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damn.
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cgNNNN:
you're full of it. Bankers may be aware of their incompetence, but that's not enough, anyone with an ounce of decency in their body would have tried to correct their wrongs, rather than making things worse and worse with the hope that they can get away with it whilst fucking the rest of the population over financially.
Oh, and I mentioned primark, and you think people stopped going just because there was a programme on telly recently about their child labour issues. you're totally wrong, I have never set foot in a primark/tkmaxx/gap etc in my life, and never will.
you've clearly been brainwashed to believe that market forces are all that matters in the world, and ethics are a commodity like everything else. Buddha tells me you'll have a chain of miserable reincarnations as an intestinal parasite.
didn't you say a while ago that you built websites for Nike or Adidas or similar sports multi-national?
why don't you stop being such a nasty, vindictive little bloke? hmm? -
Beer has just gone up, twice, once the actual cost of the commodity, once because of the chancellors new budget a few months ago. It looks like it will go up again soon due to grain prices. This doesn't affect the larger groups/chains as they will have very strong price/volume deals in place it will be the smaller places. I am surprised you have noticed prices creeping up in pubs.
InBev are putting prices up this week (3-6p a pint) and you don't get much bigger than them.
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The NHS would be in a better state if people supported it - a bit like the situation with libraries.
funny in that as nimbles mentioned all the rich fucks with money oozing out their eyeballs, earn big ££'s but pay way less tax due to good accountants, are the first to bitch and moan about their service by the NHS, when these fucks have the ££'s and should use the private sector. -
How about they opt in to the NHS, but also give a charitable donation to it, or leave a tip for the surgeons/nurses/etc :)
The minute these social institutions are seen as being unpopular or outmoded, the current political climate seems to be one in which they're stripped back or strangulated, and one in which talented health professionals abandon the idea of working in a care-for-all system.
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Some of you know, some of you dont, but i work in property investment, mainly putting together investment portfolios for the mega rich - in central London (knightsbridge, belgravia etc) the prices of homes for the mega rich are still going through the roof, and most of my clients are raking it in at the moment, mainly becaue they have seen this coming over the last 5 years and their strategies have been to milk it, then get out at the right time, keep yourslef cash rich, and then plunge back in when the chaos begins. They are rubbing their hand in glee with the fortunes they are about to make. Any one would be foolish to think that these people dont know, or didnt engineer indirectly through market activity the current situation - think George Soros and the pound
Last week a house belonging to the owner of a well know UK retail chain was sold in The Botoltons for 10m over its 43m asking price, with 2 cases of gazumping - the property wasnt even on with any estate agents.
Yesterday, the UK came closer to financial meltdown than anyone realises - Lehman are one of the largest occupiers of commercial property in the City/Canary wharf, owning vast tracts of realestate. When they went under they had 5 year guarantied up front rents owing of near a billion in the UK alone, god knows how much worldwide, all underwritten by AIG. - If AIG hadnt been bailed out ( a move which i personally think is just a stop gap) shit would have hit the wall big time, with the ripple effect would ha e been something to behold.
There is too much crap in this thread that is just directed at people rather than the problems at hand - i maintain that most city workers are just doing a job - mostly unaware of the machievelian dealings at the top.
The majority of 50 inch plasmas i have seen are not in bankers flats, but in council homes bought on 5 years finance at a bonkers rate, and perhaps it is more than anything else the cultral problem of "must have this and must have that" that permiate out society at the moment, which if anyhting is encouraged by the powers that be, and high st banks with our money in their possesion that is the route of many of our problems. It is these millions of finance/credit card deals that our unpayable now,rather than 10,000 acountants playing with money that has never been in or near our wallets, that we should be woried about
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^^ every downturn is money making opportunity for someone else. There was a short finance trader* on Radio Four this morning justifying his existence, they let him off quite lightly.
- short as in short selling, not short in a me and sano type way.
- short as in short selling, not short in a me and sano type way.
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relevant? :D
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or maybe this?
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niter paying taxes, nor money to charity makes you a better person, both make you a poorer person. Fact.
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"Maaaaaaaatt Daaaaaaaaaaamon"
ah its the small things! that made my day! can't rep you but i'll give you some forum love
I was at Bestival and all i could hear through out the night and in the morning were people shouting Meeeeeeeeeeeeet Daaaaaaaamon - grown ups ;)There is too much crap in this thread that is just directed at people rather than the problems at hand
I just read through a lot of this and have to agree there VV.
The majority of 50 inch plasmas i have seen are not in bankers flats, but in council homes bought on 5 years finance at a bonkers rate, and perhaps it is more than anything else the cultral problem of "must have this and must have that" that permiate out society at the moment
its a mind set. the hard done by! its half my family and its frustrating.
I remember watching that HFW chicken run, where he was trying to convince the benefits of healthy eating to an estate family. an extra $5 on free range chicken (its not the chicken its the principle) the large tracksuit clad lady then came back and argued how she couldn't afford that additional $5 for the family, its tough being a single Mum with 3 kids. but i couldn't help but notice
1 - Her entire family were over weight
2 - They had a a games console\fk off tv\microwave\car\bikes etc
3 - She didn't stop smoking
4 - she was always Mrs Hard done byI'm no Gok Won or Gillian McKeith but i'd say she could eat a lot better on her budget and she could pick up her health lower her families impact on the national health system and she could probably make herself that little bit happier by not needing all the latest electrical shit around the house!
Rant over..
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didn't you say a while ago that you built websites for Nike or Adidas or similar sports multi-national?
why don't you stop being such a nasty, vindictive little bloke? hmm?Aw, how sweet of you to remember.
Yes, I used to work on that kind of stuff. No longer though, and that's through my own choice based on my feelings about working for certain people. I used to be full time, and felt I had less option about what I worked on, now I'm independent, I chose carefully who I work for, I make less money as a result, but I'm more comfortable with what I produce. Of course, this doesn't mean that I am morally superior, I still buy petrol, I still wear trainers that are probably made in vietnam by child slaves, I do lots of things that I regret. Bashing bankers is not one of them though, sorry.
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