• BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    Sounds like they should get an actual job, rather than expecting someone else to pay for their retirement; someone who probably won’t get to retire themselves

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      If it’s their only income source I assume they are retired. If they aren’t, you are absolutely right.

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        Why do we have to sacrifice our future ability to retire and own a house because they bought all the houses and retired first?

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          How are the two related? It’s not a zero sum game, there’s new houses being built all the time.

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            There are studies recently released that show that the people who are buying houses 20 years ago are the same people buying houses today. It is a zero-sum game because nobody else is able to buy a house, especially not if they’re younger.