But doesn't his generation have this sense of entitlement because they were brought up by the baby boomers that actually did get everything for nothing by stealing money from the future?
At what age am I allowed my own space?
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But doesn't his generation have this sense of entitlement because they were brought up by the baby boomers that actually did get everything for nothing by stealing money from the future?
Everyone is taxed the same yo!
Absolutely this
and what another great opportunity for me to post one of my favourite articles yet again!
Dig in and suck it up son!!
And on the other side of the coin...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28296536
The solution is simple, don't live in stinky London
The solution is simple, don't live in stinky London
And the rest of the country where prices have increased almost every year for the last 30 years?
My boss constantly goes on at us younguns about how we should be buying a house and doing it up... Problem is he did it 20+ years ago, now there are a lot fewer doer uppers (my parents used to do this as well) and house price to salary ratio has gone through the roof, even outside of London.
Edit: it's certainly still possible to buy a house when you're young (outside of London) but it's significantly harder than it was for the baby boomers. Unfortunately they're too busy complaining about the disappearance of their final salary pension to realise...
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Yes. 25% no matter what you earn would be awesome.
Instead it is the wrong way round; your incentive to work hard and acquire currency is to pay 45% of it in tax.... whereas if you are lazy and don't do anything, the government gives you a minimum of £75 a week.
Then they wonder why the rich dodge tax...maybe they don't like where it goes?
Corporate tax is so small in difference anyway. Basic rate 20% and main rate is 21%.
I got on the housing ladder by receiving an embarrassingly large heap of money from a grandparent. There's no way I could ever have afforded a deposit on a house without it. Seems the only way to get on the ladder these days is to either live rent-free with the parents for years, or be a jammy git like myself with wealthy and generous relatives. I'm now invested in the housing market, but I can't wait for it to collapse. I'm a pinko at heart really.
I'm in the same position except my money came half from a grandparent and half from my mother passing away and leaving a lump behind that was to go to me. I don't know if, when I have children, they will have the same opportunity.
TBH I'm one of the lucky few that could afford to buy a house on my own too (although not in London). That doesn't mean I don't understand why the majority can't though.
I've said it before, I don't think you can blame people leaving university over the last few years for wanting some of what they were promised when they made the decision to embark on the journey 10+ years ago. If you're going to criticize a bunch of people for going with the crowd when they were 17 years old instead of learning a trade or starting their own business then I hope you have a verifiable history of only making good decisions.