[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Hugh

But again, I think if we spent our children's future (and this all seems to be based on property prices), we (mostly) spent it on our children (ungrateful wretches ).

I have never used my property to get a larger mortgage to buy something other than moving to the next property (and that only twice) as my family got bigger, and will leave that property (or whatever I am living in at the time) to my children.

I was left nothing from my parents (because they had nothing to leave), and have paid more taxes and spent more on my kids upbringing and education that was ever spent by my parents - new definition of "spending the kid's future" I haven't come across before, methinks.

Anyhoo, a review of the The Pinch from the Grauniad shows (imho) perhaps it's not that simple. The problem in the future (everyone living longer and requiring pensions to be paid for longer, and the associated healthcare costs) was ignored by all politicians of all generations, and when the current lot try to do something to sort it out, they are cried down by all generations.

Man up, move on......

Update - just read i's post above mine, and we appear to be in (mostly) violent agreement.

same here all my dad left was the Bill
since then ive squandered every thing on my kids [i must be a right swine ]