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MP on £65k Bleats He Can't Get on the Ladder
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PasturesNew wrote: »Not sure if he would have a loan, reading his wiki he seems to have been brought up a bit posh, so parents probably paid for everything.
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PN family background doesn't mean no student loan. In fact, don't know what the wider experience is but we were sat down during freshers week and told MAXIMISE your student loan...even if you have other funding: its the cheapest money you'll ever get. If you don't need it think about loaning it to your parents...it is cheaper than their mortgage.....
I think its the only piece of financial education I've ever had!
''Posh'' family doesn't mean loadsa money available to you, necessarily. Of course it can do!0 -
Spartacus_Mills wrote: »Saving for a pension is not a luxury, it is a necessity.
I've never been able to afford a pension, too busy trying to keep a roof over my head, beans on toast available and the car on the road to keep being able to work.0 -
There's an awful lot of people with kids who cannot afford themtrue. more's the pity.
One only has to wander over to another section on here to read about them spitting out kids like confetti and egging each other on about how they can breed even faster and claim more benefits.
There needs to be some policy to stop scroungers from breeding.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »PN family background doesn't mean no student loan. In fact, don't know what the wider experience is but we were sat down during freshers week and told MAXIMISE your student loan...even if you have other funding: its the cheapest money you'll ever get. If you don't need it think about loaning it to your parents...it is cheaper than their mortgage.....
I think its the only piece of financial education I've ever had!
''Posh'' family doesn't mean loadsa money available to you, necessarily. Of course it can do!
yes i suspect that rich kids will be doing exactly this with the new high loans available to cover tuition fees. basically a cheap mortgage.Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron0 -
property.advert wrote: »One only has to wander over to another section on here to read about them spitting out kids like confetti and egging each other on about how they can breed even faster and claim more benefits.
There needs to be some policy to stop scroungers from breeding.
what do you suggest?
personally i think if you raise expectations / attainment opportunites and show the advantage of not taking this route over lifetime and future outcomes then you reduce the appeal of this route.
many who take the "professional breeder" option don't have a wider network of comparison and so within the limited options they see for themselves this seems the best one unfortunately.Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron0 -
twadge_face wrote: »So, assuming he has a student loan, his monthly take home on a £65K salary is £3,317.41 (reference: http://listentotaxman.com). I'll let someone who cares do the maths but as a middle class apologist I'd point out that this is simply "not as much as it sounds" (welcome to so-called greed - but is it greed really?).
I was an FTB, in London, last year on considerably less than his salary. It sounds plenty enough for me.
I expect he feels he deserves something better...0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »It's a luxury if you want a roof over your head and to eat. It's the kind of thing you can only buy once the basics are covered. Although with £65k the basics should have been covered.
I've never been able to afford a pension, too busy trying to keep a roof over my head, beans on toast available and the car on the road to keep being able to work.
No, it is a necessity however it is a necessity many people choose to go without pension provision.
I do agree that it is something you can only buy once the absolute basics are covered but that does not make it a luxury."There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
"I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
"The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
"A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "0 -
Spartacus_Mills wrote: »Saving for a pension is not a luxury, it is a necessity.
It's not if you spend all your money on beer, fags, women and drugs.....you won't be needing a pension, yeah baby.He who is not really annoying will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. Plato.0
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