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
外语
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
2018-04-07
58
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, an Edina, Minn., 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-somethings. 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 helping 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
根据最后一段Shereshewsky所做的事可以推断该段开头的you应该是指parents,由此可见,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,本题选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/xda7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Students’abilitytostudy.B、Students’abilitytodoactivities.C、Students’abilitytomaintainattention.D、Students’abili
Millionsofteenagersareindangerofputtingtheirhealthatriskbygettinghookedone-cigarettes,expertswarn.Leadinghea
CreativeDestructionofHigherEducationA)Highereducationisoneofthegreatsuccessesofthewelfarecountry.Whatwasonce
CreativeDestructionofHigherEducationA)Highereducationisoneofthegreatsuccessesofthewelfarecountry.Whatwasonce
CreativeDestructionofHigherEducationA)Highereducationisoneofthegreatsuccessesofthewelfarecountry.Whatwasonce
近年来,越来越多的中国学生赴美留学。去年,美国进行了一项针对高校留学生的调查研究。该调查表明,2011—2012学年间来自中国的高校留学生总人数超过了19万,这使得中国连续三年成为美国最大的留学生来源国(senderofstudents)。而在2002
Costly—sometimesabusive—creditcardsarebleedingmillionsofborrowerswhodidn’tknowwhattheyweregettinginto.Thebo
Costly—sometimesabusive—creditcardsarebleedingmillionsofborrowerswhodidn’tknowwhattheyweregettinginto.Thebo
A"memorypill"thatcouldaidexamrevisionandhelptopreventpeopleforgettingimportantanniversariesmaysoonbeavailable
随机试题
能真正实现平台无关性的Web数据库技术是【】
患者腹部痞胀,纳呆呕恶,肢体困重,身热起伏,汗出热不解,尿黄便溏。其舌象应是()
尹老汉因女儿很少前来看望,诉至法院要求判决女儿每周前来看望1次。法院认为,根据《老年人权益保障法》第十八条规定,家庭成员应当关心老年人的精神需求,不得忽视、冷落老年人;与老年人分开居住的家庭成员,应当经常看望或问候老年人。而且,关爱老人也是中华传统美德。法
利用工程建设定额计算工程造价,就价格形成而言,()。
背景资料:某施工单位承建了一段23km的新建二级公路,其中K0+000~K4+500段为填方路段,路基高度为3m,填料为细亚砂土,K4+500~K10+500段为半挖半填路段,原地面坡度1:4.5,K10+500~K17+200段为低填方路段,路基高度为
施工单位未对建筑材料、建筑构配件、设备和商品混凝土进行检验,责令改正,处( )的罚款。
间歇性的精神病人,在精神正常时违反治安管理的,()。
沿路行走,山势_______如漫漫无尽头的美丽画卷,随着脚步一点点_______在眼前,天空湛蓝,白云在天上俯冲恣肆,像率性的笔任性_______,山因了云的烘托更显得伟岸。填入画横线部分最恰当的一项是:
下面有关客户机/服务器模式的说法不正确的是
A、B、C、D、B
最新回复
(
0
)