Message from @Eccles
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same for your tv, car, kitchen appliances
I don't think long term financing like sofas would be the issue
but it's one of those things where everything plays into it, everything is to some degree linked to everything else
ill give you a clue, its one of these three things
Something/Something/Neoliberalism
i don't imagine in these events the fianncing companies ar egoing to foreclosing
it would be ... cos if you had to save up for a sofa... more people would have savings
yes, ff, but that's not terribly helpful
instead ... everyone has more monthly outgoings
true
i get that
the more pertinent question is "how to we roll back these maladaptions to society"?
and
as i've been saying for ages, we need to make it so that households can comfortably live off ONE wage
which means pushing up wages, and the cost of living DOWN
yeah which starts by nationalising rails, energy and mail as they are natural monopolies. Then you undo the privatisation of the NHS and cut the bureaucracy within it. You create social projects that bring communities together so there's more opportunities available for people to contribute to local economies.
just looking at the ftse live... theres a loooot of money moving about right now
its moving up and down 20pts at a time
Things are only going to get worse in the next few days
nationalisation - case by case basis. i won't agree on principle
natural monopolies should be nationalised
how about this:
things like the last steel producer should be government owned, we shouldn't let things like steel leave the land
nhs, this is an argument on what is most effective
rails sure
scrap VAT on heating and fuel, significantly reduce duty on fuel and alcohol - it should max out at the cost of the externalities of vice being taxed
end mass immigration
royal mail should never have been privatised
ban future corporate ownership of residential property, limit residential property ownership to 1 per person, and to co-operatives and non-rpfits
royal mail is utterly irrelevent to the cost of living
yes, but in principle
agree about "what is most effective"
royal mail had to be privatised as per EU's EC directive 97/67
we kno
Mail has to be nationalised because it takes investment to reach rural areas which private companies won't do
that's purely a fucking stupid argument
Doesnt that rule work with any business that has to provide in rural areas?
How so wladfa
has the privatisation of RM worked well so far?
For me to support nationalising things like RailTrack, and the National Grid, i'd need to see evidence that doing so would make it better
how good are train services and train fares Eccles?
No idea, FF, no railways around here