Piorot, are you a candidate for this years Turing prize ?

"But they were all deceived" - As his Mentor Howard explained to young Tony it is easiest to hit them [the chattering class] when they are too busy chattering so The Mad Monk "threw the pensioners overboard" by muting these nasties while edging in the "Grandfather Rules", just before The Murray Report would have had to explain what was going on.

So with the help of BigSuper screaming out "beware of the D Word" TMM cleaned up $10 billion pa from the Age Pension Account with as Murray said "the old folk shivering in their boots and leading a frugal life", BELIEVING what they were told about Grandpa.

It is just so easy when people do not think [as Hitler pointed out]

rehctub, "The next thing governments will address is to stop those who retire at 55, spend their super on trips, cars, motor homes, boats etc, then claim the pension at age 65. ..It's just a shame that these spend thrift adventures are actually spending the kids inheritance, meaning most of them will then be reliant on the pension as well"

Maybe you are unthinkingly spreading a wee bit of disinformation aimed at fostering intergenerational jealousy with that one.

For many years through recreational interests I have been encountering what are now called 'grey nomads' (an advertiser's invention to stereotype). I can remember similar folk back in my late teens when the girlfriend and I toured with just a hikers tent and the old 4X4. The greatest majority always had interests similar to my own, to find and care for beautiful places, preferably away from the herd, or at least if there are others they know how to behave.

For some years we have noted among them a significantly higher proportion of elderly folk who could not afford to keep and maintain the family home in which they raised their family. User pays, higher local government taxes, higher insurance, homes requiring expensive trades repairs, noted loss of physical abilities and so on all conspire against them.

Shortsighted government policies do not support the established wisdom of assisting the aged to remain independent in their home of a lifetime, in their familiar surroundings.

tbc..

contd..

The opportunist advertisers and feckless talking heads on The Box build the image of thousands of well-to-do self-supporting Boomers (another misleading advertisers' categorisation) spending up big on themselves and living the wild life of Riley, while spending their children's inheritance. Doubtless some grey nomads say the same with tongue in cheek.

The truth is otherwise, the greatest majority are the poorly educated working class who ceaselessly strived all of their lives to pay off a home, all of the time eschewing any leisure and entertainment for themselves to support family and home.

For many the only trade down in abode they could afford was the secondhand Toyota minibus or Jayco caravan and 'free camping' to pay for the fuel.

In all honesty they are actually saving the government money while they remain capable of taking care of themselves.

What is it about Australians that we have allowed ourselves to become such judgmental minders of others backyards? It seems to be a national pastime encouraged by the awful political correctness that has become systemic and pervades society.

We really shouldn't suspend our own critical judgement while swallowing the spin of politicians, columnists and entrepreneurs who foster intergenerational jealousy, wedge politics, while serving their own secondary agendas.

Bazz,

"Piorot, are you a candidate for this years Turing prize ?"

That one is getting quite stale.

It's about time you accessed some new material, I reckon.

Never mind Poirot, it is an oldie but a good one.
It is an annual event and it gets to the point.