Subj : Re: New to this
To   : Dmxrob
From : boraxman
Date : Sat Apr 26 2025 02:11 am

On 25 Apr 2025 at 10:43a, Dmxrob pondered and said...
 
 Dm> BY: boraxman (21:1/101)
 Dm> On Saturday,April 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM, Boraxman (21:1/101) wrote:
 Dm> 
 Dm> b> My mum is a Boomer, and she said people can just "Scrimp and Save" like
 Dm> b> she did.  I asked her how long it took to pay off the mortgage.  We gre
 Dm> As someone who is "older" now (50s) statements like that piss me off. 
 Dm> It is amazing how people 20 years older than I am think the world hasn't
 Dm> changed since 1955.  They don't realize, or want to acknowledge, how
 Dm> many government programs and aid they had in their day, compared to what
 Dm> Gen X and beyond got - which was squat. 
 Dm> 
 Dm> This attitude nowadays of "I got mine, and screw you" is prevelant with
 Dm> so many people of that generation, and others.  They feel the younger
 Dm> generation should shoulder all the burden of society and taxes while
 Dm> they amass even more wealth. I'm very much against that, and believe
 Dm> that EVERYONE - I don't care your age - should pay in to taxes, etc.  I
 Dm> don't support "senior tax freeze" nonsense.  Why should young families
 Dm> have to "scrimp" to pay for services you are using while you have more
 Dm> than enough assets to pay for own?
 Dm> 
 Dm> 

I will say that with my mum, its just more naivety than greed.  She has helped me, and as far as I know, doesn't have any desire to continue to profit at the expense of the next generation.  

There is something about that cohort where they just seem to act as if now that they've gone through, they call pull up everything behind them, and liquidate it all.

There is a Greek saying, that goes "Society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit".  Many older Australians live to the exact opposite of that ethos, that their mandate is to wring all they can that is left out of society.  Sadly, I've known a few Gen X'ers who think that they deserve the right to do that.  The "I've worked hard all my life!" argument to justify having everything go your way is just pathetic...  You ALREADY got paid.  Nothing is left owing.

The *FACT* that they obtained a house with a yard, supported a family,  were still able to send their kids to Uni, etc, with middle class, even blue collar jobs, shows that it wasn't has hard as they claim.  Objective evidence speaks for itself, and overrides peoples claims. I *know* a man could buy a nice three bedroom house, raise a family, educate his children, in a decent suburb with a basic middle class, or working class job because that is what I was surrounded by when I grew up.

 Dm> b> 
 Dm> b> Anyway, I've ranted enough.  I just think this issue is even bigger tha
 Dm> b> most people think it is.
 Dm> 
 Dm> It is... and getting worse .
 Dm> 

We're in for some big trouble...

By the way, I did once work a job where I took complaints and queries about consumer products.  The older people had the greatest sense of entitlement, by far.  A friend who worked in a financial services company, taking calls, had the same feedback.

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