The recession, benefits, the safety net, and the learning curve

lostinrates

Max_Headroom wrote: »

It's one of those weird conundrums.

No, its not, its one of those weird arrogances of humanity. I get the 'premise', I just feel any attempt at syllogistic reasoning is valid because of the fundamental arrogance leading to fundamental flaw. Ultra sound for example...you can't hear it, it exists: we know because we use it to measure other things. If humans weren't here to here trees falling, fewer trees would fall. Not as profound, sadly, & suggests we are less important than we'd like to think. The world would go on (and possibly for longer) if we weren't here to hear trees falling. A lot of ''profound'' things are actually just clap trap.

dopester

Max_Headroom wrote: »

By the way Dopester, what did I look like in your dream...?

This could be interesting...!

If you must know... it was in a busy pub and we were on bar-stools arguing through STR logic at the bar. After you were just agreeing about how it can make sense, a guy who'd come over to get served overheard, asked about the house, explaining he was needing to buy a house quickly, and would do you a good deal if you'd move on within the week. You stood up to talk to him and he took details. Also stood as your mobile rang with a job offer (something about a company supplying gear to the army.).

So from memory.. bit of a blur.. tall, Clint Eastwood-ish, not slanted eyes like C.E's, face a bit more rounded, and lighter hair.

mewbie_2

dopester wrote: »

So from memory.. bit of a blur.. tall, Clint Eastwood-ish, not slanted eyes like C.E's, face a bit more rounded, and lighter hair.

I know it's a bit of a long shot, but have you ever dreamt about me? Whatever the truth, if you just type a bit of the Clint Eastwood reference - that'll be just fine.

Max_Headroom_3

dopester wrote: »

So from memory.. bit of a blur.. tall, Clint Eastwood-ish, not slanted eyes like C.E's, face a bit more rounded, and lighter hair.

I know what you're thinking. "Should he Sell To Rent or not?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Gordon Brown recession, the most powerful recession in the world, and would blow your wallet clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?

treliac

Mmmm, got me dreaming now. How about ....



Except he's a little older now.

PasturesNew

ceridwen wrote: »

After all - no 30 years worth of NI contributions from me....and no State Pension coming into my bank account.....

I am in the same boat... so who is paying for the younger generation's:
- midwife/doctors pre-natal
- birth/post-natal care
- £250 cash on delivery
- child allowances
- parents' top ups re CTC/WTC
- extra free goodies (school dinners, god knows what, etc)
- education at school
- top up the Uni cost
- social workers, police, prisons for the naughty ones
- stuff I haven't even though of ... etc etc

And on TOP of that ... they'll also be wanting a pension.

Breeding kids in the belief it will pay for the pensions of the older generation is a ridiculous ponzi-style of thinking.

mewbie_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

- £250 cash on delivery

Is that the miracle of birth you're describing?

SingleSue

No idea.....but I missed out on the maternity grants with mine!

harryhound

PasturesNew wrote: »

I am in the same boat... so who is paying for the younger generation's:
- midwife/doctors pre-natal...................................
.

Nobody, the government is simply printing it at the moment.
(To replace the Ponzi money that the banks had created and fools with credit cards had borrowed.)

Bankruptcy v Inflation is the choice for sorting it out.

Maz

Max, any luck on the job front yet?