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Or maybe let people lead their lives as they see fit.
We'll said, the housing market is broken and everyone knows it, forcing people to buy homes (and pay a huge mortgage for 25 years just so you can then sell it to pay for your OAP care) is not the answer. It is however the answer as far as everyone else who does own a home is concerned, turkeys don't vote for Xmas and the market has to keep going and prices have to keep rising or the country is fecked!Or maybe let people lead their lives as they see fit.
maybe future housing planning should be given as lectures to recruits in cranwell / halton? get it in their heads while they're still young?
I bought my first house when I was 28. Since then I have bought, renovated to some extent them sold 6 more houses with the 7th in the pipeline...Ive done alright out of it but this new found wealth won't change me *puts down leg of roast swan* I'm just the same person I've always been *dismisses man-servant with look of disdain*.
Or maybe let people lead their lives as they see fit.
Absolutely fine with that theory, as long as they don't expect the state to put a roof over their head, like my former RN colleague seemed to think was his God-given right.
I see my first (and main) priority of being a husband and a father is to ensure my wife and kids have a roof over their heads, heating when they need it, hot and cold water and food in their bellies. This is my job - not the state's.
Brand new cars, foreign holidays, the latest smartphones and designer clothes come further down the list once rule one has been well and truly met.
maybe future housing planning should be given as lectures to recruits in cranwell / halton? get it in their heads while they're still young?
Whilst planning ahead for the future is fantastic advice and what the majority have done, there is a major problem in society.
The current generation of youngsters are the first to be worse off than their parents and events like this are likely to become more prevalent:
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/feb/13/pensioners-now-20-a-week-better-off-than-working-households
For me the big problem is the bloated housing market which has forced prices up well above inflation, the rise of buy to let and people refusing to downsize has priced many youngsters out of the housing market.
I think if I were to have kids now I would encourage them to seek full time work at the earliest opportunity and encourage them to use the OU or do night classes if they want additional qualifications.