pow
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I am.
It's depressing.
Everyone speculating how we'll be paying 110% in tax and a loaf of bread and a litre of petrol will be £11.41 in 2011.
It's Xmas coming soon, and, working with children I'd rather enjoy the run up to it and not bother myself with how VAT is going to be 55% in Janurary 2011 and other bits and peices.
Just shhhhhhh for now, we're living at the moment, lets just leave it at that.
I don't wanna pick up a paper these days because its just "We're fucked, we're fucked, Gorden Brown, Darling" etc etc.
Anyone else agree or am I right in saying that we need to be constantly depressed!
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Fro
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If you get depressed over it thats sad 
I like reading about it all and knowing what state the future is going to be in so i can plan for it. Its not affecting my emotions though
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pow
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It does get a bit depressing when everyone goes on about it all ALL the time.
Yes, I like to know the current situation but I really couldn't care what the distant furture holds because we cannot change it.
At work, everyone is soo down because Petrol isnt 50p a gallon and food is expensive, I swear everyone is SAD as well here 
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lil_g
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I like reading it so I know when I have to have saved enough to get out of here
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Fro
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Once you know why everything is how it is, it makes a whole lot of sense the way things are going to go 
i.e most people don't realise that money is just an i.o.u.
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pow
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Gregg, your right, lucky I'm tucking that money away for a rainy/goverment fuckup day
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
Once you know why everything is how it is, it makes a whole lot of sense the way things are going to go
People who moan tend not to appreciate how the economy works and tend to clucth at straws and take what the Sun writes as gospel.
The Sun is the reason this country is so fucked up tbh
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Neo
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Meh
G.A.F tbh, economy will be shit for about 18 months, hidden charges etc etc....this is the 3rd time its happened in 25 years....its a cycle..just let it happen.
Not as if there is anything you can do to change it though
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pow
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I'm not too bothered, it's the people around me who are that are getting me down
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lil_g
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I need to start my fund tbh pow 
Fad you're right, the Sun takes things wayyyyy out of proportion (but that's how they sell papers!)
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
People who moan tend not to appreciate how the economy works and tend to clucth at straws and take what the Sun writes as gospel.
The Sun is the reason this country is so fucked up tbh
No Fad, Labour is....
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pow
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My Nan, who has been a Labour supporter all her life says that she will NOT vote this time round because she feels soo badly done by by them.
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Agree with Fad, if people weren't so f-ing stupid in the first place this country wouldn't be in the mess it's in.
I to am sick to the back teeth of hearing about it, why does it have to be forced down our throats 24/7, it's driving me insane. I turn the news off now. Especially BBC, doom merchants. If they didn't report on it people would just continue as normal, but the more times you tell people that the world is going to end the more the stupid general public are going to believe it.
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All radio 1 news talk about is the credit crunch.
Its boring me to be honest. If you savvy and shop around the credit crunch makes lttle difference tbh.
Great time to bag a bargain in regards to property. Buy 15-20% below asking price to cover yourself
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Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by Neo
Meh
G.A.F tbh, economy will be shit for about 18 months, hidden charges etc etc....this is the 3rd time its happened in 25 years....its a cycle..just let it happen.
Not as if there is anything you can do to change it though
And each time the world governments own more and more  While getting us into more debt as a nation, until the central banks decide they want their money back...yadda yadda
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Reading CS depresses me these days; MPG, the price of bread, fuel prices, how much it costs for a tub of car polish.
Who GA flying F?
You're only young once, go get drunk and pump birds.
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
quote:
Originally posted by Fad
People who moan tend not to appreciate how the economy works and tend to clucth at straws and take what the Sun writes as gospel.
The Sun is the reason this country is so fucked up tbh
No Fad, Labour is....
Hmm but then again the last time we were in a recession did the conservatives make it worse hence "black Wenesday"?
At least they are trying to stimulate the economy durring an anvoidable cyclical event?
I am not a labour fan in any way but Gordon Brown at least has an understanding of what is happening.
[Edited on 26-11-2008 by Fad]
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pow
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I'm glad i'm not the only one, Ollie!
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Fad
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I was in a meeting with a bank manager yesterday and he is pretty certain interest rates will drop and further 1% in the next two weeks.
So a 3% decrease is going to improve the positon of mortgagees and possibly stimiulate lending.
Savers are screwed though 
[Edited on 26-11-2008 by Fad]
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pow
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Open fixed rate savings this week, apply for loan when rates drop to 1% 
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Fad
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See David things could be worse.
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Ojc
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I really am going to buy a house next year. I'm going to laugh at my foolish mates that bought there houses at there maximum values and had to settle for 1 bedroom houses.
At least now I will be able to get a house with a garage and a driveway, REPO FTW
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thread is far to grown up for CS, if i could deleate it i would 
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
I was in a meeting with a bank manager yesterday and he is pretty certain interest rates will drop and further 1% in the next two weeks.
So a 3% decrease is going to improve the positon of mortgagees and possibly stimiulate lending.
Interest rates are dropping, but you try getting a decent mortgage without a big deposit to own a fair chunk of the house.
WE're jsut lucky house prices haven't dropped in our area or we'd be really in poop house.
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