From CTV News (Bell Media):

“It might seem pretty rare to find a house with an elevator, but chances are higher you might find one in Calgary these days.”

  • Luke@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    The vast majority of boomers are not wealthy. The vast majority of every age demographic are not wealthy.

    Considering something a “rule” that is overwhelmingly contradicted by “exceptions” makes the rule extremely silly to hang on to.

    Generational divisiveness is merely ageism used to distract us from class conscious analysis of issues.

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      3 months ago

      There is a higher percentage of working age people living in poverty than elderly people, yet every year more money is shifted from the working class to the retirement class.

      My father is 65, made over a million from selling the house he bought for 250,000, still collects my mother’s survivor benefits totaling half of her government pension (she died 20 years ago), gets a pension from magna, and next year the government is going to give him an extra 2 grand a month.

      I don’t think any more of my taxes should go to him, don’t you agree?