BigFatCoward Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, DaveSumm said: Actually you’re right, found this on the government website: I was also reading a Reddit thread where someone claimed that mild asthma sufferers would be included in group 6 if aged between 16-64 (and had checked with the DoH, not just a random comment) which is good to know. I've got mild asthma and meet significant numbers due to my role, I dont mind getting it sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Heartofice said: Right.. and what happens to that debt? Just disappears? Who pays for it? If Luke owes someone money for his house, what happens to the person or business he owes money to? Someone is always paying for these things. Did you not read my post? The debt travel upwards, all of it. And up and up and up it goes. All the way to the very top of the food chain, to the people at who are not going to lose their homes, or be unable to feed their children if they have to wait a bit longer to get their money. Remember 2008. We, the people, bailed out a lot of these bastards (who continue to get richer and richer through all this) and are still paying for it. We, the people, stopped these cunts from going to the wall. It's time to repay the favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Spockydog said: Did you not read my post? The debt travel upwards, all of it. And up and up and up it goes. All the way to the very top of the food chain, to the people at who are not going to lose their homes, or be unable to feed their children if they have to wait a bit longer to get their money. Remember 2008. We, the people, bailed out a lot of these bastards (who continue to get richer and richer through all this) and are still paying for it. We, the people, stopped these cunts from going to the wall. It's time to repay the favour. You do understand the world economy would collapse almost instantly , all banks would fail and you’d probably lose all your money right? Welcome to world war 3. Oh well, at least you don’t need to pay your rent this month, not that you’d have any money to pay it with anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 19 minutes ago, Heartofice said: You do understand the world economy would collapse almost instantly , all banks would fail and you’d probably lose all your money right? Welcome to world war 3. Oh well, at least you don’t need to pay your rent this month, not that you’d have any money to pay it with anyway. Why? It's just numbers in a spreadsheet. And so everyone else is expected to make sacrifices, except those who can actually afford to do so. I fail to see why, if there was an agreed moratorium on debt, any bank would collapse. These are extraordinary times, requiring equally extraordinary measures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, Spockydog said: Why? It's just numbers in a spreadsheet. And so everyone else is expected to make sacrifices, except those who can actually afford to do so. I fail to see why, if there was an agreed moratorium on debt, any bank would collapse. These are extraordinary times, requiring equally extraordinary measures. That’s because you don’t understand what money is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Lol. As demonstrated by countless rounds of Quantitative Easing since the banks fleeced trillions off us in 2008, I think we can safely say that 'money' is, quite literally, whatever our governments say it is. Or does magicking money out of our asses only work when it's to be given exclusively to people who are already rich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 So, been meaning to ask, why exactly is this thread called Dry your eyes mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Tuesday always carries a backlog from the weekend, and this time it was a bank holiday Friday as well. All things considered, I thought it would be more than that. Still bad though of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Fragile Bird said: So, been meaning to ask, why exactly is this thread called Dry your eyes mate? From the Streets song about a break up, due to our parting with the EU (which already happened, but the transition period ended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 16 minutes ago, DaveSumm said: Tuesday always carries a backlog from the weekend, and this time it was a bank holiday Friday as well. All things considered, I thought it would be more than that. Still bad though of course. Yeah, strange times when under 900 on a Tuesday is a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 It's going to be a long couple of months. Sigh. The rest of Jan/ Feb will inevitably see more deaths given the admissions/ cases and the time lag. I wish I could listen more to Whitty and Vallance as opposed to this moron. Interesting. The logical thing would be to err on the side of caution as Pebbles states up thread, hopefully that is the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, DaveSumm said: From the Streets song about a break up, due to our parting with the EU (which already happened, but the transition period ended). You should've gone with So long and thanks for all the fish. You can never go wrong with Douglas Adams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 28 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: You should've gone with So long and thanks for all the fish. You can never go wrong with Douglas Adams. Not my thread, but that is a good title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, DaveSumm said: Not my thread, but that is a good title. It is, but that would be better for a hypothetical EU politics thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 4 hours ago, DaveSumm said: From the Streets song about a break up, due to our parting with the EU (which already happened, but the transition period ended). Also the third line of the chorus is 'there's plenty more fish in the sea' and the topic was made right in the midst of 'FISHING RIGHTS!' shouting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I hadn’t heard that song for ages and by funny coincidence i caught it on the radio the same day this thread was started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 7 hours ago, Spockydog said: Lol. As demonstrated by countless rounds of Quantitative Easing since the banks fleeced trillions off us in 2008, I think we can safely say that 'money' is, quite literally, whatever our governments say it is. Or does magicking money out of our asses only work when it's to be given exclusively to people who are already rich? There also seems to be a lack of knowledge of history when it comes to debt forgiveness. It's been a fairly well used economic tool throughout history. It was mostly used when a conquering king won a war and to get the plebs onside they would forgive all debt that was owed to the previous (evil of course) regime. The previous, and mostly current, evil regime isn't a person but rather a system. Still the principle holds, debt forgiveness due to the evils of neo-liberalism is certainly something that should be seriously discussed, and indeed some economists are making the case for it, of course they are not calling neo-liberalism the villain of the piece, but every knows it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 It’s a damning indictment of the government when Priti Patel is the voice of reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 So are you guys going to tell the US to “hold my beer” any time soon? I am assuming not. Not Canada either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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