Seniors don't want to give up money for younger gen: poll
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They are? The exception seems to be a pretty major chunk of the population.
All 6 of my nieces and nephews went to school, and live on their own with careers or are finishing degrees.
I had fine marks when in highschool in the fifties, but there is no way I could ever have gone to university, didn't
even give it a second thought, far too expensive, and not a student loan in sight, no such thing, therefore
I left school and settled for office work, secretarial etc.
If I hadn't decided to marry, then I could have saved and possibly gone to night school.
The point is: university was not available for the average middle class person, and especially me who
was at home with a mother who worked, a divorced mom.
My grandson as we speak is going thru a job shop program, and has been picked to participate in an
apprentice program in the construction trade, and he's hoping to specialize later on and become an
electrician. He graduated last spring, and this opportunity allows him to make the transition from school
into the work force. He is at the genius level with school marks, but very quiet and finds it difficult
to just go out there and do it, this course helps him in that respect.
Just as I couldn't, he can't go to university because of finances not being available, so he is making
this effort to move forward.
When our daughters were growing my husband worked two jobs for some time so that we could afford to
buy a house and also raise our kids 'right'.
We don't owe an opology to anyone ever, for the kind of life we had and are having. 'One should never
generalize' on subjects like this, it is inconsiderate and inaccurate, there are all kinds of people who
are greedy and take take take, and those who manage within their means, and each generation will have
all of the types of humans there is, and life will continue with the gimmie, gimmie, lazy lazy and the
hard workers, and we have no control over anything else, so the whining should be to the government, not
to people like ourselves and most others.
When we pass on, our daughters will divide up our assets from our estate which will help them as they
move thru life. We have never been wealthy, but did work hard to build a house, took a long time, but
we got it done, should we feel guilty because we had a house of our own, give me a break.
We can't do anything about 'how' life was during our lifetime, and neither can anyone else, during theirs.
That is the way the cards are dealt, suck it up and figure it out, just like we had to, and many before
us.
Sure, but you can take an honest look at how things are now and realize that maybe, just maybe, the government squandered the taxes people paid in the past and those people need to be willing to accept cuts to the benefits they have.
The tax money wasn't saved by the government. It was spent on the premise that there would be more than enough tax money in the future to pay for everything, but--lo, and behold--there isn't enough money. Demanding that all the programs for seniors paid for by current tax payers stay the same is just being ignorant to the way things are now and playing dumb to the fact that the government already spent the tax dollars of the past.
We have to get our fiscal house in order - Clawback on pensions are set at a high rate of income, civil service pensions are higher than the private sector, wages as well. Medicare has to change but no one has the balls to start.
3 words you are going to keep hearing for the next few years. Infrastructure, infrastructure and infrastructure.
By the time I retire, I figure the CPP will have completely folded. Actually, I figure it will probably come to an end long before that.
11. Freedom from incessant whining. :lol:
Oh yeah, and just exactly what is it the youngsters are doing for the seniors besides running up bills? :lol::lol::lol::lol:
I see we are getting some more of our friend "Bob and Weave"! :lol:
Bob and weave :lol:
Actually if anyone is to blame for the way things are in the country today, it's not the average lunch bucket toting wage slave, but two rather affluent fellows by the names of Trudeau and Mulroney! :lol:
Not on my behalf...................how many times do people like myself and Bear have to keep repeating the same stuff for you to get it through your head?
And you don't?
No, I don't agree with that, at least Mulroney. The GST was quite the cash cow for a while. From the numbers I saw, the reason our patrons on Parliament Hill are running a deficit is because they slashed it. Chretien was running a surplus for a good many years until the sponsorship scandal got the conservatives in power. Apparently hemorrhaging money is what the current Conservatives think a government should do.
Every generation wanted more from the Govt - Trudeau to Mulrooney - all gave us a huge debt. Guess you never voted for a wining Govt during that period? Or did you?
No. I voted for Clark in the first election I was able to vote in. My only reason was that he wanted to balance the budget. After that, I couldn't in all consciousness vote in any election until Manning came along (I think I may have voted for an independent in one election). I would have voted Liberal to keep Chretien/Martin in power (when they were producing balanced budgets) if it would have made a difference but Monte Solberg was winning our riding by a country mile.
All you seem to be repeating is that you think people are stupid. I'm sure we all get that.
perk definition
- n.
an extra financial benefit; a monetary inducement or reward. (From perquisite. See also benies.) : I don't get paid much, but the perks are good.
I'd take a close look at those "balanced budgets"!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone can balance a budget when they transfer some of the bills for someone else to pay. :lol::lol::lol::lol:
And of course no one in your family ever benefited from the Govt spending more than they had. Would that be correct? Of course it would not be correct - More than enough blame to go around.