Baby boomers have a good life, but don’t blame them for Brexit | Letters
by Guardian Staff from on (#2XV67)
They can't help being born at a lucky time
Nick Cohen tars all "baby boomer" pensioners with the same brush ("Must growing old mean becoming poorer and lonelier?", Comment). As a baby boomer pensioner, I think this is very unfair.
We are certainly comparatively well off; undoubtedly we benefited from various housing booms and now benefit from our protected pensions. However, some of us feel guilty enough about this without being accused of "selfish idiocy" over the costs of Brexit, which we certainly did not vote for and are very angry and sad about.
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