Question Time Boomers V Gen X/y

[Debbiebegood]

1) The issue of why are the prices of homes so high in the 21st century Britain in the age of sophisticated computers,technology,... is never raised by anyone when confronting these politicians.Ridicoulus.Previous generations including Victorians would laugh at us and watch us in dismay that with all this technology we still rely and cherish the size of Victorian homes.

The very fact that the buyer can only afford 5% deposit only shows how ridicoulusly high are home prices,but sheeple cannot see that.

Not one person from the audience or journalists ever probes the above and bellow facts:

2) In the age of stagnant (and falling) wages, the price of the building work should surely reflect that.

3) The price of land is another issue:land banks owned by developers who time building these homes with increase of house prices.

(At least this issue was mentioned at QT).

4) Endless government subsidies to banks and developers increase house prices.

Each time the government anounces a new subsidy,the developer increases prices often by 10% at least.

5) New homes are shodilly built both from outside and inside,and they are rabbit hatches,smallest in the western world.

6) If the government really wants to "help hardworking people" (they are taking a p**s at us because they know that we will have to work really hard and still be unable to pay off the mortgage in our lifetime) - they should lend money directly to people at 0.25% (banks get it at that rate through FLS) and NOT at 5% (what banks lend on average,forget about the introductory rate which last for only 2 years).

[campervanman]

1) The issue of why are the prices of homes so high in the 21st century Britain in the age of sophisticated computers,technology,... is never raised by anyone when confronting these politicians.Ridicoulus.Previous generations including Victorians would laugh at us and watch us in dismay that with all this technology we still rely and cherish the size of Victorian homes.

The very fact that the buyer can only afford 5% deposit only shows how ridicoulusly high are home prices,but sheeple cannot see that.

Not one person from the audience or journalists ever probes the above and bellow facts:

2) In the age of stagnant (and falling) wages, the price of the building work should surely reflect that.

3) The price of land is another issue:land banks owned by developers who time building these homes with increase of house prices.

(At least this issue was mentioned at QT).

4) Endless government subsidies to banks and developers increase house prices.

Each time the government anounces a new subsidy,the developer increases prices often by 10% at least.

5) New homes are shodilly built both from outside and inside,and they are rabbit hatches,smallest in the western world.

6) If the government really wants to "help hardworking people" (they are taking a p**s at us because they know that we will have to work really hard and still be unable to pay off the mortgage in our lifetime) - they should lend money directly to people at 0.25% (banks get it at that rate through FLS) and NOT at 5% (what banks lend on average,forget about the introductory rate which last for only 2 years).

They can get away with all the above because of the title of this thread.

[AvidFan]

As already stated on this thread, the age demographic was 30 or under and 60 or older. I suggest this was a battle between the boomer generation and generation Y. Generation X was nowhere to be seen. As per the original naming of Generation X - they called them that because they didn't know what Gen X would be responsible for in society. Left out in the cold again.

Edited November 22, 2013 by AvidFan

[R K]

As already stated on this thread, the age demographic was 30 or under and 60 or older. I suggest this was a battle between the boomer generation and generation Y. Generation X was nowhere to be seen. As per the original naming of Generation X - they called them that because they didn't know what Gen X would be responsible for in society. Left out in the cold again.

Good to see you post AF. You've been very much missed.

I apologise profusely for using Gen X/Y in my thread title. I have absolutely no idea where the boundaries are and since they're a media invention could care even less to be honest.

It seemed to me like this was your bog standard elite 'divide and rule' tactic. A contrived set up of a confrontation between boomers and 'younger people' to divert attention from the real issue - The elite themselves. It's all garbage. Most so called 'boomers' were anti-establishment hippies in the 60s/70s or the tail end were early punks. About as anti-establishment in their time as you could get. The whole 'boomer' v young people is complete garbage to avoid the rich v poor debate which has nothing to do with age, that's just a correlation in some cases, not a causality.