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They might be hungry but it's OK because house prices are still high.
And they're not starving. So that's OK.
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Graham_Devon wrote: »We are coming to a crossroads in this country. We are reliant on consumption to keep the system going.
It's quite amusing to read some of the posts on this forum. Were supposed to save and not consume, but at the same time we are supposed to consume to keep jobs and growth going. It seems some want to see people doing both at the same time, which is a double bonus as they can be attacked from both angles (the parasite saver and the wreckless spender depending on the argument to be had).
Were nearly (IMO) hitting the crossroads where one will win out over the other.
Certainly you cannot have it both ways. That young person going clubbing is putting money into the economy and business. If they sit at home and save, and more and more do this, thats a few more jobs in the service industry gone.
We want our young to consume. We want our young to save to buy a house. Either way they are wrong, and either way, we want them to do it to save OUR house prices and OUR economy.
And pay off their student loans and save for their pension.
I am not so sure they want the youngsters to consume and spend all their money I think they really want to screw the ones that have been provident."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
I am nots so sure it is whether they are in absolute or relative poverty more the trend that is building.
Yes there are many much more needy people around the world, are they our new benchmark?
The first acceptance will need to come from our politicians, accepting that they don't have a scooby.
Yes we have along way to go I am not so sure peeps will accept that lying down."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »Certainly you cannot have it both ways. That young person going clubbing is putting money into the economy and business. If they sit at home and save, and more and more do this, thats a few more jobs in the service industry gone.
We want our young to consume. We want our young to save to buy a house. Either way they are wrong, and either way, we want them to do it to save OUR house prices and OUR economy.
It's a stark choice indeed. Go clubbing or buy a house.
Those youngsters sacrificing the chance of home ownership just to keep the economy going.
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grizzly1911 wrote: »I am not so sure they want the youngsters to consume and spend all their money I think they really want to screw the ones that have been provident.
I don't think 'they' care very much about where 'their' money comes from, just so long as it keeps on coming.
TruckerTAccording to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »We are coming to a crossroads in this country. We are reliant on consumption to keep the system going.
It's quite amusing to read some of the posts on this forum. Were supposed to save and not consume, but at the same time we are supposed to consume to keep jobs and growth going. It seems some want to see people doing both at the same time, which is a double bonus as they can be attacked from both angles (the parasite saver and the wreckless spender depending on the argument to be had).
Were nearly (IMO) hitting the crossroads where one will win out over the other.
Certainly you cannot have it both ways. That young person going clubbing is putting money into the economy and business. If they sit at home and save, and more and more do this, thats a few more jobs in the service industry gone.
We want our young to consume. We want our young to save to buy a house. Either way they are wrong, and either way, we want them to do it to save OUR house prices and OUR economy.
Totally agree, it's time for our society to decide what it really needs, not what it wants.
Most of the junk that people buy is enriching other countries and a few distributors such as Amazon where we don't even receive the tax from their UK sales. We don't need to buy plasma TVs to keep our economy going, we need a new plan. Consumerism has failed, we need something else.
In the words of Timothy Leery, 'turn on, tune in and drop out'. Disassociate yourself from this sort of shallow existence and find a better way, though not the use of psychedelics as Mr Leery advised.
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