{"id":82428,"date":"2018-03-11T07:01:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T00:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/letters-in-praise-of-prudence-and-thrifty-baby-boomers\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T08:02:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:02:59","slug":"letters-in-praise-of-prudence-and-thrifty-baby-boomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/letters-in-praise-of-prudence-and-thrifty-baby-boomers\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: in praise of prudence and thrifty baby boomers"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nValues of waste not, want not and frugality make the baby-boomer savings what they are todaySpit-soaked feathers lay all over the breakfast table as I was accused by Phillip Inman that I,\u00a0and many others of my age group, were \u201cin pursuit of the holy grail of wealth\u201d (\u201cBoomers\u2019 mania for saving leads to economic madness\u201d, Business).In addition, we are held responsible for \u201cwanting to keep saving even as they move into their 80s and 90s\u201d. How dare we? Such irresponsible behaviour! We must be\u00a0ashamed of ourselves. Or are we? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Values of waste not, want not and frugality make the baby-boomer savings what they are...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-lru","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44267,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/baby-boomers-bash-back-with-facts-of-life-in-work-and-retirement-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":82428,"position":0},"title":"Baby boomers bash back with facts of life in work and retirement | Letters","date":"February 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Philip Inman\u2019s article (Baby boomers, pay your dues, 14 February) ignores some important facts. First, the baby boomer generation inherited one of the highest levels of public debt in British history: 240% of GDP, following the war. They got that down to under 32% by the 1990s. The fact\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":99936,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/1-in-3-baby-boomers-say-college-debt-still-stands-in-the-way-of-saving-for-retirement\/","url_meta":{"origin":82428,"position":1},"title":"1 in 3 baby boomers say college debt still stands in the way of saving for retirement","date":"October 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Across all generations, Americans are delaying saving for retirement and purchasing a home because of their student debt, according to a new report.\u00a0\r \r Source : cnbc.com\r Read more...1 in 3 baby boomers say college debt still stands in the way of saving for retirement","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44768,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/baby-boomers-dont-deserve-to-be-punished-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":82428,"position":2},"title":"Baby boomers don\u2019t deserve to be punished | Letters","date":"February 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I was incensed when I read Phillip Inman\u2019s article Baby boomers, pay your dues (14 February). I am shocked at the bad feeling and bad publicity towards pensioners in the media. 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