[Politics] Are baby boomers taxed enough?

[Mustafa II]

Inspired by

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/news/boomers-tax-pensions-wealth-divide-ifs/

 

[Is it PotG?]

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation - Vladimir Lenin

 

[Icy Gull]

Where is the Feck off option?

 

[portlock seagull]

Racism, class and religion were used to, but why are there so many people trying to start gender and age ‘wars’ these days?

 

[cjd]

Inspired by

Your consistency in being an obnoxious nosey **** on this forum is a wonder to behold.

 

[Live by the sea]

Why should they be taxed more ! Inheritance tax rewards families that have often contributed a lot to the economy .

 

[Mental Lental]

Such a simple solution. Tax ALL the older generation for being old. Ha ha, much trolling. Well done you. You could just increase the level of tax on the rich (who also happen to be old) or god forbid just close the tax evasion loopholes.....Too many grey areas there though aye?

 

[Mental Lental]

Such a simple solution. Tax ALL the older generation for being old and having all the money. Ha ha, much trolling. Well done you. You could just increase the level of tax on the rich (who also happen to be old) or god forbid just close the tax evasion loopholes.....Too many grey areas there though aye?

Replying drunk to your own post is very much de rigueur these days as well by the way.

 

[banjo]

Such a simple solution. Tax ALL the older generation for being old. Ha ha, much trolling. Well done you. You could just increase the level of tax on the rich (who also happen to be old) or god forbid just close the tax evasion loopholes.....Too many grey areas there though aye?

I’m old enough to have a few grey areas.

 

[SAC]

I wouldn't tax people for being over 60 but they do seem to get many more discounts that younger, poorer, people don't.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

First Brexit is a bad idea, now tax baby boomers. I’m liking the new left leaning Telegraph. Much more of this and I’ll need to get my opinions from this instead of The Gaurdian

 

[Blue3]

I am a baby boomer and I think we should pay more tax as long as it’s ring fenced to fund housing for the younger generations

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Baby boomers have had all the benefits of years of disaster capitalism and will suffer none of the consequences. They need tipping upside down and shaking.

 

[Silverhatch]

We should all pay more tax, especially the most wealthy - BUT the issue is that there is no trust in modern government apparatus or policy to spend it wisely.

 

[Mustafa II]

The results of this poll are indicative of why young people are in this hopeless mess.

Simply, the boomers vote, and will never give up their undeserved acquired wealth if they can help it.

The pitchforks are coming though. It's worth finding a solution democratically before things start to get ugly.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Baby boomers have had all the benefits of years of disaster capitalism and will suffer none of the consequences. They need tipping upside down and shaking.

As a baby boomer (just) I am …… all for this. If there has been another needy, greedy, self opinionated and smug generation then I would be very surprised. Great pensions, cheap housing and wages that met expectations, but all the post baby boomers are pathetic because they didn’t play out side or think that ‘love they neighbour’ was funny.
The fact they reaped the rewards of the EU but then voted to leave thus f***ing up their grandkids future about sums them up.

 

[Simster]

As a baby boomer (just) I am …… all for this. If there has been another needy, greedy, self opinionated and smug generation then I would be very surprised. Great pensions, cheap housing and wages that met expectations, but all the post baby boomers are pathetic because they didn’t play out side or think that ‘love they neighbour’ was funny.
The fact they reaped the rewards of the EU but then voted to leave thus f***ing up their grandkids future about sums them up.

This.

Mustafa is right. That generation has a lot to answer for.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Well, you've certainly put forward a case that has absolutely convinced me that a national tax based on age is eminently more sensible than one based on wealth, income or ability to contribute. And I thought that Truss and Kwarteng were stupid, but they obviously managed to get you on board

It's them Boomers that are definitely the ones screwing you over, even the ones that are struggling

 

[Guinness Boy]

Won’t this just be “tax Gen Z” in 30 years?

 

[cjd]

As a baby boomer (just) I am …… all for this. If there has been another needy, greedy, self opinionated and smug generation then I would be very surprised. Great pensions, cheap housing and wages that met expectations, but all the post baby boomers are pathetic because they didn’t play out side or think that ‘love they neighbour’ was funny.
The fact they reaped the rewards of the EU but then voted to leave thus f***ing up their grandkids future about sums them up.

I'm sad you see people who were born post the WW2, viewed like this.

Do you put all of us in the same category...? ( I'm post war etc, I'm a re-mainer ...living in France obviously...) . I pay taxes in the UK .

Seems to me that Mustafa II, would like to encourage a cleansing of my generation akin to the Nazi,s against the Jews. Interesting to note of course, that Hitler having managed to blame a whole society for their own failings have long since realised they were utterly wrong in their assumptions and pandering to those shit stirrers who were just failures in their own life.