dont what school you went to, there was nothing materialist about my education. those aims of the youth are inspite of not because of the education they have (or dont have in so many unfortunate areas). and they are essentially the same as all generations, going back before there was...
interesting use of the word "most", the interest are near 40-50billion on somewhere north of 600billion of revenue (old numbers, but get the picture). of course, thats 40 billion too much that could go to our shools/hospitals/pockets. and the loans are from bond holders ie pensions and...
i think the idea is you can pay say 249k for the house and say 5k or 10k for the "fixtures and fittings" like sockets, lights, maybe inbuilt cupbords and stairs. they are quite tighter on what those fixtures and fittings can be valued at these days.