26 Nov 08
Originally posted by Marinkatombobviously the people in Washington haven't heard it enough.
Jeez, if i hear one more bbc reporter mention the credit crunch i'm gonna nuke Television house! CHANGE THE RECORD ALREADY!!! We know we're screwed, we get the message, do we have to hear about it 24 hours a day??
26 Nov 08
Originally posted by Phlabibitwell, you know what they say, as America goes, so goes the world.
Or Parliament I guess.
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Obama mentioned this week that this is obviously a global crisis and thus America needs to think globally when trying to solve it.
Just like it started here and rapidly moved to other countries, so must a solution.
26 Nov 08
Originally posted by SuzianneI don't think there is a solution as long as you have people who can afford 4 houses, 12 cars, and 5 or more vacations a year while other's don't have enough for gas or milk.
well, you know what they say, as America goes, so goes the world.
Obama mentioned this week that this is obviously a global crisis and thus America needs to think globally when trying to solve it.
Just like it started here and rapidly moved to other countries, so must a solution.
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26 Nov 08
Originally posted by SuzianneSo what you're saying is America is the virus that has infected the rest of the world...
well, you know what they say, as America goes, so goes the world.
Obama mentioned this week that this is obviously a global crisis and thus America needs to think globally when trying to solve it.
Just like it started here and rapidly moved to other countries, so must a solution.
27 Nov 08
Originally posted by uzlessI don't have a TV, i was referring to the radio. I'm pretty sure the TV is the same though. It's not the coverage of the recession that bothers me, it's the constant repetition of this stupid catch phrase. They say it about 50 times and hour. I'm sure there's some other word/phrase they could use. They could call it the down turn, the recession, the economic troubles-problems-etc-etc. It's just 'credit crunch' this, 'credit crunch' that. "Oh, Mrs Jones has lost her cat, maybe it's escaping the 'credit crunch', hahaha" It's SO irritating! I've heard enough and what's worse, it's rubbed off on the Joe in the street too. Talk to anyone for more than 5 minutes in London and they'll say it. No wonder people aren't spending, as soon as they see their 'credit' card in their wallet they're mentally repeating this mantra 'credit crunch...credit crunch...' It's like one of those irritating songs that get's stuck in your head for days. ðŸ˜
no. turn your tv off and do something with your life
27 Nov 08
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Originally posted by PhlabibitThere isn't a solution while the international banking industry is a group of privately owned businesses that compete with each other to increase their own vested interests. Banks should be there for the good of the many, not the few. That people should lose their lifes savings and live out their lives in abject poverty because some 20 something upstart spunked their money on nothing more than the horse racing astounds me. They should be strung up!
I don't think there is a solution as long as you have people who can afford 4 houses, 12 cars, and 5 or more vacations a year while other's don't have enough for gas or milk.
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I'd like to see them all Nationalised. If Tax payers are going to pick up the tab whenever their greed forces them to the wall (while also screwing 100% of the population in one way or another) every 7-10 years or so, why not keep them the property of the Tax payer pertinently and use some of the future revenues (once they're solvent) to repair the tragic mess they've made of so many peoples lives/savings? They'll be making money soon enough, but pensioners who've lost their life savings have to live with it till the end of their days. There is potential for these organisations to do so much good in the World, why are they left to greed and self interest?