sasguru hits mainstream press

[DimPrawn]

Big homes, nice cars, luxury holidays... what their friends don

I am currently one of thousands of middle-class paupers out there putting on a brave face and pretending nothing has changed when, in fact, beneath the glossy varnish of the facade, our entire way of life is crumbling under the crushing pressure of the credit crunch.

Break out the violins.

[AtW]

sasguru is a woman!!?!?!

[HairyArsedBloke]

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I know of loads of people like the ones described in that piece. Load of grandiose pretencions and so keen to show how much they cared. Yes, all of them are/were nuLieBore supporters. Shafted the lot of 'em.

It makes I larf.

[OwlHoot]

I know how she feels - My daily rate is about the same as when I started contracting over ten years ago. I imagine most contractors, and full-time IT workers for that matter, are the same.

Also, I can't begin to imagine how young people, even two full-time earners as partners/spouses, can afford to start a family these days without a huge amount of financial help from their parents or the state.

By rights they should be absolutely hopping mad about the lax immigration policies over the last ten years. But it's no surprise they're not - Most people, especially idealistic young people, are desperately anxious to be seen to think like each other, and politicians have been exploiting this sheep-like compulsion for years to cynically ship in millions of foreigners for their votes.

By comparison, the expenses scandal was an utter trifle - A few troughers gaining slightly more than they deserved, and the whole nation goes into fits of hysterical rage. But immigration policies that will blight the lives of millions (including immigrants already here) are hardly noticed. Go figure.

[TimberWolf]

At the rate house prices are rising we'll all be so 'rich' we'll be competitive with the third world. £500 / week to rent a flat

[HairyArsedBloke]

Have a read of the UK section of this report. Page 21 onwards.

Thanks Gordon.

Hell, why a I worried. Not my problem.

[suityou01]

Also, I can't begin to imagine how young people, even two full-time earners as partners/spouses, can afford to start a family these days without a huge amount of financial help from their parents or the state.

By rights they should be absolutely hopping mad about the lax immigration policies over the last ten years. But it's no surprise they're not - Most people, especially idealistic young people, are desperately anxious to be seen to think like each other, and politicians have been exploiting this sheep-like compulsion for years to cynically ship in millions of foreigners for their votes.

[AtW]

Also, I can't begin to imagine how young people, even two full-time earners as partners/spouses, can afford to start a family these days without a huge amount of financial help from their parents or the state.

Like maybe rent affordable house rather than overextend yourself on massive mortgage?

I was just walking past estate agents and noticed that prices for local houses actually beginning to look pretty decent

It's a pity I was walking after a few drinks in a local pub

[Platypus]

Have a read of the UK section of this report. Page 21 onwards.

Thanks Gordon.

Hell, why a I worried. Not my problem.

Any insights as to why Sterling remains so strong, and getting stronger?
Is it because the septics are in as bad a shape as us?

[NickFitz]

These narcissistic morons bring the concept of an unjustified sense of entitlement to new heights:

"We had a phenomenal couple of years, our earnings were rocketing and naively we believed it would go on for ever. It wasn't enough income to describe ourselves as wealthy, but what it did was unleash our ability to borrow."

And borrow they did. Over time and on credit, the Risbridgers acquired all the trimmings of success: a five-bedroom house in Buckinghamshire, with an Aga, bespoke kitchen and wet room, surrounded by 15 acres with stables and 14 horses.

Not enough income to "describe ourselves as wealthy", yet they acquire 15 acres and 14 horses?

These people are the moral equivalent of a sixteen-year old girl who gets pregnant so she can get a council house and live on benefits. In fact, they're worse than that: if they managed to make enough money to have access to that level of debt (I refuse to call it "credit"), they must have been intelligent enough to have realised what kind of hole they were digging for themselves if they hadn't been blinded by greed. At least the teenage girl is probably too dumb and too socially disadvantaged to have had any other options. Also, she's only after housing and spending money, not a pony.

14 horses, FFS. Even the Queen Mother only owned ten at the time of her death. (Guess how she got her house and spending money.)