In praise of the Boomer Generation

[expat]

Older people 'contribute £27bn to society'

-- Telegraph

[BrilloPad]

Just proves how skanky the telegraph is. When any of us raise our children, do we assign a monetary cost to that? I bet most people on here contribute a lot to charities, sponsorships etc.

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

The only solution is a good dose of inflation to even up the field.

[tomtomagain]

Older people 'contribute £27bn to society'

-- Telegraph

But it's mainly in Werthers Originals.

[PurpleGorilla]

Amazing what you can do with your time when you retire early on a final salary pension.

[DimPrawn]

Amazing what you can do with your time when you retire early on a final salary pension.

Retired Police officers. 50 years old, mortgage paid off, final salary pension. Golf, holidays, villa in the sun, eat out every night, nice lie ins every morning.

Are you on target?

[expat]

Amazing what you can do with your time when you retire early on a final salary pension.

This is a contractors' forum. Does YourCo Ltd give you a final salary pension? Mine doesn't.

[DimPrawn]

This is a contractors' forum. Does YourCo Ltd give you a final salary pension? Mine doesn't.

Mine does.

Pity my salary is only min wage.

[PurpleGorilla]

Retired Police officers. 50 years old, mortgage paid off, final salary pension. Golf, holidays, villa in the sun, eat out every night, nice lie ins every morning.

Are you on target?

I'm sure the 1.5hours a week running the bingo at the lodge gives him even more of a feeling of self worth.

[BrilloPad]

I volunteered to help out at the local gynaecological department.

[LondonManc]

I volunteered to help out at the local gynaecological department.

Surely that's only as frustrating as pizza delivery boy?