Money spent isn’t always wasted
GOING to a cafe to spend $18 on avo on toast is so 2017.
According to this week’s batch of breathless articles about how terrible anyone under 35 is, lazy Millennials are now pissing away their house deposits by having their overpriced breakfast foods delivered to their doors.
According to figures from investment app Raiz, Millennials spend more than $740 a year on food deliveries and Uber fares.
And they’re splashing out on flashy clothes they can’t afford through buy now, pay later schemes. The wasteful scoundrels spend $540 a year on Afterpay, according to research by ING.
All this reckless spending on such pointless fripperies is preventing them from using money for its one true noble purpose — scraping together a house deposit so they can owe a fortune to a bank for the rest of their lives.
We’re conditioned to believe homeownership is virtuous; it’s the gold standard for being a good citizen.
It’s as Australian as laming- All the best from social media around the Territory ON THE NT NEWS WORLD EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DAVID WARNER
Your halo will choke you if it drops any lower. Redemption is a hard task but then again you have the balls to man up. Well done. Maggie Magee Do we try recruit him for indoor next week? Dale Smith Couple of ya team mates there ey? Danielle Wood Is that warner or weener ... Greg Young tons or punching strangers outside Maccas late at night.
The idea that young people have forsaken this Great Australian Dream is outright offensive to some, who feel the need to blame it on some sort of deep flaw inherent to everyone born after 1985.
If homeownership is the Aussie-est of goals, then Romanians are the most Australian
Not sure which side I’ll get him in yet as we can’t bowl or bat so no need to tamper. Andy Levett ON STEVE SMITH BREAKING HIS SILENCE
I have studied this a lot ... I believe that what Bancroft did was inexcusable. I also believe that what Smith and Warner did showed contrition. For Smith to again shed tears is wrong. These guys make their money playing cricket but the bigger thing they do is be a role model for the next generation. They can all cry and hope that wins them back some fans, but a real leader would never have let it get to that. Dave Joiner people on the planet. About 96 per cent of homes in Romania are owner-occupier.
Other countries at the top of the home ownership table are Hungary, Slovakia, Cuba and India.
Languishing at the bottom of the table are Germany and Switzerland. Only 43 per cent of those layabout Germans live in their own homes.
There are a few reasons for Germany’s low home ownership rate, including a good supply of quality rental stock, and robust protections for renters.
But many Germans also simply don’t buy into the hype around homeownership. Why not spare yourself the outlay and allow someone else to ab-
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Who hasn’t made a mistake before ... You want to be better Australians ... then stop cutting down tall poppies ... Go out and mow the lawn. Mark Epworth ON AN OPEN DOOR POLICY FOR AUSTRALIA
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Open borders my arse. That’s worked out well for Europe. NOT. Rachel Brookes Just look at the uk. Larry Wilson
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People want to ignore warnings serves themselves right. It’s the same as don’t swim there’s crocodiles, I’ll be right only have a quick dip. David Everingham Skippy told Ranger Matt it was self-defence! Neil Gerace