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Money Moral Dilemma: You broke it, would you pay to fix it?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: MMD: You broke it, would you pay to fix it? You’re just bought a cup of hot coffee in McDonalds. As you get back to your seat, you trip over your own bag, which you’d left on the floor. The coffee flys right over the person next to you, they’re unhurt but…
'Have you ever cheated the taxman?' Poll results/discussion
Poll started 25 March 2008: Have you ever cheated the taxman? Have you ever not declared earnings, left money in a hidden account, or not paid tax when you should? It is of course a crime, and being cracked down on ever more harshly. How widespread is tax evasion? Which is the closest to your situation? Over your life have…
MMD: Should Wayne protect his finances from Coleen?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: MMD: Should Wayne protect his finances from Coleen? After six months of marriage, housewife Coleen confesses to taxi driver husband Wayne she's accumulated £50,000 of credit card debt, the vast majority while she traveled the world. Staggered by his wife's…
What's the cost of parking fines? Poll Results/Discussion
Poll between 17-25 March 2008: Results What’s the cost of parking fines? The free Budget Planner microcategorises spending, but the car section doesn’t include fines. Are these now such an annual part of people’s expenditure that they should be included? Are parking fines so unavoilable in a clamping culture that they…
MONEY MORAL DILEMMA. Should Howard and Marion replace Richie’s tenner?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: Should Howard and Marion replace Richie’s tenner? Howard and Marion’s 11-year-old son, Richie, loses a £10 note after stuffing it into the back pocket of his jeans. He’s not actually sure whether it was lost or pick pocketed, but it wasn’t there when he got…
The MSE European Referendum? Poll results/discussion
Poll ran between 11-17 March '08 The MSE European Referendum: what'd be your vote on the Lisbon Treaty? Last week in parliament there was a major spat about whether to have a referendum either on the new European Lisbon Treaty (which replaced the constitution) or even on Britain in Europe itself. As the decision was 'no…
MONEY MORAL DILEMMA. Should Vinnie chase the robbers?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: Should Vinnie chase the robbers? Vinnie works in a department store sales assistant, serving customers and is paid the minimum wage. As he is tall and hard looking, his supervisor often gets him to work near the exit, in the hope that he'll put off potential…
Would you steal someone else’s post? Poll Results/Discussion
Poll between 4-11 Mar 08. Would you steal someone elses post? Imagine a magazine you love arrives in a transparent envelope addressed to someone who used to live at your address. You have no forwarding address and no way to get in touch with them. Which of these is closest to what you’d do. A. Return it to sender. It's not…
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