The state benefits system mega-thread.
20-08-2019, 10:24
|
#2251
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Northampton
Services: Virgin Media TV&BB 350Mb,
V6 STB
Posts: 7,868
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone
And one needs to have a chance to buy a house something many of the younger generation nowadays have no chance of doing now with hefty deposits and house prices well out of their range now...
|
And the reason for that being the case NOW, is that in the recent past it was TOO easy. They had to make the rules tougher because of the crash.
---------- Post added at 10:24 ---------- Previous post was at 10:19 ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Buying houses was very popular when I was young. The fact that young people have been priced out of the market is due to the 2008 crash. Now that we are gradually emerging from the austerity measures that followed, hopefully we can start to restore that balance.
|
The problem is that people on zero-hour contracts, and/or on minimum wage, or just left university with a useless degree, expect and have been led to believe is their "god-given" right, to be able to buy a huge house to sell on for an easy profit.
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 10:25
|
#2252
|
Architect of Ideas
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,538
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by OLD BOY
What he meant was that they were a drain on the economy, not on household budgets. I think you know that, though.
|
So household budgets being drained by private sector companies has no effect on the economy? That's a startling claim, even by your standards
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 12:40
|
#2253
|
laeva recumbens anguis
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 67
Services: Premiere Collection
Posts: 42,283
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking
And the reason for that being the case NOW, is that in the recent past it was TOO easy. They had to make the rules tougher because of the crash.
---------- Post added at 10:24 ---------- Previous post was at 10:19 ----------
The problem is that people on zero-hour contracts, and/or on minimum wage, or just left university with a useless degree, expect and have been led to believe is their "god-given" right, to be able to buy a huge house to sell on for an easy profit.
|
Rubbish!
I know a reasonable number of people aged between 20 and 335, and I don’t know one who thinks that way.
__________________
There is always light.
If only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
If my post is in bold and this colour, it's a Moderator Request.
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 12:52
|
#2254
|
vox populi vox dei
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: the last resort
Services: every thing
Posts: 13,740
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh
Rubbish!
I know a reasonable number of people aged between 20 and 335, and I don’t know one who thinks that way.
|
I think someones exagerating here.
__________________
To be or not to be, woke is the question Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer. The slings and arrows of outrageous wokedome, Or to take arms against a sea of wokies. And by opposing end them.
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 13:04
|
#2255
|
Architect of Ideas
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,538
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Indeed. Most would just like a home of their own rather than paying unscrupulous landlords.
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 13:11
|
#2256
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 10,182
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by peanut
AKA - The under-occupancy penalty (also known as the under occupation penalty, Spare Room Subsidy, under-occupancy charge, under-occupation charge or size criteria). - From Wiki. But come on who calls it the 'The under-occupancy penalty'.... It is the bedroom tax in all but being pedantic. It's all too easy to have an opinion when it doesn't affect those and usually it is those with the loudest voices...
Shame it wasn't extended to the oldies. That's where most of the under occupancy properties are. Anyway it's all bull.. Those with extra bedrooms that have tried to downsize only to find out they couldn't. What's fair about that?
|
The Government couldn't originally include pensioners when introducing the Bedroom Tax as they had promised not to cut their benefits in their manifesto.
They did put forward proposals to include pensioners whose tenancy started after April 2016, but such was the outcry that they had to backtrack.
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 13:11
|
#2257
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Northampton
Services: Virgin Media TV&BB 350Mb,
V6 STB
Posts: 7,868
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh
Rubbish!
I know a reasonable number of people aged between 20 and 335, and I don’t know one who thinks that way.
|
No shortage of them appearing on TV programmes. What else do you think the sub-prime mortgages were and are?
Link
Quote:
Lending to individuals with poor credit histories was widespread in the run up to the global financial crisis, and was also a contributing factor.
Banks lent money to ‘subprime’ borrowers: people who could not always be relied upon to repay the loans they took out, or whose loans were too big to be realistically affordable (as opposed to ‘prime’ borrowers with impeccable borrowing pasts and a clear ability to repay).
|
2005
Quote:
Despite recent falls in house prices, ministers are keen to extend property ownership to more people on lower and middle incomes in the belief that capital assets are the key to social mobility
...
Putting assets within reach of people of moderate means — through home ownership or the child trust fund launched last week by Mr Brown — is the key to this wider offer which Ministers want to put to the electorate.
|
April 2010
Quote:
And it's no good blaming global crises and poor American homeowners - like a child caught out at school blaming the others. The UK's interwoven banking, property and consumer mania was our homegrown problem that put our economy in such a mess.
The period from 1997 to 2007 saw a colossal house price boom.
This led to massive imbalance in the economy, a toxically high level of mortgage debt and a huge credit binge, as Britain went on a spending spree with money borrowed against the inflated theoretical value of property.
|
2007
Quote:
Outlining housing and planning bills, he said: "Putting affordable housing within the reach not just of the few but the many is vital both to meeting individual aspirations and a better future for our country."
|
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 13:13
|
#2258
|
Still alive and fighting
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: In the land of beyond and beyond.
Services: XL BB, 3 360 boxes , XL TV.
Posts: 56,396
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by jfman
Indeed. Most would just like a home of their own rather than paying unscrupulous landlords.
|
And generally with renting a place now comes high rents which themselves can take a considerable chunk of ones monthly salary.
__________________
“The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself”
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 14:40
|
#2259
|
Woke and proud !
Join Date: Jun 2004
Services: TV, Phone, BB, a wife
Posts: 9,224
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone
And generally with renting a place now comes high rents which themselves can take a considerable chunk of ones monthly salary.
|
Ah but it means the rich get richer and can buy more houses to rent out, whilst the poor get poorer with less chance than ever of buying. All part of the Tory masterplan.
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 14:53
|
#2260
|
Still alive and fighting
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: In the land of beyond and beyond.
Services: XL BB, 3 360 boxes , XL TV.
Posts: 56,396
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr K
Ah but it means the rich get richer and can buy more houses to rent out, whilst the poor get poorer with less chance than ever of buying. All part of the Tory masterplan.
|
As it stands it not just those on average salaries who can't get on the housing ladder as even many who are on a pretty good salary cannot even get on the housing ladder.
What we need is a housing system which is fair, provides homes for everyone, and is sustainable in the long term.
This requires sensible debate among all interested parties and appropriate planning for the future.
__________________
“The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself”
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 15:25
|
#2261
|
Architect of Ideas
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,538
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
The idea that there's a load of younger people out there "trying to make a quick profit" from property is quite ridiculous really. For a start, even if property prices soar, where will they live when they sell up?
It would be a rather shrewd and patient investor who waits all that time to sell just before the bubble bursts, rent for a few months, and buy at lower prices.
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 15:44
|
#2262
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: At the Leaving door
Posts: 4,050
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
In my humble opinion, the provision of Housing, Education, Medical, Police, Fire, Prisons etc etc should be built at a rate that reflects the ever growing population (whether by birthrate or immigration).
The alternative is to ensure population growth doesn't impact on what we already have, and can improve upon and sustain.
Anything else is a failure and will lead to . . oh hello, we're here already
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 16:23
|
#2263
|
-
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Somewhere
Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone
Posts: 26,536
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh
Rubbish!
I know a reasonable number of people aged between 20 and 335, and I don’t know one who thinks that way.
|
I think it's a fallacy that most people under 35 think the world owes them a cheap home. I think they are very aware that will not happen. There *are* people that think they are owed everything, but I think they come in all ages, and come from all social backgrounds.
I think the problem here is still the property boom. I know a lot of millennials resent the way things have happened, and I can understand why. After all, to those born after the 1970s, it seems like baby boomers had a good chance of getting a relatively well-paid job, and property was relatively cheaply available, while those under 30 today are having to deal with a dwindling supply of jobs, zero hour contracts, wages that are (in a lot of cases) rising lower than inflation, and property prices that started high and were, until recently, increasing at a rate much higher than inflation.
That said, millennials are not entirely blame-free. I've met English people who moan they don't have a job, blaming the foreigners, but in reality, they aren't willing to work, preferring to get whatever they can from benefits (and, in some cases, less legal means). I've had periods where I've had no job, but I've gone for every job I could, even unskilled manual labour, just to work.
Last edited by Stuart; 20-08-2019 at 16:28.
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 16:25
|
#2264
|
Architect of Ideas
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,538
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Working til 75. If we are honest about the situation those born in the 1960s sold all the major state assets, built up structural debts and deficits and enjoyed the benefits placing the burden on those born after 1980.
|
|
|
20-08-2019, 16:33
|
#2265
|
-
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Somewhere
Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone
Posts: 26,536
|
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by jfman
Working til 75. If we are honest about the situation those born in the 1960s sold all the major state assets, built up structural debts and deficits and enjoyed the benefits placing the burden on those born after 1980.
|
That's the other complaint I think the millenials are justified in. The very same people who had access to relatively well paid jobs, relatively cheap housing are not only the ones telling them off for being lazy and entitled, but in some cases they are also the people who (because they manage large companies who have replaced UK employee with cheaper, outsourced employees or technology) have removed their chances of employment.
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 15:11.
|