Inter-generational warfare seems to have broken out over the past week.
BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander got into hot water when he put out a column saying that young people could get into the housing market if they were willing to do some of the things baby boomers did - renovate "dungers", spend less money on frappes and muffins and cut out feng shui experts and gardeners.
He said baby boomers had had a hard time of it, too, with 20 per cent interest rates for a time.
This sparked an outcry from young people faced with at least a half-a-million-dollar mortgage to get into a property in many parts of the country.
It seems to me that this sort of us versus them conversation is not helpful.