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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostAnd there was me thinking people are responsible for their own actions.Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostThey are. But blame (for example) for a credit boom must also lie with policy makers, as it's entirely predictable. This isn't a party political matter either.Comment
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostTheresa May might just be the least tactical PM to ever serve.
OK, so technically it wasn't a vote about public sector pay, but that's not how people are going to see it when for the next n months it gets played over and over again about how they voted against a pay rise in the public sector.Comment
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostFair enough and I understand that people need a roof over their heads. On the flip side, it's clear that there's no need to buy, for example, brand new cars on PCP or swanky holidays to sunny climes on the drip.
Blaming individual consumers is fine as a moralistic response to deal with the individual circumstances they find themselves in, but it's not an adequate policy response for the cumulative effect of cheap credit on the economy (as I know you know).Comment
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostFair enough and I understand that people need a roof over their heads. On the flip side, it's clear that there's no need to buy, for example, brand new cars on PCP or swanky holidays to sunny climes on the drip.Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostThe reason young people do that is that house prices are totally beyond them. So they spend their money elsewhere.Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostSure. But if near zero % credit is available for car purchase, lots of people will buy new cars. Car manufacturers will tool up to increase production. The second hand car market will be flooded in three years time, depressing the value of second hand cars (which are also the assets on which the PCP loans are secured). Meanwhile there will be excess capacity in car manufacturers.
Blaming individual consumers is fine as a moralistic response to deal with the individual circumstances they find themselves in, but it's not an adequate policy response for the cumulative effect of cheap credit on the economy (as I know you know).Comment
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostRead: the general public can't be trusted with money.Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostThey can't be trusted with plentiful cheap credit. This has been understood for a long time.
But not by Brexiters who can't differentiate between the appearance of prosperity and the reality.Hard Brexit now!
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