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Re:Wealthiest 10% of Americans make up 50% of purchases and ... by DaveZale on Monday November 24, 2025 @01:50PM (#46037599)
A figure floated around a decade or two ago: 75% of wealth was in the hands of the age 55+ crowd. That makes sense for the reasons you mentioned.

It all changes hands within a few decades though. Nobody lives forever.

Re:Wealthiest 10% of Americans make up 50% of purchases and ... by flag_fagger on Monday November 24, 2025 @01:50PM (#46037608)
> It all changes hands within a few decades though. Nobody lives forever.

Unfortunately they’re trying.

Re:Wealthiest 10% of Americans make up 50% of purchases and ... by DaveZale on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:14PM (#46037936)
Wouldn't it be cool if a .org could be established and funded by older wealthier folks that directly provides mortgages to the young, without the greedy bankers involved? Sometimes when I was earning free crypto on coinbase in exchange for learning about new coin offerings, I sensed the foundations for new, very low cost, "zero trust" systems for finance that would not involve the current high-profit monopolist bankster systems. Maybe it's just a question of when. What reason is there for a gap of 3% or more between a certificate of deposit, and what is charged in interest to a new home buyer? It's a staggering difference, hidden in plain sight, that keeps the young in debt to the mortgage banking induustry.