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Ignitionnet · 31-10-2011, 18:37

I trust you feel better after that, clearly a quite sore point!

When an entire generation has so little to look forward to it's not that surprising they look back in anger and envy over the past. They have no prospect of amassing 'credentials' however long and hard they work and they know it. If they're lucky they'll be paying a social landlord and if not they'll be paying on average over 40% of their income towards someone else's mortgage, most likely a member of the older generation who leveraged the massive increase in their own house price to purchase another.

It's rarely summed up better than through all the comments on that story mentioning how people have worked since the age of xxx - at least there was work for them to do which is more than many of our youth can lay claim to.

31-10-2011, 18:37	#85
Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 47 Posts: 13,995	Re: Over 60s Should Be Encouraged To Downsize I trust you feel better after that, clearly a quite sore point! When an entire generation has so little to look forward to it's not that surprising they look back in anger and envy over the past. They have no prospect of amassing 'credentials' however long and hard they work and they know it. If they're lucky they'll be paying a social landlord and if not they'll be paying on average over 40% of their income towards someone else's mortgage, most likely a member of the older generation who leveraged the massive increase in their own house price to purchase another. It's rarely summed up better than through all the comments on that story mentioning how people have worked since the age of xxx - at least there was work for them to do which is more than many of our youth can lay claim to.