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Support for mortgage interest (SMI) extended AGAIN
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RenovationMan wrote: »Perhaps Hamish is, but I'm not. You said something like 'geneer gives as good as he gets', which was untrue in my case because until I carried out the 'crime' of saying "People should not gamble with their homes", I had never heard of him/her.
Ahh sorry mate, crossed wires me thinks. Wasn't aimed at you, was more a general observation
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RenovationMan wrote: »Actually its worse than that, usually its the bear gang versus the bull gang and everyone else who is in neither gets swamped in the white noise. Its depressing that all debates seem to end up going down party lines, with bears supporting bears and bulls supporting bulls no matter whether they really agree with their bear or bull comrades or not, they just dont want to agree with their bear or bull enemies.
TBF graham, you are as guilty as anyone when you step into arguments and defend your bear allies, no matter what. I couldnt believe my eyes when you defended geneer, one of the worst posters on here, simply because he is a member of the bear gang.
So its not because I successfully danced rings around you and deconstructed your spurious assertions with gleeful abandon then.
Cos the bulls usually love that. :rotfl:0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »Hamish is flying off round other forums doing exactly the same to geener on geeners main forum (and others apparently).
Care to substantiate that allegation?
I haven't posted on CC since Nov last year.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
you're forgetting that it is more cost effective for the lender to keep someone in the property if the borrower is able to repay the mortgage in the future. that's why people are not getting repossessed.Graham_Devon wrote: »There is no other option....or shouldnt be, if they have qualified for SMI in the first place?
That doesn't mean that because I would like to see a cap placed on taxpayer expense, we WANT to see people chucked out. It's just there is no alternative option....and that is the sole reason they are on SMI in the very first place....to stop them losing the house.
i want a cap on the tax payer expense, i want the lender to take some responsibility too.
btw - how many people are on SMI for more than 1 year?0 -
RenovationMan wrote: »Perhaps Hamish is, but I'm not. You said something like 'geneer gives as good as he gets', which was untrue in my case because until I carried out the 'crime' of saying "People should not gamble with their homes", I had never heard of him/her.
Yet in the space of one interaction with you, a couple of days ago, I've become "one of the worst posters here".
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::T:T:T
Fantastic. Clearly getting a balanced opinion there.
Yes indeed, I do give as good as I get.0 -
RenovationMan wrote: »What's 'CC'?
Where geneer used to post most of the time. credit crunch.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Care to substantiate that allegation?
I haven't posted on CC since Nov last year.
Not to worry. I can assist.
Nov last year eh. Around the time I started actively posting here.
Funny that.
No you weren't posting on CC after then.
But you were popping in to mark your own posts up and reduce your negative score for a bit longer than that, weren't you hamish.
Whilst at the same time marking my posts down.
:rotfl:
So to summarise,
You regularly elected to start threads on CC, despite you being an irregular poster.
You regularly lost interest in threads just as the discussion was getting interesting.
You haven’t posted on CC posted since I became a regular presence here.
Oh, and your much gloated over “new peaks” disappeared in somewhat spectacular fashion.
That about sum it up?0 -
you're forgetting that it is more cost effective for the lender to keep someone in the property if the borrower is able to repay the mortgage in the future. that's why people are not getting repossessed.
i want a cap on the tax payer expense, i want the lender to take some responsibility too.
btw - how many people are on SMI for more than 1 year?
Think most will agree with you, but allowing it to run for 4 years is daft.0 -
Nov last year eh. Around the time I started actively posting here.
Funny that.
Funny, in a "geneer is an obsessed stalker" kind of way, yes.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0
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