In 2017, I wrote an (admittedly quite provocative) open letter to Baby Boomers, following an election policy by National to raise the age of entitlement to the…
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Means testing super? So I've paid taxes for 50 years and now they want to take away what's mine? Absolute disgrace. These young journalists have no idea what it's like to work a lifetime for your retirement.
honestly, as a student watching boomers get free money while we drown in debt... yeah nah, means testing makes sense. sorry not sorry
Oh here we go again. Another 'let's pit generations against each other' article. Can't we all just get along? 😤
Means testing is the only fair way. Why should a millionaire get the same as someone who can barely afford rent? Common sense really.
I'm a pensioner and I'd be fine with means testing if it meant the system was sustainable for my grandkids. We can't keep kicking the can down the road.
Blimey, Nadine Higgins still banging on about this? Get a new hobby. Boomers aren't the enemy, bad policy is.
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Just scrap the whole thing and give everyone a basic income instead. Fairer for all.
Interesting read but I reckon most people don't actually understand how super works. They just see 'boomer bad' and lose their minds.
typical young people wanting handouts while we worked our arses off. Get stuffed
lol 'worked your arse off' while buying a house for 2 dollars in 1985?? sit down
Not all boomers are rich mate. My mum is struggling on the pension. Don't paint us all with the same brush.
Yeah, can we please stop the generational war? It's the government's fault, not ours.
Facts. My partner and I have a modest house and savings, we'd happily take less if it helped younger Kiwis.
sorry but basic income is a fantasy. we can barely fund super as it is
lol cope. The system is cooked and you know it.
