Possibly a daft question

[EternalOptimist]

I always believed that in most situations there were winners and losers

so if the NR shareholders have lost out, if the NR borrowers might lose out, if the taxpayer might lose out, my question is, who stands to gain from all this ?(apart from that applegarth character, who would have been paid anyway)

[threaded]

The people at the top with the money in the first place. It's called the trickle down effect, they trickle a little money down, and later they get a big wedge back in return.

HTH

[DimPrawn]

I always believed that in most situations there were winners and losers

so if the NR shareholders have lost out, if the NR borrowers might lose out, if the taxpayer might lose out, my question is, who stands to gain from all this ?(apart from that applegarth character, who would have been paid anyway)

If you think about it, where has all the money lent gone?

It has gone to home owners who sold a bedsit above a kebab shop in Peckham and made enough money to retire to a 5 bed villa on the mediterranean seafront.

[threaded]

If you think about it, where has all the money lent gone?

It has gone to home owners who sold a bedsit above a kebab shop in Peckham and made enough money to retire to a 5 bed villa on the mediterranean seafront.

Some of the trickle down went there, but not that much in the great scheme of things.

Most of the money never really existed, and so has ceased to exist in its none existance so to speak.

The vast bulk of this non-existant money has gone to increase the numbers shown as the bottom line of the people who put the money in, in the first place. The disparity between the numbers and the actual value will be corrected later when they transfer real money into these accounts from your savings, pensions etc. via a bout of inflation.

HTH

[EternalOptimist]

Some of the trickle down went there, but not that much in the great scheme of things.

Most of the money never really existed, and so has ceased to exist in its none existance so to speak.

The vast bulk of this non-existant money has gone to increase the numbers shown as the bottom line of the people who put the money in, in the first place. The disparity between the numbers and the actual value will be corrected later when they transfer real money into these accounts from your savings, pensions etc. via a bout of inflation.

HTH

ok , so you are giving me more losers


now give me the winners. The last time I got trickle down, it was thirty years ago in the Gwladys street end, down the back of my leg

[threaded]

ok , so you are giving me more losers


now give me the winners. The last time I got trickle down, it was thirty years ago in the Gwladys street end, down the back of my leg

It's just another Ponsi scheme, and the winners are those that put the money in, in the first place.

[Churchill]

ok , so you are giving me more losers


now give me the winners. The last time I got trickle down, it was thirty years ago in the Gwladys street end, down the back of my leg

Everyone from the cockney barrow boys who sold the mythical financial instruments in the first place and upwards.

[EternalOptimist]

Everyone from the cockney barrow boys who sold the mythical financial instruments in the first place and upwards.

merci.
It's important to know who to hate

[Churchill]

merci.
It's important to know who to hate

Just my take on things.

[Moscow Mule]

Hate me, I converted my equity into cash...