Our ever-morphing thoughts on money
December 8th 2007 00:46
I recently came across the disturbing prediction that Gen Y will the first generation in history to be poorer than its parents. I mean I know there's a first time for everything but gees, there are better things to be first to have done. With this discontenting outlook in mind, I decided to find out just how important this currency stuff is to my peers who seem destined to not have too much of it.
Well whatever our views on money now, it seems in our earlier days a fair few of us thought we could do without money altogether. Our solution to poverty was that you went to work and in return you were allowed to take what you needed. We didn't understand the international monetary system and didn't understand why, if money had to exist, there couldn't just be one, universal currency. Surly that would solve all economic worries and we were going to write in to our nation's top dog and inform them and they were going to be over the moon about our suggestion and we would be hailed a hero.
Well, none of that happened as we're now rather concerned about money... mainly because we don't have enough, and a job seems to be solely equated with money.
Remember, 2 in 5 of us don't think we will ever own our own house due to the cost and rising interest rates aren't doing too much to boost our morale. Excellent, we're now slaves to the wage, we don't like getting up for work in the morning but recognise it's a necessary evil and we admittedly aren't getting too much of a return for our labor.
So what do we think of money? That it's ever-illusive and the Holy Grail. It is necessary and it is complicated and we are nowhere near sure how to solve the world's monetary problems. How far we've come...
Well whatever our views on money now, it seems in our earlier days a fair few of us thought we could do without money altogether. Our solution to poverty was that you went to work and in return you were allowed to take what you needed. We didn't understand the international monetary system and didn't understand why, if money had to exist, there couldn't just be one, universal currency. Surly that would solve all economic worries and we were going to write in to our nation's top dog and inform them and they were going to be over the moon about our suggestion and we would be hailed a hero.
Well, none of that happened as we're now rather concerned about money... mainly because we don't have enough, and a job seems to be solely equated with money.
Remember, 2 in 5 of us don't think we will ever own our own house due to the cost and rising interest rates aren't doing too much to boost our morale. Excellent, we're now slaves to the wage, we don't like getting up for work in the morning but recognise it's a necessary evil and we admittedly aren't getting too much of a return for our labor.
So what do we think of money? That it's ever-illusive and the Holy Grail. It is necessary and it is complicated and we are nowhere near sure how to solve the world's monetary problems. How far we've come...
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Comment by Louie
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only kidding, who wants to be in the debt cycle, the more you earn the more you want and the more you owe, no fun at all. i think you'll find very few people own anything, the banks just keep making more and more......enjoy life that is more valuable then assets owned on paper......
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Comment by Brenton
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