| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Not propaganda - just fact! | |
| Posted by: | Jayne Thorburn | |
| Date/Time: | 05/05/26 12:24:00 |
| You paint a rosy picture but there was hardship, wages were tiny a professional would earn £2K per year many earned a lot less. Few people went into higher education the challenge is an increase population of approx 20M since 1950 and growing, during the war thousands of homes were bombed hence the need to build social housing. People didn't travel overseas, holiday was in the UK if you were lucky. There was no tech people washed by hand, most people did not have a subsided mortgage/loans or final salary pension. You may have been one of the lucky ones most people worked hard, saved to buy NOT taking out loans. The world has changed and older generations always think it is harder for the next generation. I remember my mother saying this to her children. I totally agree that over various governments policies have led to huge challenges. Encouraging everyone to go to uni on student loans that in many cases are meaningless it used to be a privilege now its expected. The tide is turning many younger people prefer to go to work and not be saddled with loans. Population growth has & is leading to many more challenges, the welfare bill excluding pensions is just not sustainable. Too many people expect the state to pay for them they didn’t back post war. |