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I blame the scapegoats

Generali
Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
Who do you think is to blame for the current FUBAR situation we find ourselves in.....?

Which of the below caused this mess? Pick as many as you like. 390 votes

Bankers
18%
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Politicians
17%
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BTLers
10%
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Bank Regulators
13%
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Credit ratings agencies
9%
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People buying stuff on credit
13%
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Generali
4%
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The media
4%
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It's more complicated than that
5%
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It's media exageration
1%
tomsticklandchickarooneeRabbitMadjoannaemmasconfused31_2Realy 6 votes
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Comments

  • Realy
    Realy Posts: 1,017 Forumite
    It's media exageration
    Banking and the Great British public.

    It may be celeb culture but the norberts don't have to live like it.

    Sorry the poll was not there earlier.
  • ad44downey
    ad44downey Posts: 2,246 Forumite
    BTLers
    Slimy Estate Agents are a shocking omission. Surely they deserve a mention?
    Krusty & Phil Madoff, 1990 - 2007:
    "Buy now because house prices only ever go UP, UP, UP."
  • Realy
    Realy Posts: 1,017 Forumite
    It's media exageration
    ad44downey wrote: »
    Slimy Estate Agents are a shocking omission. Surely they deserve a mention?

    Sorry if you (not you personaly) are stupid enough to be "talked in too" buying a £250K house you would have blown money on anything.

    EA's are just a scape goat for peoples stupitiy for buying no matter the cost.
  • ad44downey
    ad44downey Posts: 2,246 Forumite
    BTLers
    I almost forgot. Krusty Allcrap, Phil Spender and the other assorted TV property pimps should be in the poll too. They did their utmost to pump up the market
    Krusty & Phil Madoff, 1990 - 2007:
    "Buy now because house prices only ever go UP, UP, UP."
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Generali
    ad44downey wrote: »
    Slimy Estate Agents are a shocking omission. Surely they deserve a mention?

    I felt that some bloke in a shiny suit and a mini was unlikely to be influential enough to bring down the banking system.
  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    It's more complicated than that
    Those 'in charge' are responsible. All the others have just fed off the opportunities and encouragement they were given to be greedy / have something for nothing. Goes to prove that humans need saving from themselves.
  • stevetodd
    stevetodd Posts: 1,016 Forumite
    ad44downey wrote: »
    Slimy Estate Agents are a shocking omission. Surely they deserve a mention?

    Ditto DODGY (not all) mortgage brokers
  • Cat695
    Cat695 Posts: 3,647 Forumite
    Politicians
    Overall in my eyes its the govement

    They have the power to stop banks lending, people buying and so on.....

    Though there are many factors to this down turn at the end of the day the power belongs to the govement
    If you find yourself in a fair fight, then you have failed to plan properly


    I've only ever been wrong once! and that was when I thought I was wrong but I was right
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    the guys who designed the structure of the investment vehicles (dodgy credit and loan products) that the banks used to sell their complex products that now cannot be price managed are the source of the problem.

    if they are to blame i do not know - i would go to the regulators but then again they can only do so much.
  • Leighthal
    Leighthal Posts: 326 Forumite
    Bank Regulators
    ad44downey wrote: »
    I almost forgot. Krusty Allcrap, Phil Spender and the other assorted TV property pimps should be in the poll too. They did their utmost to pump up the market

    I think that's covered in option 8.
    In an Acapulco hotel:
    The manager has personally passed all the water served here.:rotfl:
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