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Why State Finances are in a 2s8d, why the ConDems won't fix it & why it's your fault
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it actually doesn't.
when house property prices fall less people are actually able to buy property.
Strange but true, as we have witnessed over the past couple of years.'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
lol
just because people have a different view to you it doesn't mean they're all the same person.
is this your usual tactic where someone makes points again the coalition govt and you get all nervous and try to distract the actual point that they were making?
i think it is... is it because you can't reply to the comments that Laura raised about the coalition talking down the economy in the article she posted...
A bit rich !!!!!! accusing others of using an AE
'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
Not sure who's worse, you or hamish.
What's that supposed to mean?
Look - your precious coalition is going to tip us into a really nasty recession - they are going to crash the housing market and the banks - and that's all you can come up with ......."not sure who's worse you or hamish"
If you keep doing what you've always done - you will keep getting what you've always got.0 -
it's just a joke about people saying that when house prices drop they will be able to buy the house in cash and have a 20% mortgage and the rest paid in cash. there's been quite a few people claiming it in the past. the six figure comment was £100,000 compared to £1,000.00. just a joke.
btw it wasn't directed at you
Some of us really do (did?) have six figure deposits.
I always admitted we'd also be borrowing heavily though. As it turns out less heavily than planned. In the first instance. 0 -
lemonjelly wrote: »Partially true. In addition, MIG disappeared in 2004 when it was replaced by Pension Credit.
What is in a name? do they have significantly different rules?'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
What is in a name? do they have significantly different rules?
There are changes. But to quote the Simpsons:(Lisa) Would not a rose by any other name still smell as sweet?
(Bart) Not if they were called stench blossoms.
(Homer) Or crap weeds.
(Marge) I certainly wouldn't want 12 stench blossoms for valentines day...:DIt's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
"For all that the last Labour government was accused of forever turning upwards the tax ratchet, the share of national income paid in taxes has hardly risen since 1997."
This is true. Gordon was only half successful in an obvious desire to emulate the the old Labour 'tax and spend' approach.FACT.0 -
lemonjelly wrote: »There are changes. But to quote the Simpsons:
I get the impression that pension credit was brought in to partially reward those who Generali was alluding to i.e. those with small pensions.'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
I suspect that this is almost entirely down to tax credits - if the same redistribution had been done by the traditional method of doling out benefits to the low paid then the tax take would appear much higher - instead netting off the redistribution has kept the apparent overall tax burden down.the_flying_pig wrote: »"For all that the last Labour government was accused of forever turning upwards the tax ratchet, the share of national income paid in taxes has hardly risen since 1997."
This is true. Gordon was only half successful in an obvious desire to emulate the the old Labour 'tax and spend' approach.I think....0
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