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You found us! Now you are here stay a while.. Are you researching the Boomers? Check out Links, research, issues, history and archives or use the Google search bar on the top of each page. We invite you to submit articles you think our readers may be interested in. THE BOOMERS STRIKE BACK All we've heard about for the past five years is Gen Y this and Gen X that, with their apologists sniveling about the impenetrable ceiling created by the generation ahead of them. They have characterised Boomers as boring old fogeys, grimley hanging on to wealth and power, and preventing the younger generations from getting a foothold on the ladder of success. We they were right about wealth and power, and wrong about old. And Boomers have had enough! 'This web site is about Baby Boomers who are aged 46 to 64 (born 1946-1964 as well co-incidentally). We have always been aware of our generation and our uniqueness in that we are a constant worry for our governments due to our numbers. February Boomer UpdateHere we go into the serious side of the year and what a year it will be. “Revealing findings of the third Intergenerational Report, Mr Rudd said that, by 2050, there would be only 2.7 people of working age for each person aged 65 years and older, compared with 7.5 people in 1970 and five-to-one this year. Within 40 years, the proportion of the population aged 65 years and older would almost double to 23 per cent.” Courier-Mail Jan 19th (see more on blog site) BONZA will continue to lobby for a Maturelink office that focuses on the Over 50s and confronts the issues for Boomers in work, aged care, health, aged pension and community support. Don’t think retirement in this period unless you are planning financially for your future. The first of the Boomers, 64 year old women, go on the Aged Pension this year so the fun begins. Read more in our newsletter BONZA LIFE or subscribe now. Finally, I read a book by Victor Frankl, a renowned psychiatrist, called ‘Man’s Search for the Meaning of Life’ last month. I found it quite inspiring as he has written about his time in a concentration camp in WW2 and he deduces that we can stop searching for that meaning of life. It is simply a daily ritual of each individual to be confronted with a series of problems and it is how you deal with those problems that give your life value or not. I will tell you more in the newsletter. Have a great month! Brian Murphy Update Archives Stop Press Pension age raised to 67 under Federal Budget Trillion-dollar superannuation system to be reviewedReal jobless rate 11.7%, says Australia Institute |
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