> and they're going to need to sell their homes soon, to pay for social and health care in an increasingly threadbare welfare state Is this a bug or a feature?

> and they're going to need to sell their homes soon, to pay for social and health care in an increasingly threadbare welfare state Is this a bug or a feature? If the young (the workers) cannot afford to buy their own houses, because the old want to hold on to the value, how can we expect them to be able afford to pay for the welfare state and to take care of the old?