Oh dear. It’s baby boomer bashing time again. I can’t help but think that some of these journalists write their articles just for the click-bait headlines. This time Troy Bramston’s headline is For nation’s sake, boomer self-interest must end (It’s behind a pay wall – sorry – but here’s a quote.) “There has never been…
I’m a baby boomer, born in that particularly fecund period after Word War II and before The Pill made its impact in the 1960s. As such, I’ve more than once been critical of articles in the news criticising me and my compatriots for the apparent largesse of government policy with regard to pension entitlements, health…
Those Baby Boomers are at it again! It’s nothing short of unconscionable! A report in this morning’s Australian newspaper trumpeted that “Seniors aged over 70 are spending $1bn of their children’s inheritance each year by cashing out equity in their homes through reverse mortgages, according to a report from credit reporting company Illion.” Dearie, dearie…
It seems it’s baby boomer bashing time again. Apparently us old farts are increasingly a drain on the national purse. We don’t pay tax and we want pensions and healthcare. All those poor young people earning wages and paying tax right now are forking out for us. We’re an undeserving burden. And we shouldn’t come…