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Old 17 January 2013, 03:14 PM
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The other part of the problem is that the taxpaying part of the population really doesn't know (or want to know) what the people they are supporting are like and how they are living.

I came home from a days' work at £7.50/hr yesterday to pics on my wife's phone of a guy's house she had visited that day. He has about 6 dogs in his council house and no job; he breeds the sh*t out of them and sells the pups in the pub to pay for his distractions of choice (booze, drugs). Every room in the house was like a fly tip and every room (inc kitchen) had 10+ separate dog sh*ts on the floor with dog **** soaked into the floor.

I know many won't agree, but I do not believe we should support this individual. Put him on the street and let nature take its course. If he is a strong willed person with good genetic material that we want to pass onto future generations he will adapt, improve and survive. If he's not (which I suspect he isn't) he will die and his weak genes and poor example will not be transmitted to another generation.

FWIW, these pictures were sadly not an isolated incident; she sees this stuff nearly every day!
Old 17 January 2013, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by stef_2010
This is something that's bothered me for as long as I can recall and would like to hear others opinions on it

It's the way the society we live in works

How can everyone just get on with their life whilst we're all being dumped on from above ?

I just don't understand it ? At many points during the day I honestly feel like just screaming as loud as I can, that's how hard I find this whole situation to contemplate.

Surely we should all be working side by side for the good of our fellow man and nation ?

How did you (the older generation) let this happen ?

This country needs a total reform, almost a revolution I would say. How far does our current government need to push us before we snap ?

Or are we to well mannered to do anything about it ?

This ones an awful question to ask but where would a peaceful protest get us ?

Three gems that I learned of this week annoyed me greatly

1.) A gambling addiction group managed to get their plea heard by the government. They wanted a reduction in the UNREGULATED Casino style gaming machines in bookies. These things are evil and in my opinion probably rigged to go

Government says there not a problem

2.) Again, for the countless time, scientists tell the government that there's many illegal drugs that are less harmful than tobacco and alcohol. Love or hate drugs, I'm pretty sure we can all agree that the current laws are doing nothing to help the control the miss use of drugs

Government says the current laws are affective

3.) A friend was recently accepted into college. Whilst there the head of the department briefly described the budget cuts their facing. 120 students applied for a course, usually they would accommodate them all, because of cutbacks only 60 places were offered. Thats means that 60 people that were qualified for the course never got on because someone messed up all finances ?

Totally unacceptable

He also went on to say that the college in question has to join another college, from totally different county and work on basically the same budget they had for one college

What chance do the younger generation have when perfectly capable students can't be educated ? Not only does that hold them back it holds us back not only as a nation, but as a race.

Where do they go from here ? Sign on the dole for a year and try again or stack shelfs in Tesco forever more ?

I can go on forever and ever about this, these are just the gems from the past few days, I'm not even going to get started on the MPs payrise

So, back to my point, what can we do ?

Over the past 6 months to a year I've seen a huge rise in people that are getting as annoyed as me about this whole situation. Whether it be on Scoobynet, journalists in the paper, reporters on TV. I feel it building but will it end up with something constructive ?

Next time there's an election can we have a box that says 'none of the above, we want a total reform of society and our government' ?

Probably not

Over to you.........................
A very interesting and illuminating post. There will be many who will agree with those points that you have made.

It is so noticeable these days that our so called leaders seem to lose all thought of the promises they make in order to get elected once they are in power. It is as though they will say anything to get the votes and having succeeded, they forget all that irritating stuff and concentrate on making the most of their elevated position to feather their own nests ignoring the job they were elected to do.

We don't have to look very far to see the prime example of that do we?

Short of some kind of revolution, I can't see any way to sort these people out! We are lucky enough I suppose to have Farage and his mates to support in the polls in an effort to get our message across. That may be working to an extent but short of voting him into power we cant change the system in a powerful enough manner.

I think one of the biggest problems is that politicians have an enormous sense of superiority over the rest of us and they believe that we are all sub intelligent and dont understand what they are up to! I can only hope that they get a very nasty shock next time!

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Old 17 January 2013, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Matteeboy

So yes, a bit of a broad brush but the feeling of anger is so deep towards what has happened,
Is there any one particular reason why you feel this way.
Old 17 January 2013, 03:57 PM
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Kenny, assuming your wife visited that house in a professional capacity, why doesn't she (or you) ring the benefits cheat hotline?
Old 17 January 2013, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by TelBoy
Kenny, assuming your wife visited that house in a professional capacity, why doesn't she (or you) ring the benefits cheat hotline?
Maybe he did, and nothing happens?

That's what happened here anyway, 3 reports in 12 months and the scrounging a$$hole is still claiming.

The system doesn't work
Old 17 January 2013, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by TelBoy
Kenny, assuming your wife visited that house in a professional capacity, why doesn't she (or you) ring the benefits cheat hotline?
Because he's making income from breeding? What's the point; red tape would make it impossible to prove or prosecute as usual.

Wife is an animal welfare officer. Scumbo's are getting away with murder. Their dogs rips other people's pets to bits time and time again and the PF won't even take the cases.
Old 17 January 2013, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Chip
Is there any one particular reason why you feel this way.
Is there any reason most of the British public feel this way too?

Is there any need to ask such an obvious question?
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Originally Posted by Matteeboy
Is there any reason most of the British public feel this way too?

Is there any need to ask such an obvious question?
It's not all doom and gloom you know. The vast majority of people in this country are just carrying on as normal, getting on with it. Maybe you should try it instead of whingeing and moaning about your hatred of bankers. There are a lot of factors that have played a part in the downfall of this country, not just the bankers.

Time and time again you hear " it's all the fault of the bankers" yet if you asked the most of the people who were saying this why they felt that way most of them wouldn't have a bloody clue, but it's always easy to blame someone else isn't it.

I was just just wondering if there was just anything specific, an event maybe that happened to you personally to make you feel this way so no need for the sarcasm thanks.

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Old 17 January 2013, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Chip
It's not all doom and gloom you know. The vast majority of people in this country are just carrying on as normal, getting on with it. Maybe you should try it instead of whingeing and moaning about your hatred of bankers. There are a lot of factors that have played a part in the downfall of this country, not just the bankers.

Time and time again you hear " it's all the fault of the bankers" yet if you asked the most of the people who were saying this why they felt that way most of them wouldn't have a bloody clue, but it's always easy to blame someone else isn't it.

I was just just wondering if there was just anything specific, an event maybe that happened to you personally to make you feel this way so no need for the sarcasm thanks.

Chip
If you read my earlier post, you'll see I said the banking crisis is only a minor part of the economic problems. So I'm not blaming the banks for it all.

My own personal gripes are an error by HSBCs website not letting me use my year's ISA allocation (fought it for ages, gave up), rip off graduate loans sold on the sly (paid off years ago but it hurt for years), pathetic interest rates compared to lending rates for savers, a huge cut in the public services we use thanks partly to bailing out the goons and a general anger towards those that played casino with MY money then got paid for by ME when it all went wrong.

Is that enough?

I find those that defend the banks often like to imply they are some kind of financial wizard that "knows best" So far "experts" have been utterly wrong time and time again.

I believe in good pay for good performance. Not for failing.
Old 17 January 2013, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Matteeboy
If you read my earlier post, you'll see I said the banking crisis is only a minor part of the economic problems. So I'm not blaming the banks for it all.

My own personal gripes are an error by HSBCs website not letting me use my year's ISA allocation (fought it for ages, gave up), rip off graduate loans sold on the sly (paid off years ago but it hurt for years), pathetic interest rates compared to lending rates for savers, a huge cut in the public services we use thanks partly to bailing out the goons and a general anger towards those that played casino with MY money then got paid for by ME when it all went wrong.

Is that enough?

I find those that defend the banks often like to imply they are some kind of financial wizard that "knows best" So far "experts" have been utterly wrong time and time again.

I believe in good pay for good performance. Not for failing.
Too true. and then who picks the tab up ?? The tax payer yet again. Maybe if we all started getting big payouts for failure the disgraceful practice wou;d stop
Old 17 January 2013, 08:47 PM
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Can i address those points you've made, Matt?

1. HSBC website error. Nothing to do with banks per se, just an isolated example. Nobody knows if you spoke to them face to face or just waged war against a website.

2. Rip off graduate loans, paid off years ago. So long before the current issues but you still bear a grudge. I think we're getting closer to the nub of the problem.

3. Pathetic saving rates. Again i would ask you, what do you know about inter-bank liquidity. Do you know what inter-bank liquidity actually means? Do you know how this affects the setting of interest rates?

4. A huge cut in public services. How much of this is conjecture and how much can be backed up with hard facts? I'll throw out a figure that it's 95% conjecture.

Trust me i've heard this all before; you're not alone, and there are millions behind you ready to stamp their feet in exactly the same way. Got to have a scapegoat. If i can ask you to pause for just 30 seconds to question the foundation of your opinions and whether you're just being swept along by the witch-hunting headlines, that will be a good thing.
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Originally Posted by kevo10
Too true. and then who picks the tab up ?? The tax payer yet again. Maybe if we all started getting big payouts for failure the disgraceful practice would stop

Please list for me everyone who has been paid a big payout for failure. I guess it's a long list, so there must be at least five people on it? Heston and Goodwin almost certainyl get a mention, but please fill in three more.

1. Stephen Heston
2. Fred Goodwin
3.
4.
5.
Old 17 January 2013, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by TelBoy
Please list for me everyone who has been paid a big payout for failure. I guess it's a long list, so there must be at least five people on it? Heston and Goodwin almost certainyl get a mention, but please fill in three more.

1. Stephen Heston
2. Fred Goodwin
3.
4.
5.
i'll bite

I have mentioned Stephen Green in a previous thread-- who whilst head of HSBC, the bank was involved in supply banking services to the world’s major criminal enterprises

drug running and terrorism - DRUG RUNNING AND FUNDING TERRORISM - HOLD THAT THOUGHT

HSBC were convicted in a US federal court

Stephen Green is now a government minister -- for business wtf

Gordon Pell --Group Director of Lloyds Bank -- responsible for mass PPI miss-selling. moved to RBS (a failed bank who we bailed out)

in 2010 he stepped down trousering a £500,00 a YEAR pension

Benny Higgins (now trousering £1million odd as head of Tesco’s bank) was chief executive, retail banking arm RBS (a failed ban who we bailed out)

Andy Hornby in charge of HBOS -- left with pension right of £500k a year

Norman Mcluskie - head of retail direct personal finance for RBS - a fialed bank, now director of virgin money

Andy pandy - global head of a romper suit empire, caught in bed with Jemima (okay that's made up)

and on and on, so many more (many many more, seriously the list is endless)

All in charge of financial intuitions responsible for fraud, money laundering and market rigging on a massive global scale

And this isn't just a side show, this isn't escaping a bit of VAT on CD sales from the channel islands

this strikes at the very heart of global capitalism – rigging markets, and fraud

banks have paid fines in the Billions, the BILLIONS – where does this money come from,, certainly not the people running them – they escape with gold plated pensions and seats in the Lords

shareholders and taxpayers pay the fines

who was in charge of regulating them - Hector Sants

where does he work now, Barclays -- one of the bigest PPI miss sellers. and a market rigor of LIBOR

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heers 3 of the main problems,this country has as a buisness see if anyone can guess them
as a shareholding mp what 3 things can you do to make a company you hold shares in more profitable, ???
i will give you a clue all 3 where done by labour
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it is actually so serious (the failure of global banking/finance) and pernicious that I am not sure snetters have the cognative ability to digest it all

Ultimately markets rely on transparency – and they were rigged

and YOU are the loser

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Originally Posted by hodgy0_2
I have mentioned Stephen Green in a previous thread-- who whilst head of HSBC, the bank was involved in supply banking services to the world’s major criminal enterprises

drug running and terrorism - DRUG RUNNING AND FUNDING TERRORISM - HOLD THAT THOUGHT

HSBC were convicted in a US federal court

Stephen Green is now a government minister -- for business wtf
Too late to address them all, but this one does deserve special mention, and is symptomatic of how the negative public opinion has formed. Stephen Green is, in most people's eyes, one of the good guys. An ordained priest, a philanthropist, a damn good leader. In charge of the biggest bank in the world. That's not a few offices, a few hundred employees. That's a multinational organisation in charge of tens of thousands of people. And one department, ONE department who failed to make sufficient checks on loans to Iran (wasn't it?) and all of a sudden Stephen Green has been paid for failure. I'm not sure whether to sigh or laugh. But it just demonstrates the lengths to which people have gone in order to find somebody, anybody, to blame. If Stephen Green is on your list, there's no hope for any of us.
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just shows how corrupting it is, doesn't it

not just funding Iran, but funding Mexican drug dealers

have you seen the carnage thay cause Telboy, the beheadings the slaughter, the children, the mothers

it was done in plain site, emails the lot-- not hidden

but stephen green took his pay check every month

and is now a government minister -- for business

as a christian he must weep into his pension every night

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Originally Posted by hodgy0_2
i'll bite

I have mentioned Stephen Green in a previous thread-- who whilst head of HSBC, the bank was involved in supply banking services to the world’s major criminal enterprises

drug running and terrorism - DRUG RUNNING AND FUNDING TERRORISM - HOLD THAT THOUGHT

HSBC were convicted in a US federal court

Stephen Green is now a government minister -- for business wtf

Gordon Pell --Group Director of Lloyds Bank -- responsible for mass PPI miss-selling. moved to RBS (a failed bank who we bailed out)

in 2010 he stepped down trousering a £500,00 a YEAR pension

Benny Higgins (now trousering £1million odd as head of Tesco’s bank) was chief executive, retail banking arm RBS (a failed ban who we bailed out)

Andy Hornby in charge of HBOS -- left with pension right of £500k a year

Norman Mcluskie - head of retail direct personal finance for RBS - a fialed bank, now director of virgin money

Andy pandy - global head of a romper suit empire, caught in bed with Jemima (okay that's made up)

and on and on, so many more (many many more, seriously the list is endless)

All in charge of financial intuitions responsible for fraud, money laundering and market rigging on a massive global scale

And this isn't just a side show, this isn't escaping a bit of VAT on CD sales from the channel islands

this strikes at the very heart of global capitalism – rigging markets, and fraud

banks have paid fines in the Billions, the BILLIONS – where does this money come from,, certainly not the people running them – they escape with gold plated pensions and seats in the Lords

shareholders and taxpayers pay the fines

who was in charge of regulating them - Hector Sants

where does he work now, Barclays -- one of the bigest PPI miss sellers. and a market rigor of LIBOR
Nice one and well answered. quite an extensive list that.
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loads more

Adam Applegarth -- head of Northern Rock, which we bailed out, now earning Millions for a private equity group

Applegarth was paid £1.4 million in 2006 and received a £760,000 pay-off in 2007 and collected a £2.2 million pension pot.


in fact the whole senior board of Northern Rock

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Morning. I will try and avoid dissecting each one of these names, even though i'm sorely tempted to, i just had to respond in disbelief last night to the focus on Stephen Green.

Tell me this, hodgy. If you were on the Board of let's say Northern Rock to use your last example, you get caught up in a downward spiral caused by contagion from a sub-prime mess, you've worked hard all your life to get where you are, the Government step in and prevent a collapse. Is hodgy of Scoobynet seriously going to tell me that he'd give up all his share options, all his pension rights and demand a swingeing cut in salary just because he felt morally responsible? And if you say yes, i will call you a liar.

Grr i just started getting into the list starting with Andy Hornby but i've deleted it, i don't want to go down that path, each individual case has been discussed at length in the press. I'll stick with the above paragraph. It's so so easy to throw peanuts from an ivory tower. You'd have thought nothing of it if the subprime crisis hadn't swept the globe. But you now want blood. Forget what they achieved, forget what they contributed to the economy, let's see them under London Bridge at the soup kitchen. Anyone who criminally broke the rules deserves that fate, the rest i just see as moralistic posturing with a tinge of envy thrown in.
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Originally Posted by madscoob
heers 3 of the main problems,this country has as a buisness see if anyone can guess them
as a shareholding mp what 3 things can you do to make a company you hold shares in more profitable, ???
i will give you a clue all 3 where done by labour
If Tel reads that he will be apoplectic
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Originally Posted by Saxo Boy
I know many won't agree, but I do not believe we should support this individual. Put him on the street and let nature take its course. If he is a strong willed person with good genetic material that we want to pass onto future generations he will adapt, improve and survive. If he's not (which I suspect he isn't) he will die and his weak genes and poor example will not be transmitted to another generation.
I agree, but the only problem with this approach is that their pray will be the likes of your MRS out going about her daily work and other poorer weaker workers.

Survival of the fittest is all well and good when the opponents are equals, but scum like this would not pick on an equal, so things would quite quickly turn to anarchy, with gangs marauding the streets (even more so than they do already) attacking the very fabric of society.

I saw all this crap some time ago and voted with my feet, i don't see why those that can leave chose to stay and complain via internet forums
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to be honest, i don't give a fvck what they do/don't do - I have profited from it and will continue to do so

but I see it for what it is, we have an entilement society and it does not simply start and stop with dole scroungers

And the advice I will give to my children is go into finance
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Originally Posted by Chip
If Tel reads that he will be apoplectic



Nah, time and place. I'm in rant mode not **** pedant mode


For once, yes yes




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