In praise of the Boomer Generation

[vetran]

I volunteered to help out at the local gynaecological department.

Brillo no luck on Tinder?

[BrilloPad]

Brillo no luck on Tinder?

I thought I would just find a woman I hate and buy her a house.

[unixman]

The children of the baby boomers children will still end up far less well off than them.

Until they inherit the lot.

[PurpleGorilla]

Until they inherit the lot.

There won't be anything left after care services are paid for.

[DimPrawn]

There won't be anything left after care services are paid for.

Brochure of DIGNITAS

[expat]

There won't be anything left after care services are paid for.

There speaks the Gimme Generation.

Boomers worked all their lives starting out from Post-WW2 austerity and ruin, to build a peaceful and prosperous world. In the process they paid for their parents' pensions and their children's education. Now all we hear is "you've got it all, and we want it from you without working for it".

Spoiled brats!

[PurpleGorilla]

There speaks the Gimme Generation.

Boomers worked all their lives starting out from Post-WW2 austerity and ruin, to build a peaceful and prosperous world. In the process they paid for their parents' pensions and their children's education. Now all we hear is "you've got it all, and we want it from you without working for it".

Spoiled brats!

The rising cost of care provision has to be paid for. Given boomers have most of the money, doesn't it make sense to tax that wealth? Or should the poor fund the needs of the wealthy?

[PurpleGorilla]

In praise of the Boomer Generation

"Relative to average earnings in society at the time, the baby buster generation could be around 25% less wealthy at age 65 than the baby boomers in terms of total accumulated housing, pension and other financial wealth."

http://www.pwc.co.uk/economic-servic...-boomers.jhtml

[expat]

The rising cost of care provision has to be paid for. Given boomers have most of the money, doesn't it make sense to tax that wealth? Or should the poor fund the needs of the wealthy?

And then there will be nothing left; not because Boomers have spent it all but because you have taxed it all! But don't let that stop you whinging about the logical consequences of your policies.

[PurpleGorilla]

And then there will be nothing left; not because Boomers have spent it all but because you have taxed it all! But don't let that stop you whinging about the logical consequences of your policies.

So what is the logical thing to do to fund care costs? Get generation bust to pay for it? Or just pop it on the tick like mummy and daddy?