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'Should we split the banks up?' poll discussion
Poll started 18 January 2011: Should we split up the banks? Too big to fail, that's the cry. The independent commission on banking is debating whether we should split banks into their retail (the old fashioned credit cards, mortgages, savings etc) and investment arms (the gambling bit, trading, derivatives markets,…
'Are mortgages & credit too easily available or too hard to get?' poll discussion
Poll started 18 January 2011: Are mortgages & credit too easily available or too hard to get? We've had a credit crunch which means credit scoring's got tougher and mortgages, credit cards and loans are harder to get especially at cheap rates. Yet a chunk of the blame of the economic crisis that caused the crunch was…
Real life MMD: Should SIL help with fuel?
Please give this MoneySaver the benefit of your advice... Should SIL help with fuel? My sister-in-law will be joining my wife and I on a touring holiday in the US. She has paid her own airfare, hotel etc but we've hired the car and I wonder if she should contribute to the car hire and fuel costs. If yes, should it be 1/3…
'Do you think you get good value from paying tax?' poll discussion
Poll started 11 January 2010: Do you think you get good value from paying tax? We pay tax as a cost of living in the wider civil society, so that all the functions it requires, both for us and others are met. Yet if we were (probably wrongly) to think in purely selfish terms, do you feel you gain more than you lose? Total…
Real life MMD: Too late to claim for wedding cheque?
Please give this MoneySaver the benefit of your advice... Too late to claim for wedding cheque? I got married 3 years ago, and a friend of mine gave me £200 for a wedding present. When we came back from honeymoon we had £200 missing from our wedding money which we couldn't find, so we wrote it off as 'lost'. Yesterday I…
'Have you started your Christmas (2011) shopping
Poll started 04 Jan 2011: Have you started your Christmas (2011) shopping? Christmas has only just passed, yet there are bargains to be had in the sales – so how far ahead do you shop? Which of the following have you already bought for Christmas 2011? Tick as many as apply Christmas cards - 3,102 votes (39 %) Wrapping…
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