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Countdown to €/£ parity | 102 comments (102 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Countdown to €/£ parity (4.00 / 5)
This does absolutely not bode well for the repayment of my French student loan!

Maybe I should ask for a student loan bail-out!
Maybe I should move back to France and quit my first job in Canary Wharf, east London:( . The honeymoon would have lasted for not so long...Have any of you ever been there? (Canary Wharf I mean)
It looks like an island with arguably imposing buildings that host big financial institutions (such as defunct Lehman Brothers').
What is funny is that the whole place is surrounded by a (very) poor neighbourhood. It is almost iconic to me, reminiscent of some futuristic comics...

Ed.

by Eddie on Fri Dec 12th, 2008 at 11:21:30 AM EST
Re: Countdown to €/£ parity (4.00 / 3)
Never had the (dubious) pleasure of being there...  The fact you still have a job there is impressive enough.  Perhaps they will redevelop some of the impressive buildings into apartments for the poorer neighbours?

You don't seem to have got the message that the stimulus package is for the rich, not the poor.  The poor need to have an incentive to work, so you can't give them any handouts...

notes from no w here

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Fri Dec 12th, 2008 at 11:33:56 AM EST
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Re: Countdown to €/£ parity (4.00 / 4)
Well I just started off as a graduate so I believe they're better off laying off people who weight more on their payroll.

The temporary VAT cut is LUDICROUS! And I realised that in the UK the City (and its extension,i.e. Canary Wharf) dictates the rules...

The other day, I was talking to my friends from University and asking them why the people here liked living (way) above their means so much?
The reason they put forward was cheap credit and its relatively easy obtention thereof.
It's almost as if they believed all those seemingly tempting credit card / cheap loan deals can make you into a millionaire!
I really don't want to concede that Brits are so gullible as to accept ever more debt. I think it's more of a sociological ill in the end.
Inevitably, people will have to become more reasonable...

I'm being way too analytical anyway; I should remember that the markets are very shaky at the moment and I could be whisked off at any time:)
So I should just enjoy everyday as my last, save as much money as possible (in "falling GDP" haha), and well... wish you all a happy weekend!

Eddie.

by Eddie on Fri Dec 12th, 2008 at 01:39:54 PM EST
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Countdown to €/£ parity | 102 comments (102 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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