What will the government to to help savers

gozomark

I guess you didn't waste your savings on your education :-)

staffie1

Gray_colt wrote: »

Over the last 10 or so yrs savers should have spent up there savings n got in2 debt, so they wont now get owt 4 being prudent, so its there own fault 4 not being in debt. Your a fool to save under nu labour.

I don't follow that - even taking into account the text message speak

Gray_colt

A full stop consists of a small dot placed at the end of a line of text. Wot skool did u go 2 lol.

Onawingandaprayer

"inflation has been slashed just as much, so you should be no worse off compared to when interest rates were higher"

Try telling a pensioner that! Dream on.

Gray_colt

I totally agree! Inflations falling if u dont eat or use a car, but if u buy tvs n stuff ur quids in. Old darling wont do much in the bugy, there isnt even a fixed date 4 the buget this yr yet is there? Only after teh tax yr begins, so he might up the isa limit 4 2010 onwards. Savers have been shafted basically, this government has bent over backwards to aid the irisponsible and indebted morons, but then we look at the current situation and whos the morons really? It sure isnt borrowers!

staffie1

Gray_colt wrote: »

I totally agree! Inflations falling if u dont eat or use a car, but if u buy tvs n stuff ur quids in. Old darling wont do much in the bugy, there isnt even a fixed date 4 the buget this yr yet is there? Only after teh tax yr begins, so he might up the isa limit 4 2010 onwards. Savers have been shafted basically, this government has bent over backwards to aid the irisponsible and indebted morons, but then we look at the current situation and whos the morons really? It sure isnt borrowers!

How right you are...I think.

1echidna

Onawingandaprayer wrote: »

"inflation has been slashed just as much, so you should be no worse off compared to when interest rates were higher"

Try telling a pensioner that! Dream on.

It is a very valid point but people can pretend to have the brains of a donkey when it suits them. Over the past four or five decades there have been a number of years when savers have been losing out in real terms at a much greater rate due to inflation than now. I just think 'thicko' when someone tries to pretend that savers are suffering unprecedented losses. Those with a political agenda are of course anxious to feed the falsehood.

RayWolfe

Hi gozomark, here we go again. Stop now or you'll drive yourself mad. ;-)

Steve_xx

marc5180 wrote: »

As the title says what do you think the government can/will do to help out the savers.

I think that the governement could offer to leave office. I think that in 2010 the government will be forced to leave office. That will help, but then there will be the mess to clear up and that may take some years.

Hungerdunger

Steve_xx wrote: »

I think that the governement could offer to leave office. I think that in 2010 the government will be forced to leave office. That will help, but then there will be the mess to clear up and that may take some years.

And do you really think the next lot could do anything radically different?