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Bank reform: The radical way 2:06pm on 23 Oct 2009 It is a MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD world.
What RBS's results say about QE 4:54pm on 12 Aug 2009 #222 I go along with what you say about education and would title it as 'Life Skills' which also ought to encompass and encourage an understanding of human anatomy and healthy living too. Not all that is sold to us is good for us. Survival skills for the world they find themselves in is more useful and can replace and enhance many subjects studied, it is open in nature, just as demanding for those who need to delve deeper. life not played out on a level playing field, the young ought to be given the chance to at least know the lay of the ground, before the game begins. Currently, many leave school without having a clue about things that would really enhance their life chances. Credit is useful for those who know how to use it. I do know some people who do know how to use it however cannot help but overindulge in it. If it were not credit it would be something else, an addiction anyway.
What RBS's results say about QE 4:04pm on 12 Aug 2009 Our economy is for the most part service based, it stands to reason that those employed by the service industry (setting aside some global services)are are paid by our wealth creators. It amuses me to hear many service workers complaining about having to pay taxes in order to keep the unworthy on the dole, I even hear government workers complain in the same way, surely those who benefit most from the taxes that we all pay, the unemployed too, are government workers, local and national service providers, landlords and other businesses. The unemployed/unfit/state pensioner get a roof (on sink estates for many)and a paltry amount of cash for living on, no more, indeed the landlord gets more. Indiginous British people who are in this situation do not have anywhere else to go.
What RBS's results say about QE 12:23pm on 12 Aug 2009 When the British Media starts harking on about the 1950's and the associated benefits of having ones own allotment to grow veg, it really does have the desired effect in getting one to hold on to ones wallet and yes, paying off some of those pesky debts that one may have built up over the good years. The reverse is true when one save up a "few bob" in an account; why bother with pesky allotments, live now, enjoy,invest as you may not get another chance to spend/invest that few shillings you have saved in such upbeat economical conditions.

I guess when one has managed to "tuck a few bob away", the whole cycle will start again. If not, "who gives a rats arse", back to the allotment the garden shed and the cat.
Charging for online news 11:33am on 12 Aug 2009 The convention online at present is that "The News" is free. It is Murdoch who is breaking with convention in wanting to charge fees. I can understand that Newspaper Groups have to survive and that the online News is expensive to provide to the reader, but what news? Hardly any real investigative stories at all, one newspaper carrying the same stories/news as the next and the constant recycling of old news/stories. Would I pay fot that? Specialist news/stories and analysis we pay for anyway.
If News service was different, informative, punchy, then perhaps it may deserve to be sponsored with a fee, a public service for all. Do you know that there are around 400000 souls wandering about this good land of ours who are infected with hepatitis virus and do not know it? Currently "The News" covers IVF, fertility treatment.
Why men are to blame for the crunch 8:45pm on 29 Jul 2009 #199

Relax, Relax, it is only a blog, a great place to bounce thoughts, ideas, get feedback at times and perhaps even learn a thing or two here and there. To play the devils advocate(and to take a beating without the pain we may get in the real world) It appears that all sexes are equally responsible. Some interesting research sites and views have been thrown in, Iceland appears to be taking some research in a serious way. Mind you Iceland is in a mess and to distract its population away from the recent past is a good idea. I wonder if getting females to run the show will make any things better in the long run? They are about to join the Euro so.........
Why men are to blame for the crunch 7:26pm on 29 Jul 2009 #193
There is a lot of truth here, President Bush made no bones about representing his "own type of people" and a "New World Order" in some of his speeches.

Indeed prior to Bush and under Thatcher, here in the UK, the working classes were muzzled by being encouraged into taking on debt, owning a home, now they were put into where they no longer could afford to strike nor demonstrate for any effective lenth of time to protect what freedoms or rights they had. Yes, in the early days many prospered (good profits to be made stimulating up a housing market) and they have done very well, the desciples of credit were born to convert the masses, where are our freedoms now? Why does it cost so much for everything? Where is my national and cultural identity? Who is afraid of that big bad wolf called people power (called 'solidarity' in some quarters) they are now all too afraid and fearful to step outside in case they catch the flu or miss a mortgage payment. Anyway, all this CCTV we have, Police with guns and Tazors, Hoodies trying to make a point about being watched all of the time, economic issues that facilitate single parenthood (many of which there is an active father but wages earned would not facilitate good healthy living conditions for them nor more importantly that of the children if the relationship were declared, so no fathers name on the birth certificates in many cases, mothers saying that they do not know who the father is in order to provide that little bit extra to be spent on the children better quality food, utilities, clothes, shoes the tings that means tested benefits do not provide(many branded trainers are sold at heavy discounts so lets get that one out of the way) A culture of fear, fear fear being channeled into our homes via THE NEWS, the News focusing on International issues more than our real domestic issues, it goes on and on. A climate of fear, control.
Why men are to blame for the crunch 5:43pm on 29 Jul 2009 174 178

If such as such is the case then they may be kept running, looks like a chink in the armour needs sorting out before it becomes a real issue.

The car industry has downsized capacity, but technique and skills need to be retained, the car industry will recover when the economy recovers (it may take a long while though) I hate to see unemployment but the sad truth is that it is more cost effective to keep people on the dole at times than it is to create new employment, my roots are from an industrial city, (an industry now no more) where there were always the good times followed by the bad times for work, Marx's theories in Capital covers the issues very well (Marx is noted for being the first person to actually right it all down, he was a materialist and not an idealist as many think) Maybe this government and manufactures can get together and build some sturdy transport for the military soon. That is no relief if one has a mortgage to sort out though. There really ought to be some relief for those who do.
Why men are to blame for the crunch 4:27pm on 29 Jul 2009 #164 It is when the impact of the company's (with the banks it was the whole industry) fall puts the whole economy at risk. The damage it may cause is a lot more costly than keeping it afloat. There are alternatives to Microsoft and Google like companies, failure of those types of companies may indeed actually benefit the whole in the long run,I am not convinced that they would be saved from failure.
Why men are to blame for the crunch 3:42pm on 29 Jul 2009 I have yet to meet a lady who did not have the decency of minding her own business regarding my income and outgoings. Female=Ruthless/non too emotional and charming and Male=aggresive/emotional and insecure due having a ruthless mother, we would rather play with our toys and brag about our big boy rather than have to admit our mothers cut it off a long time ago.

Targets, targets, targets, it would have made little difference having more women at the top.

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