UnSubRocky wrote on Nov 17
th, 2016 at 6:33pm:
How can you be a "baby boomer" and a victim? Are not baby boomers the most privileged of the Australians?
Yes we did have it easy.
No first home owners grants.
18% interest rates
No child care rebates
No baby bonus
We had jobs and we worked and saved
We had children and stayed at home to raise them, not fob them off to some child care center.
Our houses were cheap, around $150,000.00
But the annual income for a professional was around 18-20K
We did with second hand cars, fixed them ourselves and bought parts from wreckers.
We purchased houses we could afford and upgraded as our income allowed.
We purchased furniture from the Sallies and did it up.
I became quite good are restoration and plumbing and electrical work.
Overseas holidays wee for the rich and famous, we made do with camping at Foster, and for the first 10 years I worked my holiday beak to save a deposit for our first home.
Eating out was fish and chips or Maccas, no fancy restaurants for us.
Once a year we had our anniversary, our one night out, it cost about 1/2 a weeks wage.
Yep, we had it easy.
But they were good years and I would not swap them for the GIMME GIMME GIMME youth of today.