NAZISM : ALIVE AND WELL AT THE INTERGENERATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Some young bunch of left wing loonies calling themselves the "Intergenerational Foundation" is suggesting that what they delightfully term 'Old People' should be 'encouraged' to leave their homes, often where they have lived for decades, in order that younger people can take them over. There doesn't seem to be a definition of what an 'Old Person' actually is, but then for those in their 20s, anyone over 40 might well be considered to be a target.

This organisation, yet another charity though how it deserves such status is beyond me, is unhappy that the Old People have so much more than the young ones. It sees this as unfair and most clearly seen in the possession by Old People of large houses which the young ones can't afford. Apparently, the Old People have robbed the young of their entitlement to all the benefits they believe they should have.

This is without doubt the biggest load of hogwash anyone has ever concocted. What is really happening is an extension of the greed that now pervades our society in every way. No longer do the young expect to have to earn their place in society, but they expect to be handed it on a plate. They expect to have everything they want, NOW, and without having to pay a going rate for it. All the rubbish about the unaffordability of houses would disappear if there was a bit more realism, morality and honesty in our world.

In days gone by, when people married and had children they stayed together. There was no splitting up after a few years and sending the children off into some twilight limbo-land. Children stayed at home until either they moved out to seek work or until they were married; even then they may well have stayed in the home of one or other sets of parents, as my own parents did, until they'd saved enough to afford to rent somewhere of their own or to put down a deposit on a purchase. In the early years of a marriage, holidays were a luxury; a houseful of fancy 'white goods' and other electricals was in the future and a car could only be dreamt of. All of these things had to wait.

Many will, of course, scream that that was all in the past and we are now in the 21st century, where things are different. Yes, some things are different, but there is no reason why the basics should have changed except for the shocking decline in moral standards and the appalling and unsustainable rise in expectations. Today, 'relationships' founded on having fun (no longer marriage for most) frequently last no more than days or weeks; in ones that last longer and produce children, the parents too often seem to think that they can carry on as they did before they were a family, spending every halfpenny they have on their own enjoyment, while dumping the children in nurseries or with grandparents at every opportunity. These wholly inadequate young people have been brought up to believe that they have an entitlememt to a job, a house and lots of enjoyment, without ever understanding that they also have responsibilities that may require them to forego some of their fun in favour of attaining their future ambitions or bringing up their children. This deplorable state of affairs has, of course, been exacerbated by a succession of Governments, hell bent on being seen as young and trendy, as well as being driven by the insane notion that the whole country can live a sustainable existence on a mountain of debt.

Now, in answer to some genuine problems that exist in our society, this "Intergenerational Foundation" wants to steal the 'Old Peoples'' homes to give to the young ingrates who can't be bothered to manage their own lives properly. They argue that they want greater 'fairness' in society which is simply another way of saying that they want something they haven't got, but you have; 'fairness' as a concept is so subjective as to be meaningless and yet is trotted out by assorted groups who all want the same thing - something for nothing.

What next ? Increased taxes and lower pensions for the 'Old' ? Putting all the 'Old People' into forced labour camps where they can be made to 'repay' what they've 'stolen' from the young ? Euthanasia for the over-60s ? This is a philosophy that may well have found a degree of favour with the NAZIs. After all, they placed the blame for Germany's position after WW1 on the Jews and other minority groups - blacks, homosexuals, gypsies etc. - and set about depriving them of everything they had. First they labelled them, and then, step-by-step, they increased the penalties for being whatever they were. Are we now looking at the beginnings of a modern-day 'Hitler Youth' that will eventually turn its guns on the 'Old People' ?