Plus sides to living in an economy on the downturn

Saltywater

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Whew!!!! and that's been one BIG financial benefit to you.

Okays...now what about non-financial benefits. My own take on this is in the non-financial benefits I am getting because of the Other People hurting my life factor has improved in the recession. That is, other people aren't creating so much car noise, plane noise and over-development as would have happened if the Third? Great Depression wasn't happening and "things are on the slide" financially.

What non-financial benefits can anyone think of that have applied/might apply to them in the future because of The State of the Economy?

Things are not on the slide, it's onwards and upwards, starting around 8 months ago.

moneyistooshorttomention

Saltywater wrote: »

Things are not on the slide, it's onwards and upwards, starting around 8 months ago.

:rotfl:I wish.....in many ways....:rotfl:Bet the Government wishes even more though:rotfl:

Wonders where I could get a dose of this Optimism Pill from?....

Saltywater

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

:rotfl:I wish.....in many ways....:rotfl:Bet the Government wishes even more though:rotfl:

Wonders where I could get a dose of this Optimism Pill from?....

Just noticed you spelt your location wrong, it's spelt Cyprus.

HTH

moneyistooshorttomention

You mean you believe the Government that things are getting better?????? Wow!:rotfl:

Saltywater

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

You mean you believe the Government that things are getting better?????? Wow!:rotfl:

I know for a fact building companies are having to tender for materials such as bricks and Tarmac as there isn't enough to go around due to demand.

They didn't need to do that a year ago...

moneyistooshorttomention

...and on the longer-term front (ie rather than a temporary blip) in one sector???

I know that there is temporary blip going on right now, for instance, for fence panels. That is, barely obtainable for love nor money and people charging way over the standard price for them because of the number of fence panels coming down in recent weather has equalled a way bigger demand than normal. But, at some point soon, demand for fence panels will go back down to normal and so will their price.

Now, on the other hand, what about the fact that many people (the majority?) have seen little, if anything, for instance in terms of cost of living rises for some years? What about the extra layer upon layer of extra cuts from the Government (eg expecting the unemployed to pay part of their Council Tax, introducing the Bedroom Tax, threatening to charge us rather more to use the NHS, such as a possible £10 a month levy to be able to do so)??

What about career people being expected to make do with jobs? What about full-time job people being expected to make do with part-time jobs or zero hours contracts and the like?

Looks a lot like a failing economy to me.

antrobus

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

...... What about the extra layer upon layer of extra cuts from the Government (eg expecting the unemployed to pay part of their Council Tax, introducing the Bedroom Tax, threatening to charge us rather more to use the NHS, such as a possible £10 a month levy to be able to do so)??.....

Err, that wasn't the Government threatening to charge a £10 a month levy for using the NHS, that was a genuine paid up member of the Labour Party.

Saltywater

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

...and on the longer-term front (ie rather than a temporary blip) in one sector???

I know that there is temporary blip going on right now, for instance, for fence panels. That is, barely obtainable for love nor money and people charging way over the standard price for them because of the number of fence panels coming down in recent weather has equalled a way bigger demand than normal. But, at some point soon, demand for fence panels will go back down to normal and so will their price.

Now, on the other hand, what about the fact that many people (the majority?) have seen little, if anything, for instance in terms of cost of living rises for some years? What about the extra layer upon layer of extra cuts from the Government (eg expecting the unemployed to pay part of their Council Tax, introducing the Bedroom Tax, threatening to charge us rather more to use the NHS, such as a possible £10 a month levy to be able to do so)??

What about career people being expected to make do with jobs? What about full-time job people being expected to make do with part-time jobs or zero hours contracts and the like?

Looks a lot like a failing economy to me.

Nope, non of that has affected me.

Onwards and upwards! :beer:

Bummer, I forgot, they are taking £80 or something off me for the little one, I put that into his savings account each month and he has a nice little pot towards his Uni fees or a house deposit.

I'll still keep putting it in myself though as I won't miss it and will only spend it on another couple of bottles of red.

How very dare they!

System

I remember when the recession hit the first thing I thought was "Ahhh nice quiet skies without all those pesky planes".

CLAPTON

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

...and on the longer-term front (ie rather than a temporary blip) in one sector???

I know that there is temporary blip going on right now, for instance, for fence panels. That is, barely obtainable for love nor money and people charging way over the standard price for them because of the number of fence panels coming down in recent weather has equalled a way bigger demand than normal. But, at some point soon, demand for fence panels will go back down to normal and so will their price.

Now, on the other hand, what about the fact that many people (the majority?) have seen little, if anything, for instance in terms of cost of living rises for some years? What about the extra layer upon layer of extra cuts from the Government (eg expecting the unemployed to pay part of their Council Tax, introducing the Bedroom Tax, threatening to charge us rather more to use the NHS, such as a possible £10 a month levy to be able to do so)??

What about career people being expected to make do with jobs? What about full-time job people being expected to make do with part-time jobs or zero hours contracts and the like?

Looks a lot like a failing economy to me.

Of course some people believed Brown's abolition of boom and bust;
more rational people didn't : they accepted that the economy tends to go in cycles.

For them there is neither surprise or outrage that after a boom people can be worse off (during the 'bust').

Some describe this as the beginning of armageddon, others the inevitable correction.