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Originally Posted by Stuart
That's the other complaint I think the millenials are justified in. The very same people who had access to relatively well paid jobs, relatively cheap housing are not only the ones telling them off for being lazy and entitled, but in some cases they are also the people who (because they manage large companies who have replaced UK employee with cheaper, outsourced employees or technology) have removed their chances of employment.
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And to top it all off, those who had a free university education along with grants, Housing Benefit etc then pulled the ladder up for those coming after them.
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Originally Posted by jfman
Working til 75. If we are honest about the situation those born in the 1960s sold all the major state assets, built up structural debts and deficits and enjoyed the benefits placing the burden on those born after 1980.
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Well, it wasn't the individuals who did this, it was the Government. There again, it could be argued that it was many of these people who voted for the Governments that did these things.
Edit: I've just been reading that Thatcher made no mention of privatisation in her first manifesto.