首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Forget Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The theme song of this recession might well be "Mother, Can You Write a Check?" The distre
Forget Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The theme song of this recession might well be "Mother, Can You Write a Check?" The distre
admin
2012-05-19
62
问题
Forget Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The theme song of this recession might well be "Mother, Can You Write a Check?" The distressing economy has resulted in increasing numbers of parents and grandparents helping out their strapped adult children and grandkids with home down payments, credit-card bailouts (紧急财政援助) , and spare cash—often at the same time as parents are trying to confront new retirement budgets.
"We are seeing a ton of this," says Ross Levin, in Edina, Minn. , a financial adviser. "Sometimes it’s a great idea and sometimes it is not. You have to make sure you put on your own oxygen mask first. "
Some 62 percent of visitors to Grandparents, com have helped their kids financially in the past year, with 70 percent of that group handing over cash to help their adult children and grandchildren with daily expenses, says the site’s CEO, Jerry Shereshewsky. Another popular category is housing; in the last year many parents have coughed up down payments to help their kids get into homes while the 8,000 first-time home buyer’s credit was in effect
Then there’s the debt-bailout situation. A survey recently conducted by Creditcards. com for Newsweek found that 42 percent of folks with adult children have helped them pay off car loans, credit cards, medical bills, and more.
None of this is surprising to Shereshewsky, who sees the trend as a natural result of changing families and the distribution of wealth. "This is where all the money is—and it’s where the money is, despite the fact that we’ve had this meltdown. " In general, the baby-boom generation is far wealthier than their children are, and has a lower unemployment rate than 20-something’s. He says that the vast majority of multi-generation households now involve adult children (and sometimes their children) moving in with aging parents. Baby-boom parents generally aspire to help their kids and their grandchildren and don’t want to wait until they are dead to do it.
"You should give while you’re young enough to enjoy the fruits of what you’re doing," says Shereshewsky, who is personally considering getting a reverse mortgage on his home when it comes time to help his 20-something kids with home purchases.
Shereshewsky is most likely to agree that______.
选项
A、parents should help out their adult kids
B、young people should be independent
C、parents should enjoy their own lives
D、young people should help their parents
答案
A
解析
事实细节题。最后一段中的You should give while you’re young enough to enjoy the fruits of what you’re doing指出,Shereshewsky认为父母应该在自己还年轻的时候给子女提供帮助,因此正确答案选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/GNp4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Americanwomenwere______therighttovoteuntil1920aftermanyyearsofhardstruggle.
What’sthepublic’sopinionaboutnuclearindustry?ThemostimportantreasonwilytheBushadministrationsupportmorenewnuc
AccordingtothepassagewhatappearstobechangingrapidlyinBritainandtheUSA?Aslargeaslearningtouseawordprocess
Inthetwodecadesbetween1929and1949,sculptureintheUnitedStatessustainedwhatwasprobablythegreatestexpansionins
Eatingbetterandmoreadventurouslyisbecominganobsession,especiallyamongpeoplewithmoneytospend.Healthiereatingand
YouaresupposedtoinviteDr.Kingtomakeaspeechaboutthefuturedevelopmentofcomputerscienceattheannualconferenceo
Fromthebeginningofthetext,wecanlearnthatThepurposeoftheauthorinwritingthetextisto
LehmanBrothers______.Accordingtothepassage,______.
LehmanBrothers______.Accordingtothepassage,"equity"canserveas______.
Whentheywerechildren,TerriSchiavo’sbrotherBobbyaccidentallylockedherinasuitcase.Shetriedsohardtogetoutthat
随机试题
与再生障碍性贫血有关的化学因素有
下列哪项不是嗜酸性粒细胞计数的临床应用范围
降压药胍乙啶主要作用于
近年来。我国部分地区基层法院在民事审判中试点“小额速裁”,对法律关系单一、事实清楚、争议标的额不足1万元的民事案件,实行一审终审制度。关于该审判方式改革体现出的价值取向,下列哪些说法是正确的?(2011年卷一54题)
依据《生产安全事故应急预案管理办法》,生产经营单位的应急预案按照针对情况的不同,分为()
我国的会计法律制度包括()。
下列关于资源税纳税义务发生时间的说法,正确的有()。
1.正确对待来自组织、来自社会、来自群众的监督,习惯在“放大镜”和“聚光灯”下工作和生活,是对党员干部党性修养和组织观念的检验,也是新时代党员干部干事创业的内在要求。移动互联网时代,工作的一点一滴、生活的一言一行,都处于“放大镜”和“聚光灯”之下。事实上,
下列各句子中加点的成语,使用恰当的一句是:
Whatisthemainideaofthenewsitem?
最新回复
(
0
)