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Old 27-08-2022, 20:34   #397
jfman
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Re: Rising cost of living

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
The headroom is selling your home. £45,000 pa sounds a lot to many people but if you can barely afford your mortgage, you are in the same state as every one else.

The grass always seems greener on the other side, dunnit?
Interesting.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...postcount=4138

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
It's a recognition of the fact that many people do work hard.

The problem is there are lazy and disruptive people, resistant to change, who are responsible for this country's low productivity. These are the people Liz Truss was referring to.
Could it be that 45 grand, about 1.5 times the average salary, buys you a seemingly miserable existence is the reason for low productivity in the UK?
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