Over 65? Congratulations, You Own the Economy

(wsj.com)

30 points | by lucaspauker 6 hours ago ago

6 comments

  • chocoboaus3 an hour ago ago

    First generation to leave the world worse then they entered it. Pulled the ladder up on those after them.

  • blacksmith_tb an hour ago ago

    Hmm, Musk, Bezos, Huang, and Zuckerberg are all younger than 65...[1]

    1: https://www.newsweek.com/americas-12-richest-men-worth-combi...

    • exabrial 12 minutes ago ago

      Also Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Rihanna and may others the generation adores.

    • big_youth an hour ago ago

      They are both true? Between the ultra rich and the elderly there are scraps for everyone else.

      • blacksmith_tb an hour ago ago

        True - though I would say that the elderly have had a chance to earn and invest longer than the young, so it's not exactly like that's a nefarious plot. But a better tax structure would make that less glaring (same for the multibillionaires, only more so).

    • cucumber3732842 34 minutes ago ago

      Those guys own squat compared to the assets the boomers own personally and fractionally.

      That said, they do get to exercise infinitely more control and power than a bunch of old people who own non-voting shares and real property that's only valuable at the whim and pleasure of the local regulators.