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Originally Posted by lewis111
We're not being brainwashed by the left
We're being brainwashed by the right who have all the power thanks to older people not giving a **** about us
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My husband and me were talking about this today (on our 750 mile drive you have to talk about something!)
Many of the baby boomers of the 60s did well from Thatcher policy, especially when it came to buying cheap property. In the 80s, those living on welfare still had the interest on their mortgages paid for by the state and they were watching the value of their homes sour to records never seen before. Many of the elderly today, live in property that cost them £20k and is now worth £500k. In certain areas of London that property is now worth well over a £million. They have a lot to thank the Tories for because these are the people who were able to take early retirement to live in sunny Portugal with no money worries.
My parents like to remind me that they worked hard for what they've got and although I don't doubt that they did, I remind them that no matter how hard equally qualified people work today, they will never have the same opportunities they did, unless they get a healthy inheritance.