In case you’re not fully up on your Gens, the Zs are twenty-somethings or teens. That they’re not overly bothered about pensions should not be a surprise. It’s money going into a pot which they can’t get their hands on for at least thirty or probably more years, another lifetime and a half at that age. Remember how old forty, let alone fifty or sixty seemed when you were of festival- or club-going age. You can find much better uses for the 10% of your salary which is mandated to come out of your salary – fun, rent or even a mortgage. And you may, like some I know, think the chances of making it that far with the planet burning up mean it’s not worth bothering anyway. What’s the answer? Education, education, education – to quote my daughter: ‘They should tell us about this sort of stuff at school’. For the others, it has to be advice, advice, advice.
Budget Rumours and Possibilities
The Budget Rumour Machine is not the shambles it was last year. Before Rachel’s Swansong all sorts of stuff was leaked to see what sort of puddle it would create.
