Sell up and stop complaining about going hungry and cold.

Mr._Pricklepants

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

Do not have much time, but what I will quickly say...

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

Personal, personal, personal...

Thanks for finding the time in your ever so busy schedule to make this post. Much appreciated.

System

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

Personal, personal, personal, day after day after day, rant after rant, when are you going to tire of it. If being critical about a Shapps buy to let policy is abusive, then yes I along with thousands of others was abusive. Only mistake I made was being to honest on this board.
I have never been abusive to anyone on twitter or anywhere else, critical yes.

I'm not sure calling Schapps a "!!!!!! tory" or a "reptile" would be considered critical about his policies.

Each to their own I suppose.

ruggedtoast

I think forcing more of the pain for this economic fiasco onto average people is a terrible idea.

The reason that people are suffering without payrises and an ever rising cost of living, is because we have a financial and political system that jealously guards the wealth of about 3% of the population and is content to sacrifice the other 97% in it's stead.

In any case we don't need radical socialism to deal with this problem. A far better idea than forcing people to sell their houses due to poverty, would just be to force a devaluation of property by building more (increasing the supply) and having a far more sensible way of managing immigration and buy to let parasites (reducing the demand).

homelessskilledworker

Joeskeppi wrote: »

Or next time he's sending abusive tweets to politicians, businesses and minor celebrities.

I will say the same to you Joe as I have said to a few others on here, I am really sorry that you have problems due to the state of the property market and you are worried that it is going to get even worse. But that is not the fault of posters with my views, and if lashing out at me helps, I am fine with that.

Is debt you main worry??, if it is I am genuinely sorry, not a nice thing to live with

noodle_doodle

There is a solution - eat the rich

skivenov

The OP's right. If you can't afford the things you have and the things you need, you need to find another way.

If one of those things is worth a hundred thousand or two, there's an easy target.

Like you say above, if the housing crash is on the way, sell now, rent for a while and buy later is going to be a winner.

System

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

Is debt you main worry??, if it is I am genuinely sorry, not a nice thing to live with

Well, I haven't had to beg lloyds for £1,500 yet so I'm doing better than some.

Percy1983

Surely there should just cancel sky and sell their iphones first.

Graham_Devon

Theres some merit in what HSW states. He just came across wrong in the opening OP.

We've all seen the woe is me articles, with people in nice houses, who moan about the heating costs, the council tax costs, how they haven't got a payrise and are always on the edge.

To me this suggests either:
A) Something went wrong in their life and their income reduced
They maxed themselves out from the start (which, appears is still the avice from some today).

If they have hit a problem in life, then theres sympathy.

If they maxed themselves out, bargaining on pay promotions etc, then maybe it is only through their own doing that it didn't work out? Maybe they should look at other ways, including downsizing?

Let's face it, thats the only choice so many othhers would have in so many other countries. We are somewhat unique in this country as to how the government protects us from the reality from so many other countries. Some other countries put finanical protection before asset wealth, and therefore find themselves able to support their lifestyle choices, even though hardship, as they didn't max out in the first place.

System

Downsizing could work, selling up and moving into rented doesn't make a lot of sense though.