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8 minutes ago, puchooay said:
So, there is an economic crisis. Got that.
However, not everyone is struggling.
There are those that are and earn more that my wife and I, who are not struggling.
The only difference I can see that would cause those who struggle to do so would be lifestyle choices. You said that was rubbish.
So, why do you think some struggle when their salaries are equal to or more than those who are doing OK?
Please post links to the income bands you are referring to.
Include all and any relevant information regarding regional/national living costs, including local taxes, rental costs/house prices, energy costs linked to environmental conditions and any other costs.
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1 hour ago, puchooay said:
I'm asking you why some, on more salary than us, are struggling when my wife and I are not.
Because of the economic crisis.
I have answered three times now.
Time for a new question if you wish to continue this...
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5 minutes ago, JonnyF said:However, a large % of them are to blame for the fact they are struggling.
Evidence with links please.
6 minutes ago, JonnyF said:Unfortunately, the welfare state in the UK has created a culture where people make poor decisions lightly, in the belief that the state will bail them out if needs be.
Not true for many, including my family when I was a child.
7 minutes ago, JonnyF said:Huge mortgages for houses they can't afford, big screen TV's they don't need, new BMW's when a second hand Honda would do the job, and so on.
Evidence with links please.
7 minutes ago, JonnyF said:Then, when the pooper hits the fan in a scenario like Covid melting the World economy, they cry like babies that they haven't got steak for dinner every night. Treat people like children, they will act like children. The West has produced generations of weak minded cry babies who think the world owes them a living.
Nonsense.
8 minutes ago, JonnyF said:Hopefully when the cost of living crisis ends a lot of people will have learnt some of the harsh lessons of life and take a bit more responsibility for their own well being in future.
Please provide evidence that the people struggling are to blame for the current crisis.
9 minutes ago, JonnyF said:I wish them the best but prefer not to pay additional tax to bail them out.
So you are residing in the UK now...and we all pay tax, even those on welfare and struggling in the current crisis.
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18 minutes ago, puchooay said:
No you haven't.
An answer to my question would clear that up.
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39 minutes ago, BritManToo said:My lifestyle choice was to move somewhere where I could live on my income.
Another lifestyle choice I could have made was to work until I dropped.
If I were a woman, I could have chosen to live with (or share living costs) with a man.
How lucky for you...tell me, how are, for example, single parents of young children, those with jobs to maintain or family to care for to do as you did?
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1 hour ago, JonnyF said:Nonsense. None of my extended family are struggling. None of us were given anything either, we simply worked hard, planned ahead, lived within our means, didn't make a myriad of poor decisions.
People need to start taking responsibility for their lives and stop blaming governments for everything.
Nonsense...people struggling in the current economic crisis are not to blame for it.
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1 hour ago, puchooay said:
Yes, they do.
However, because of lifestyle choices, we are not struggling.
Please explain how those on higher salaries than us are struggling, if it's not because of lifestyle choices.
I have, in previous post...read and digest.
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Just now, puchooay said:
OK. So, please explain why those on much higher salaries than myself and my wife are apparently struggling, if it is not because of lifestyle choices?
Do the words ''economic crisis'' mean anything to you?
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1 hour ago, bangon04 said:
Guessing that many of the posters on this forum have worked hard for their retirement, have sometimes (often) been fleeced by a divorce settlement in their home country, and yet have still managed to provide for a "comfortable" later life. It should not be a surprise that they have little sympathy for those who appear incapable of financial self-management.
People are in crisis because of the current economic situation and those here are lecturing families who are struggling, while making anecdotal claims about lifestyle choices that are stereotypical garbage.
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Three pages of stereotypical bar stool philosophy and economics...my oh my.
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50 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:
Green M&M's not wearing high heels anymore .
Who is actually getting outraged, angry and fighting and being abusive ?
About Green M&M's shoes ?????
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1 hour ago, Mac Mickmanus said:
When I have watched USA TV programmes , usually CNN or Fox in hotels , many programmes seem to be adverts in disguise as a news story and they are quite clearly promoting a brand .
Its common with UK newspapers as well .
Running adverts disguised as news reports
Utter nonsense
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9 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:
Are M &M's right wingers ?
Are you getting Eminem and M&M's mixed up ?
Do you even read the OPs before commenting?
Also is Eminem particularly right wing...his interviews on political views would suggest not.
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tucker has not only lost the plot, but he’s descended into the realms of gibberish idiocy
“The changes sparked controversy from conservatives like Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who said the female M&Ms were now "less sexy" with their new footwear.
In January 2022, Carlson said on his show that "M&Ms will not be satisfied until every last cartoon character is deeply unappealing and totally androgynous until the moment you wouldn't want to have a drink with any one of them."
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Just now, Gottfrid said:
No, it´s an opinion based on your standards, moral aspects, emotions and way of thinking. Others may have another way of looking at it. You are not the one who gets to decide what is a fact or not. Therefore, it´s your opinion, and if it is a fact according to you, then that will also stand for you and therefore be your opinion.
Nope.
It is a fact it was a democratic exercise of peaceful protest.
It is a fact you advocated draconian measures for doing so.
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Just now, Gottfrid said:
Yes, and you have repeated that 3-5 times uncontested. I am just saying that is your opinion.
Nope.
It is a fact.
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7 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:
You better look up the difference between removed and detained vs arrested? After that we can do further discussion.
Ok, so you mean nothing with your posts. I can clearly see that further discussion here will not bear any fruit.
But, if had been thinking before posting your quote, you would have understood that I used the word "mean" in relation to the quote.
Then that must mean I did not put any words in your mouth, right?
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But, I am deeply sorry I have to break it to you guys. You know, sometimes things are just black or white. That´s when the the grey has been removed. That means, that there are no people being removed nor detained in a peaceful protest. That´s a BIG fact! Sometimes, it´s just that easy!It is a fact she was not arrested.
I have made no comment on police actions.
You have advocated tyrannical punishment for people exercising their democratic rights to peaceful protest.
That is the point I have been making.
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7 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:
You are making a comment on police actions, at the same time you are posting that she was exercising her democratic rights to peaceful protest. Because if it was a peaceful protest, means it was not breaking any laws. Something that also would not result in her being detained. So, if you think, everything was linked to your post. What your point is, I have no clue about as I have no abilities as a shrink.
The fact is that she was removed and detained. That must then mean that she was doing something that was not her right do to or was not peaceful enough according to the laws and rules in the country she was protesting in.I made no comment on police actions.
Just your post advocating tyrannical punishment for the exercising of a democratic right to peaceful protest.
I also don’t which laws you are referring to when you say they were broken.
The OP does not mention any broken laws.
In fact it makes clear she was not arrested.
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5 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:
Are you then meaning that the German police detained her wrongfully? Because it is a fact that they took her away, right? Think it is the first photo in this thread.
So, if it is a fact she was exercising her democratic right to peaceful protest, why was she taken away?
Still reads like your opinion.I have made no comment on the police actions.
Please explain in detail why you are making comments not connected to my post?
Why have you chosen to comment on something not linked to my point?
My point being you are advocating tyrannical punishments for the fact those involved in this protest were exercising their democratic right to peaceful protest.
No deflections please.
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51 minutes ago, BritManToo said:
Does anyone really care what teenagers want?
I do.
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11 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:
She stopped by the protest for a photo shoot and a video and it made for a great action packed photo to see her being carried away by some policeman , she was taken away because it made for a good photo and video for her self promotion and publicity
Nope
Millions forced to skip meals as UK cost of living crisis deepens
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