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lol, its not my winge personally. Ive moved on long ago, hence my foray into property investment. I decided I was better off to play by the rules of the game, rather than try and change them. My earlier posts about the BB's, (as a generation, not as individuals) was just an observation...

If by complete ignorance you mean I am not a baby boomer so wouldnt know, then yes. If by complete ignorance you mean that the data about the effect baby boomers had on the economy is wrong, thats your opinion. Theres plenty of evidence to show the baby boomers had it pretty easy compared to...

Churches brought us the sabbath, that was the break on a sunday morning. it wasnt the weekend, and it wasnt the 8 hour day. trade guilds prior to industrialisation were tolerated because they were artisans, and part of the upper classes. It was simple protecting their 'capital', or...

I'd disagree, babyboomers started with everything, and got more. Free university, free heathcare, a second income to help buy their house before this was priced in by the market, etc etc

the answer depends on your perspective. Some might say housing is unaffordable to young people today because like in the olden days, just like the company shop increased their prices when wages increased, the market now increases prices when our modern wages increase (or interest rates...

its alot easier now for workers to accumulate capital since unions made the basic wage more than a subsitance income. I congratulate you none the less on your move from worker to capitalist, and eshewing Bali holidays. My comment above re salt mines was obviously tongue in check. There...

um, it wouldnt have a special name like 'sunday trading' if we didnt have the weekend. And the weekend came from the union movement. We would all be stuck down salt mines 16 hours a day 7 days a week otherwise, cept for the hard workers amoungst us who would have saved their money instead...

Im not going to buy into the left right dichotomy, but I saw a cute bumper sticker the other day, ''Unions, from the people that brought you the weekend'' Whether they have now gone to far in their demands, or whether they havent gone far enough, or whether they are no longer relevant...