Is there any sense in being ageist?

There are some who say that the boomer generation has used all the money up and there won’t be any left for them. It is daft! Money circulating is a constant thing, as is taxation, so there’s still money flowing in the system.

What needs to be done is brown fields sites of old industrial buildings if possible needs to be built on with the necessary infrastructure. New housing projects need to be developed with lots of social housing where you become a tenant of the city authority. It is the start point for people to get on the housing ladder.

Government finds excuses not to do this. They are not providing according to the needs of their constituents and people. They are failing in their duty to do the right thing for them.

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jehova · 36-40, M

While i am ageist to some extent. For me it boils down to tax evasion and eliteism (crowding out of affordable opportunity by established players (usually post childbearing and rearing age; and increasingly post retirement age players, too!) such that the next generation's opportunities are limited and not affordable. We need future workers\citizens that grew up in good quality conditions.
Is it ageism to recognize that the affordable market options have been geared toward the "boomer" generation for their entire life?
The next generation cannot even afford rent let alone a mortgage bc the immediately post ww2 generation continue to refuse to retire.
Im not anti ageing. Im pro reality? I believe in affordable options for the next generation of child rearing families. Should society only cater to the retired? I dont think so. But it seems to.
Its why birth rates are down. There are few affordable options for the next generation of parents. Instead affordable opportunities are being constructed for Trumps' age bracket.
Wtf! Why have kids at all if to raise them in worse conditions than i was (as a parent) were raised in. Im waiting for the "cemetary boom" until i have kids. And im Not joking!