The Rich get richer ...

[Dutto]

... and the Government tries to fudge the figures; as usual.

According to the BBC a report by the "think tank" Resolution Foundation states that the gap between "the rich" and "the poor" has been growing since the middle of the last century.

As an illustration they point out that at the moment:

1% of the UK population own 14% of the nation's assets​

... whereas ...

15% of the UK population either own nothing or are in debt.​

The government has responded by saying that income differentials are at their lowest level since the mid-1980's.

For any Forum Member who is unaware of the tactics used by this government to fudge hard facts, I would like to point out that ...

"WEALTH" (i.e. ownership of money, shares, property etc)
is NOT the same as "INCOME" (i.e. money generated by work).​

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer and our leaders not only don't give a damn they try and deny it!

 

[Gunge]

I wouldn't worry about it. If the poor got any more money they'd only spend it at McDonalds / on cases of Fosters and maybe get a new back-to-front baseball cap every three months.

 

[MyQul]

I wouldn't worry about it. If the poor got any more money they'd only spend it at McDonalds / on cases of Fosters and maybe get a new back-to-front baseball cap every three months.

You forgot about the **** and scratch cards

 

[pvt_ak]

You forgot about the **** and scratch cards

That's just broken my dream. Dreamt I'd bought a scratch card last night and it was a big win !!

Now... how does one buy such a thing ? Could be a sign and a way of getting my GF sooner [emoji106]


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[MyQul]

That's just broken my dream. Dreamt I'd bought a scratch card last night and it was a big win !!

Now... how does one buy such a thing ? Could be a sign and a way of getting my GF sooner [emoji106]


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Get your chauffeur to drive you down to something called a 'corner shop'. You can purchase one there

 

[pvt_ak]

Get your chauffeur to drive you down to something called a 'corner shop'. You can purchase one there

Job done. I'll have the maid scratch it. ;-)


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[Gunge]

You forgot about the **** and scratch cards

Dunno about scratch cards, my mate won £101,000 on lotto four years back - 5 numbers + bonus ball. Mind you he's always been lucky and come out the other side of situations and scrapes smiling, the kind of guy that could fall into a vat of ***t and emerge smelling of roses.

 

[Godsdog]

Never in my life bought a scratch card and binned the twice weekly go on the lottery when they doubled the ticket price,robbing greedy grasping Canadian pension company owners

 

[MyQul]

Never in my life bought a scratch card and binned the twice weekly go on the lottery when they doubled the ticket price,robbing greedy grasping Canadian pension company owners

I bet the doubling of the ticket price put a lot of people playing

 

[BeerCat]

Dutto mate they are all the same. They just play divide and rule while laughing all the way to the bank. Plenty of millionaire's in the labour party. Some choice hey, a vampire intent on censorship or a man that thinks Castro was a champion of social justice. :mrgreen:

 

[Godsdog]

I bet the doubling of the ticket price put a lot of people playing

The thing is myqul there is only an infinite amount of money in folks pockets and they make it twice as much and harder to play and double the odds of getting anywhere near winning it by adding more numbers to the draw,as for roll over,disgraceful if no one has the 6 numbers it should be shared with the 5 number ticket holders.they are just challenging peoples pockets for greed and gain

 

[Chippy_Tea]

We stopped playing when they increased the price I think for us it's the best thing they ever did, it was a **** set up from the start they should have run it like a raffle everyone gets a number and every week someone wins, I wold rather they had several £100,000 winners than one millionaire.

 

[Godsdog]

Dutto mate they are all the same. They just play divide and rule while laughing all the way to the bank. Plenty of millionaire's in the labour party. Some choice hey, a vampire intent on censorship or a man that thinks Castro was a champion of social justice. :mrgreen:

Champagne socialists, the worse kind of them

 

[terrym]

We stopped playing when they increased the price

I have only done the Lottery once in all the time it has been going and got two numbers right, and that was enough for me.
However I volunteer for an organisation which regularly gets money from the Heritage Lottery Fund, so thanks to those who still try to defy the odds every week, we've got your money :thumb:

 

[Druncan]

Our lovely (top performing) Tilley, Tiree island wind turbine was part funded by the lottery. So we would like to say a big Thank you to all those who paid through the nose for a dream.

We are living your dreams up here. Although, some would say nightmares;

No McD's, No Asda/Tesco, No Greggs, No football matches, No shopping malls, No gridlock, no noise,,, :mrgreen:

 

[MyQul]

No McD's, No Asda/Tesco, No Greggs, No football matches, No shopping malls, No gridlock, no noise,,, :mrgreen:

No civilisation?

Just kidding. From the piccies on your website I'd love to live on you little island

 

[TheQuokka]

I wouldn't worry about it. If the poor got any more money they'd only spend it at McDonalds / on cases of Fosters and maybe get a new back-to-front baseball cap every three months.

Even worse - we usually waste it on things like fruit, vegetables and shoes for our children. *******s that we are!

 

[Druncan]

No civilisation?

Just kidding. From the piccies on your website I'd love to live on you little island

No, instead we have feuds up here that go on for generations,,,,,
and much higher rates of T2 Diabetes, drinking/substance abuse,,,,

I'm doing what I can to increase the xs drinking and liver failure

 

[MyQul]

No, instead we have feuds up here that go on for generations,,,,,
and much higher rates of T2 Diabetes, drinking/substance abuse,,,,

I'm doing what I can to increase the xs drinking and liver failure

It's quite common for areas of the country where their's not a lot to do (especially if their poor) to have high rates of alcohol/substance misuse.

However I am a 'brother in arms' when it comes to doing my part to increase the the drinking rates in my part of the world :thumb::mrgreen:

 

[Personal91]

What's the incentive to work harder for many that don't have good qualifications or the drive when they can get money in the bank for signing on...

There's a women who used to work at a local school not on many hours who ended up giving up the job as she earnt more doing nout!