Post subject: Re: The Growing Gap Between Rich And Poor
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:35 pm
Enicomb
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McLaren_Field wrote:Presumably he had to leave his wife and kids in the bank vault as security - or are you seriously suggesting that if I fill in an application form for a loan from my current bank this afternoon and declare myself as unemployed they'll happily divvy up the £10K ?
I'll tell you without trying - Santander won't.
To be honest, his whole situation was a farce, I believe he lied to get loan but I'm sure; the guy is a complete fruit cake generally. But never the less my point was simply that he got by for 18 months.
To the other posters, I described my real situation (that would include a hike in energy bills as well as other bills like fuel and council tax). My point is simply that it is possible and I question why (the apparent majority as many are now disagreeing) struggle to leave enough leeway in their budget for the bad times (a criticism I'm sure has been leveled at the government in recent times)?
Post subject: Re: The Growing Gap Between Rich And Poor
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:44 pm
Anakin Skywalker
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Enicomb wrote:To be honest, his whole situation was a farce, I believe he lied to get loan but I'm sure; the guy is a complete fruit cake generally. But never the less my point was simply that he got by for 18 months.
Hang on you posted this.
Enicomb wrote:Sorry, but I'm paid enough, because I budgeted it and live within my means. Something a good portion of people seem unable to do.
My wage is actually irrelevant (although by lowly, I mean a little over minimum wage) as it doesn't matter how much you earn you need to keep your outgoings relative to whatever that figure is, in other words not stretching yourself too thinly financially where the slightest problem will cause financial catastrophe. Many people apparently, do live too close to the that line and then cry about it when it goes wrong for them.' Oh and no doubt you'll sight redundancy again, yes it's largely out of your hands if it happens to you, but, and I know this from a colleague who was made redundant, life doesn't end. He didn't get another job for 18 months, he took out a 10k bank loan to cover himself and well as using his redundancy pay and was never under threat of defaulting on his mortgage (which I know he was already pushed to cover). Yes I'm sure it's difficult but with proper planning redundancy is not the end of the world either.
I think it's safe to assume that you think that having outgoings that are anything from 95% - 105% of your income is perfectly acceptable and it's that attitude that people are struggling so much from.
So you are saying ' in other words not stretching yourself too thinly financially where the slightest problem will cause financial catastrophe. Many people apparently, do live too close to the that line and then cry about it when it goes wrong for them.'. You then site 'Oh and no doubt you'll sight redundancy again, yes it's largely out of your hands if it happens to you, but, and I know this from a colleague who was made redundant, life doesn't end. He didn't get another job for 18 months, he took out a 10k bank loan to cover himself and well as using his redundancy pay and was never under threat of defaulting on his mortgage (which I know he was already pushed to cover)' as proper planning. Are you on drugs?
Post subject: Re: The Growing Gap Between Rich And Poor
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:05 pm
Mild Rover
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Enicomb wrote: To the other posters, I described my real situation (that would include a hike in energy bills as well as other bills like fuel and council tax). My point is simply that it is possible and I question why (the apparent majority as many are now disagreeing) struggle to leave enough leeway in their budget for the bad times (a criticism I'm sure has been leveled at the government in recent times)?
Life is about choices and choices are gambles/sacrifices.
So it is entirely rational, for example, that you might stretch yourself to buy a more expensive house in the catchment area of a good school, so your children (hopefully) get better exam marks and opportunities. The risk being that you're stuffed if interest rates, fuel prices and/or inflation rise.
Or you could buy something cheaper, have greater financial security, but your children's education maybe suffers.
You just have to make the best decisions you can, recognising you're at the mercy of forces beyond your control and try to second guess them. There's no morally right or wrong answer to the above conumdrum - you pays your money (or not), you take your chance.
'Thus I am tormented by my curiosity and humbled by my ignorance.' from History of an Old Bramin, The New York Mirror (A Weekly Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts), February 16th 1833.
Post subject: Re: The Growing Gap Between Rich And Poor
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:55 am
Enicomb
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Mild Rover wrote:Life is about choices and choices are gambles/sacrifices.
So it is entirely rational, for example, that you might stretch yourself to buy a more expensive house in the catchment area of a good school, so your children (hopefully) get better exam marks and opportunities. The risk being that you're stuffed if interest rates, fuel prices and/or inflation rise.
Or you could buy something cheaper, have greater financial security, but your children's education maybe suffers.
You just have to make the best decisions you can, recognising you're at the mercy of forces beyond your control and try to second guess them. There's no morally right or wrong answer to the above conumdrum - you pays your money (or not), you take your chance.
Equally then, if your view it like that, you (figuratively speaking) can't complain so loudly if it goes wrong?
Post subject: Re: The Growing Gap Between Rich And Poor
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:10 pm
Mild Rover
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Enicomb wrote:Equally then, if your view it like that, you (figuratively speaking) can't complain so loudly if it goes wrong?
No - though obviously, they will. Human nature, innit? And tbf, some will be genuinely unlucky.
I guess people whose judgement pays dividends should only smug it up if they've been clever rather than fortunate. Which is subjective, to say the least!
'Thus I am tormented by my curiosity and humbled by my ignorance.' from History of an Old Bramin, The New York Mirror (A Weekly Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts), February 16th 1833.
Post subject: Re: The Growing Gap Between Rich And Poor
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:55 pm
Enicomb
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Rock God X wrote:
Enicomb wrote:Equally then, if your view it like that, you (figuratively speaking) can't complain so loudly if it goes wrong?
Neither should you be vilified if it goes wrong. Sometimes people find themselves in financial difficulties due to circumstances beyond their control.
I'm sure. I'm also not referring to those people, maybe I haven't made that clear enough? I'm talking about those, that borrowed money to the hilt and now complain as even the smallest change in their income means massive problems. I'm not referring to those that have been unfortunate enough to suffer redundancy or similar (I merely used an example to illustrate a different point).
Post subject: Re: The Growing Gap Between Rich And Poor
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:44 pm
LeighGionaire
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Joined: Feb 20 2002 Posts: 1437 Location: Leigh, where else?
It's amazing how a thread takes its own twists and turns.
I started this one hoping to point out that our DEBT BASED money system is THE PRIME REASON the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting ever poorer.
SBR still parrots the line that I don't understand banking, and that banks can't create money (as credit) from nothing . . . . .
It's amazing how a thread takes its own twists and turns.
I started this one hoping to point out that our DEBT BASED money system is THE PRIME REASON the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting ever poorer.
SBR still parrots the line that I don't understand banking, and that banks can't create money (as credit) from nothing . . . . .
"If the American people knew tonight, exactly how the monetary and banking system worked, there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."
-Abraham Lincoln
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