My parents have a similar value house. We grew up pretty poor, council house until I was a teen. You know what they did?
Nothing. Just had enough money from below-average paying jobs to buy a house because they were cheap back then.
Ageism should we tolerate it?
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Nothing. Just had enough money from below-average paying jobs to buy a house because they were cheap back then.
But it's not what about me. It's what about those who need it most. Not those who need it the least.
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It's time for the retired to be put into 2 categories - 60s-80 and over 80s. If you are yourself are 75, you have certainly have different opinions, outlook etc than someone in their 90s.
With an aging generation, you get two generations of elderly as people in their late 60s and 70s, are more likely to have parents living now than 20 years ago.
With an aging generation, you get two generations of elderly as people in their late 60s and 70s, are more likely to have parents living now than 20 years ago.
And?
You've admitted that your own house went up for £250k in the last 10 years, so you've far outstripped your parents 'wealth' if there house is only worth circa £285k..
So basically you as the younger generation are earning more than your parents and have amassed more wealth than them, which all sounds good to me.
They don't pay back the loan until they make a certain amount of money.
There were to many people going to university that the qualifications have become next to useless. I knew a guy who had a couple of degrees from university and ended up working at a checkout at B&Q.
I think you're confused at the angle I'm coming from. I'm not saying young people shouldn't have these investments made in them. You're the one talking about restricting things. I'm just pointing out that there as been age discrimination for decades.
I assume your house value increased because of the quality of the surrounding area?
That could happen to someone of any age.
So I guess that all inheritance will be declined by some in this thread and given to the younger people in your family as they need it the most/have it the hardest. 
Also I'm sure some of you that are getting mad are the same people that make way above min wage and low key flexing in the intrest/energy threads and elsewhere on the forum about how much money being they making/paying for their mortage/energy etc.
Also I'm sure some of you that are getting mad are the same people that make way above min wage and low key flexing in the intrest/energy threads and elsewhere on the forum about how much money being they making/paying for their mortage/energy etc.
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Yes we should tolerate it, end of day they ain’t gonna be around forever and what ever they have will be yours.
Yes. Not everyone is about resource scarcity.So I guess that all inheritance will be declined by some in this thread and given to the younger people in your family as they need it the most/have it the hardest.
Edit: I am the youngest just to be clear
My dad left school at 14, whereas I was in full time education until 21, and doing professional qualifications for another 3 or 4 years after that. Not really comparable.
Except despite all that, I actually bought my house for £280k (what their house is worth): if I'd been 10 years younger, I'd only be able to afford the same house as my parents.
And I couldn't buy my house now, even on current earnings.
But I'm fine: it's young people who are ******.
I'm basing my comment based on my personal real word observations in my hometown, my own family circumstance and the people i know who are retired not "feelings". If you look at the stats yes they may come up with something different however this doesnt account for regional diference e/g someone in london whose house is worth £3m because of a postcode compared to someone in Newcastle thats in social housing on statepension.
Just working on the basis that everyone has £x00 thousands of pounds to spend because they are an OAP is amazing short sighted, ignorant and out of touch with reality.
This is aimed at you too @Dis86 since your cupping dlockers balls
But those same trends apply to all age demographics. Just admit you don't know what you're talking about and you're thinking of dlockers nuts.
Exactly this effects every demographic so using a mean or median value for wealth and disposible income for any demographic is pointless as you need more datapoints that x amount of people have y amount of wealth so the average is z.
I assume your response to Gertrude who is in social housing and on state pension, barely making ends meet is "What you complaining about? You should have £500k plus in assets and be ******* the young uns over because the ONS says so"
If you can't tell the nuances in the situation other than an ONS mean or median figure then you have no clue
Explain these nuances and please feel free to provide citations.
They're nice balls. Gargle gargle gargle.
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ASDA offering customers massive discounts - depending on what your job is
The war on food prices is ramping up as Asda joins Iceland in offering big discounts at the tills in an attempt to ease the burden of the worsening cost of living crisis in Britain
www.mirror.co.uk
So much for equality
it's not asda etc giving the discounts out of their own pockets, it's other customers subsidising them.
usually it's not even low paid jobs either... and police discounts... pfft they no where unless it's an internet crime on social media
seems shoplifters are uber low priority as well
key workers should be people on minimum wage only.... why should someone earning 9 quid an hour or whatever subsidise someone who works for the nhs that could be on 100k a year in a management or woke role?
usually it's not even low paid jobs either... and police discounts... pfft they no where unless it's an internet crime on social media
seems shoplifters are uber low priority as well
key workers should be people on minimum wage only.... why should someone earning 9 quid an hour or whatever subsidise someone who works for the nhs that could be on 100k a year in a management or woke role?
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