#generational-divide

#generational-divide

The article highlights how political leaders are aging while the world faces pressing challenges. The 'grumpy patriarch' approach threatens democratic debate and younger leaders' influence.

According to a survey of 6,416 adults conducted by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, people in the UK now spend a whopping three hours and 21 minutes doomscrolling.

"Passing wealth from generation to generation is a tradition, not an obligation. Some individuals don't feel comfortable with the decision to pass their money on to their children."

Of course as kids we knew words but we never called our parents those words. Wasn't respectful.

"I was told my name was an old lady name by the teenagers on the adolescent unit I was working on. I was surprised..."

One would expect that the introduction of a $10 billion tax increase over a month ago would cause a storm of opposition. However, when Paul Martin mentioned that contributions to the Canada Pension Plan would leap from 5.85 per cent to 9.9 per cent, the finance minister felt little more than a gentle breeze.