From: B 650 on
On 17/05/2010 22:04, Andy Bonwick wrote:
>
> I can't understand anyone who can afford it not helping their kids
> out. They'll get the money eventually so spend it on them now rather
> than let them inherit it and pay even more tax.

So they grow up knowing the value of working hard, budgeting and not
becoming part of the generation that over extends themselves financially
due to never having had to go without?

--
D
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember R C Nesbit <spam(a)ukrm.net> saying
something like:

>A lasting memory is of me, as a child in short trousers,
>being sat on a huge black capstan to pose for a photo

I parsed that as captain.
From: Andy Bonwick on
On Mon, 17 May 2010 22:45:03 +0100, B 650 <dunc.on.usenet(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 17/05/2010 22:04, Andy Bonwick wrote:
>>
>> I can't understand anyone who can afford it not helping their kids
>> out. They'll get the money eventually so spend it on them now rather
>> than let them inherit it and pay even more tax.
>
>So they grow up knowing the value of working hard, budgeting and not
>becoming part of the generation that over extends themselves financially
>due to never having had to go without?

I'm trying to make sense of your post but it's not happening for me.

How can they over extend themselves financially if everything's been
given to them?
From: CT on
Champ wrote:

> I can see why most parents make it a 17th birthday present or similar.
> I doubt I'll be any different.

Something to tell us?

--
Chris
From: CT on
CT wrote:

> Champ wrote:
>
> > I can see why most parents make it a 17th birthday present or
> > similar. I doubt I'll be any different.
>
> Something to tell us?

Never mind - I'll go back to sleep :o/

--
Chris
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