic landscape.
This is not a discussion about greed, it's a discussion about need and we have to accommodate the parties that need it more.
This is also a discussion about practicality, planning for the future and the best use of funds... Regardless of the generation in question or the economic clime, accountability and sustainability must be at the forefront of this discussion.
We don't need to accommodate those who are less well off, we need to give them the opportunity to improve their situation; handing them money doesn't do them any long-term favours.
sounds bad until you realized everything cost a quarter back then..
hey maybe you want to live in one of those socialist systems where profits aren't king... but here in our capitalist system time is money, less vacation for our workers the more we produce, the more our rich continue to get richer...
there are people who still get no more than 2 weeks vacation time (depending on the job of course)
much less to get stressed about back then
much less to get sick about back then :lol:
irrelevant, as women didn't even work ..
waaaaaaah
Read an article by an estate lawyer - mother in the Hospitial - Kids thought she was going to kick the bucket. Mother recovers, comes home and sees all her belongings with price listings on them.
Many are so deep in debt they are waiting for the Parent to kick off and they cash in.
Guy i know will not do any repairs - upgrades on his house. Waiting for momma to kick off. She is 96. The other year he put on a new roof and a few improvements. We wondered about her health.
Lots of people in debt, waiting for the parent to kick and they cash.
Always said it was the worst money you ever get.
When I think of selfish (and entitlenent) I think of 20 somethings not 70 somethings. They younger generation wants everything the older more mature indiviuals have without wanting to put in the work and labour required to get it.