Completely agree. Everywhere you go the boomers are out in force. Went to Dublin last week and you couldn't move for grey hairs living it up with all the money the government continue to bribe them with. Like you - I'm all for a pension, but not the social life that goes with it at times.
I did one of the you gov daily polls yesterday and the results were very strongly for or in favour of the triple lock but there was no age group break down.
You do realise many boomers vote Labour, Liberal, Greens too don’t you. If you think people of a certain age vote tory because of their age, you are kidding yourself, its historical. Most people wer wedded to a party through life chance and opportunity. Older people are more likely to vote though I’d guess, as with age comes understanding. I think we might well experience a period of Labour being in power more as the generations move forward and others slip off the register. I was more against the older generation and thought I knew best, I learned through age and life experience that in my 20’s i knew feck all, my 30’s i began to realise about priorities and life planning, in my 40’s i was morphing into my father, at 50 i began to really understand the need for planning and wished I had listened more when i was younger.
Compared to this generation you did. Don't think anyone is saying it was easy but you could achieve a lot with a bit of graft, that's impossible for a lot of the younger generation now.
I am sure you will find lots of pensioners without too. I guess you wont want to feel hard work allows you to have a comfortable life over 65? Do you think older people don’t deserve a break away, only younger people? You afforded the trip, why not older people too. Ah yes, I think i called out your ageist approach before, when your older, and i hope you make it, you’ll maybe have become educated to wanting to be treated as an equal by the generations before you. You do not do your generation any favours with comments like that.
Isn’t the U.K. average pensioner income 15k? Hardly luxury is it?
It's probably worth noting that nano made a couple of ridiculous sweeping statements. Boomers call younger generations lazy and that boomers have had everything handed to us on a plate.
I'm the same age as you are Col. I was there working. I was pointing out just how condescending towards young folk your point about uni students was.
This is a big part of the problem because you don't see it but you have (as a group, not necessarily as individuals). If you bought a house, which 80% of over 65s have then you have benefited from house price increases. You might not have been given the money directly but wealth among that demographic has increased massively to the point those assets are now unaffordable for the following generations. 25 years ago fewer than 1 in 10 35-45 year olds were renting, these days it is 3 in 10 and it's only heading in one direction. If the trend persists into the future then we'll be at 50% before long and the majority of people won't own their homes.
I don’t know, it will vary there will be those better off and those not i suspect the haves will be fewer than the have nots, particularly amongst females due to child raising and home making reasons. I read somewhere that a single person retiring on a moderate lifestyle would need around £25K. I think the basic minimum was something like £13K which is well below the state pension payment. People like Dybuk probably think older people should just sit at home and wait for Sainsburys to deliver their shopping and watch TV and be grateful... till time catches up with him of course, then it’ll be different.
You’ve made ageist comments about older people before. what is condescending about agreeing uni students should get free education btw, or do you mean the the bit about the social life that goes with it at times comment. (Note the at times element if so). I spend time in Cambridge and York and the students are usually out in force having a good time, nowt wrong with that at all btw, my comment was that shouldn’t be covered by grants or state loans. If you find that condescending, then thats your view, I’m happy with my view ta.
Another one that thinks it's perfectly reaqsonable for Col to say he doesn't agree with students having a social life but has a go at me saying the same thing about older people. You see how biased you are?
Do I find it condescending that you don;t agree with young folk going out but get all uppity if the exact same thing is said about old folk - yeah I do. Ta
