Oh dear... socialists think that can manipulate the market

[Pastafarian]

Thats more a case of older Gen Xers, I'm on the cusp of X/Y so for me plus prolonged uni study which therefore means no cash, means that myself on a single income in Canberra, basically at the moment, house ownership is just out of my grasp.

That's very typical of left wing ideology upbringing actually. Shame really.

How so, I would have more classified it as reality actually.

[lisa jones]

Reality eh?? You gotta be kidding me???

If you are Gen X/Y and have a string of qualifications and no dependents then by now you should be up to property no. 2 or 3.

[Pastafarian]

Reality eh?? You gotta be kidding me???

If you are Gen X/Y and have a string of qualifications and no dependents then by now you should be up to property no. 2 or 3.

Yes, welcome to reality based on inability to earn money, whilst studying. Plus not having parents who can prop me up in any meaningful way in terms of getting a deposit.

[lisa jones]

Reality eh?? You gotta be kidding me???

If you are Gen X/Y and have a string of qualifications and no dependents then by now you should be up to property no. 2 or 3.

Yes, welcome to reality based on inability to earn money, whilst studying. Plus not having parents who can prop me up in any meaningful way in terms of getting a deposit.

Man up! If an 18 yr old girl can work 2 jobs ( and also start a business) and also study part time and find, own and build her 1st home and then her 2nd home .. surely a man can do it. No??

[Pastafarian]

Man up! If an 18 yr old girl can work 2 jobs ( and start a business) and also study part time and find,own and build her own homes ..surely a man can do it. No??

Sorry, was trying to be a fully rounded human being and not just going for material possessions in the form of McMansions.

[Socky the Sock.]

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[lisa jones]

Man up! If an 18 yr old girl can work 2 jobs ( and start a business) and also study part time and find,own and build her own homes ..surely a man can do it. No??

Sorry, was trying to be a fully rounded human being and not just going for material possessions in the form of McMansions.

Pasta .. I believe in pushing the limits of my physical/mental endurance and in aiming to achieve beyond those around me and those who have gone before me. That is how I have been brought up by my migrant parents.

I believe my parents are right .. I don't think we really appreciate just how lucky we are to be living in Oz.

My parents grew up struggling to survive ethnic cleansing and land mines. Large parts of my Mum's family tree are missing because of these events. Education was such a rare privilege as was wearing shoes, eating meat and drinking milk.

Yet .. my migrant parents came to this country as teenagers/refugees in the early 1960's with no language skills, no money, no education, no support, no nothing .. and they worked hard/smart to start businesses and buy and pay off some 4 homes within 20 yrs. So what's stopping me (or my brothers and sisters for that matter) from achieving much more?

It is in achieving as much as we possibly can in life that we can demonstrate to our parents how much we respect them and how much we value their efforts. Our parents had nothing whereas we have everything. It's the very least we can do as grateful children.

The opportunities we have in Oz are amazing when compared to the rest of the world even today. Perhaps that is why some people are currently KILLING themselves in their attempt to try and get here. Food for thought.

[Pastafarian]

Man up! If an 18 yr old girl can work 2 jobs ( and start a business) and also study part time and find,own and build her own homes ..surely a man can do it. No??

Sorry, was trying to be a fully rounded human being and not just going for material possessions in the form of McMansions.

Pasta .. I believe in pushing the limits of my physical/mental endurance and in aiming to achieve beyond those around me and those who have gone before me. That is how I have been brought up by my migrant parents.

I believe my parents are right .. I don't think we really appreciate just how lucky we are to be living in Oz.

My parents grew up struggling to survive ethnic cleansing and land mines. Large parts of my Mum's family tree are missing because of these events. Education was such a rare privilege as was wearing shoes, eating meat and drinking milk.

Yet .. my migrant parents came to this country as teenagers/refugees in the early 1960's with no language skills, no money, no education, no support, no nothing .. and they worked hard/smart to start businesses and buy and pay off some 4 homes within 20 yrs. So what's stopping me (or my brothers and sisters for that matter) from achieving much more?

It is in achieving as much as we possibly can in life that we can demonstrate to our parents how much we respect them and how much we value their efforts. Our parents had nothing whereas we have everything. It's the very least we can do as grateful children.

The opportunities we have in Oz are amazing when compared to the rest of the world even today. Perhaps that is why some people are currently KILLING themselves in their attempt to try and get here. Food for thought.

Imagine that people from the 60s being able to afford homes. I wonder how. That analogy is completely irrelevant.

[lisa jones]

The penny STILL hasn't dropped.

Read my posts again .. then consider this: If my migrant parents (and not only my migrant parents .. but so many just like them .. who arrived as frightened/traumatised refugees with nothing ie no language skills, no technical skills, no education and no support whatsoever) could work hard and purchase/pay off 4 homes and raise and educate 4 kids .. then I cannot even begin to imagine how much more your parents have been able to achieve, Pasta.

Any support we've been given by our parents ( and please note it was YOU who initially alluded to this in YOUR previous posts in here ) .. has come from the efforts of hardworking migrant refugee parents who came here in the early 60's with NOTHING .. but trauma.

[Pastafarian]

then I cannot even begin to imagine how much more your parents have been able to achieve, Pasta.

Well one, my parents weren't from the 60s. Two, Both my parents were forced to leave school early and get jobs in order to support their families.


I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm simply saying, so stop acting like a fucking snob because some people haven't been able to do it. Plus, in my opinion, you're highly self-centred and only interested in what you can get out of other people and situations.