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[david and julie]

Hey shaggy..... just been out and had that pint, it looked like guiness? if it was make the most of it, if Tony carries on like this we'll only be able to afford mild.

 

[chambsesf]

Why is it the majority of people feel the same about something but the gov do the opposite to what we want????????????????????

That's democracy for you - everbody gets what nobody wants.

 

[AdamW]

maybe its the circles I mix in but everyone I know is better off,but also disapointed with "new labour".

Definitely the circles you move in! Everyone I know is disappointed with New Labour, and we are all worse off financially.

When Labour came to power my school (a grammar school) had it's future hanging in the balance. For a while it looked like they would have to either become a comprehensive school (and thus lose it's right to select brighter pupils) or become a private school (which is totally against the whole point of a grammar school, i.e. superlative education for those who are a little short of cash).

Then when I went on to university I ended up about £20K in debt. As did my brother, as has my sister (who is almost certainly starting post-graduate study in September at a further cost of £20K). So as a family, we are £80K worse off. That is before you take into consideration all the extra tax money we are paying now over what we would have been doing with the Tory government in 1996.

Oh yes, and the loans were originally government-funded, but the government then sold the debts to a private company which charges a higher rate of interest.

As to the mortgage, I would sooner have a small mortgage with a massive interest rate than a massive mortgage with a low interest rate. Reason? If interest is 16%, it is unlikely to go up too much and any changes of a few percent will be bearable. But if you have a big mortgage at e.g. 3%, if interest goes up to 5% you may find yourself, to put it in accounting parlance, "screwed".

Was reading the Lib Dem policies, that 50% tax sounds like a good idea, but bear in mind I will be totally against it if I ever end up with these massive salaries that Phony Bliar assures me I will get as a graduate.

Oh, but the Lib Dems, they puzzle me. Always in third place by a noticeable, nay considerable margin... yet they release statements and make comments about the Tories that sound as if the Lib Dem's are in power (or at least in the running!). Now I apologise to any some Lib Dem supporters here, after all about 1 in 10 people votes Lib Dem... or is it 1 in 10 people are gay? Anyway, I can't even remember the name of their leader and I was reading about him in the paper earlier on. Ginger bloke, looks a bit bewildered all the time. Charles something.

And you know how people might be more cautious after Harry's swastika incident, look at what this pratt is doing!

I know I have been ever so subtle but unfortunately there is no prize for guessing which two parties I won't be voting for

 

[AdamW]

why is this happening, are some people just so weak willed about finance? Certainly looks like problems ahead for some I reckon.

Comfort shopping. You feel stressed at work, you decide to remind yourself it is all worth it by buying yourself a present. Unfortunately it is very easy to spend more than you should when you have that little rectangle of plastic in your hand!

 

[kendor]

i thought they lost them because of greed and stupidity

My mortgage went up by £250 per month because of the tories mismanagement and downright theft of milking the coffers for their own gains. Not a lot of people can swallow that much of a rise and so the unlucky ones lost their houses which i'm sure were whipped up quickly by those that take advantage of others misery.