If you want to get people of a certain age hot under the collar, just say: Baby Boomers didn’t pay their fair share of taxes. Paul Kershaw (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/paul-kershaw/) did recently, and he got an earful. But he stands firmly by his view, having put a good deal of work into comparing the circumstances of varying generations.
Paul Kershaw (https://twitter.com/GenSqueeze) is the founder of Generation Squeeze (https://www.gensqueeze.ca/) which calls itself a “think and change tank.” He is also a professor of public policy at the University of British Columbia, and co-hosts the podcast, Hard Truths.
This episode of The Agenda (https://www.tvo.org/theagenda) was hosted by Steve Paikin (https://twitter.com/spaikin) and was produced by Meredith Martin (https://twitter.com/meredithmartin)
00:00 Intro
00:46 The Globe and Mail quote board
01:30 Spending on older generations
03:00 The demographic tax challenge
04:18 Boomers are sending the bills to their kids
05:59 Haven’t we always done this?
07:21 Net wealth in housing in Canada
08:45 The economy doesn’t reward hard work
10:30 Every generation thinks it’s hard done by
11:55 What to do about it?
13:33 This is why TVO is important
14:25 A B.C. story of homelessness
15:48 Economic insecurity creates strife
16:50 Older people vote, younger people dont
19:08 Generations love one another
20:34 A generational war?
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