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 Rudi Hedman  Caterham 24 Feb 21 9.51am |
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South African variant found in New Addington with 2 test centres set up. What I don’t get is how they can say the infected people have no links to travel. It was also found in Lambeth.
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| Stirlingsays 24 Feb 21 10.37am |
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Originally posted by cryrst
Did you research this or are you assuming as google states that suicide in NI is the same in 2019 as will be in 2020. There may be an expectation of more suicides but it doesnt appear backed up by data. Common sense tells you that countries which grow poorer develop worse health outcomes. We are in an economic recession due to our reaction to this virus. Most people haven't felt it yet because the government have been stealing money from the future to pay for now. Once that stops it's not going to be pretty.
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BlueJay  UK 24 Feb 21 2.52pm |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
South African variant found in New Addington with 2 test centres set up. What I don’t get is how they can say the infected people have no links to travel. It was also found in Lambeth. Good point. This often appears to be the great unknown. It may be that they went to the same place as an infected person or crossed paths in some other way - work etc. Or have been associating with others without revealing that fact. It would be interesting to know what percentage of people genuinely know how they picked it up.
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| DanH SW2 24 Feb 21 3.22pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Common sense tells you that countries which grow poorer develop worse health outcomes. We are in an economic recession due to our reaction to this virus. Most people haven't felt it yet because the government have been stealing money from the future to pay for now. Once that stops it's not going to be pretty. What a ridiculous, hyperbolic statement and yet another comment which shows just how naïve you are to how things actually work in the real world. Any Government issues bonds to fund current spending which are paid back over time. This is nothing new. With interest rates as low as they are any other approach than the one they are taking is foolish. Government expenditure cannot be equated to household expenditure. It's not the equivalent of racking up a massive credit card bill to be paid off at extortionate interest rates in the future.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 24 Feb 21 3.45pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
What a ridiculous, hyperbolic statement and yet another comment which shows just how naïve you are to how things actually work in the real world. Any Government issues bonds to fund current spending which are paid back over time. This is nothing new. With interest rates as low as they are any other approach than the one they are taking is foolish. Government expenditure cannot be equated to household expenditure. It's not the equivalent of racking up a massive credit card bill to be paid off at extortionate interest rates in the future. They do not stay low and there’s borrowing needed to cover borrowing.
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| Stirlingsays 24 Feb 21 3.56pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
What a ridiculous, hyperbolic statement and yet another comment which shows just how naïve you are to how things actually work in the real world. Any Government issues bonds to fund current spending which are paid back over time. This is nothing new. With interest rates as low as they are any other approach than the one they are taking is foolish. Government expenditure cannot be equated to household expenditure. It's not the equivalent of racking up a massive credit card bill to be paid off at extortionate interest rates in the future. Foolish Keynesian thinking. You are literally banking everything on low interest rates. Like walking a tightrope thinking the wind is never going to take against you.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 24 Feb 21 4.23pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Foolish Keynesian thinking. You are literally banking everything on low interest rates. Like walking a tightrope thinking the wind is never going to take against you. That’s you imagining Dan in a performance leotard. He probably wears one every weekend.
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| DanH SW2 24 Feb 21 4.25pm |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
They do not stay low and there’s borrowing needed to cover borrowing. Government bonds have fixed rates over a fixed term.
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| DanH SW2 24 Feb 21 4.27pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Foolish Keynesian thinking. You are literally banking everything on low interest rates. The bonds issued have a fixed rate over a fixed term. Even when the base rates go up the bonds issued now will not. Government borrowing is more problematic when the interest rates are higher.
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| Stirlingsays 24 Feb 21 4.33pm |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
That’s you imagining Dan in a performance leotard. He probably wears one every weekend. Less Pan's People....more Dan's people. Or perhaps a far less attractive version of this.
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| Stirlingsays 24 Feb 21 4.36pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
The bonds issued have a fixed rate over a fixed term. Even when the base rates go up the bonds issued now will not. Government borrowing is more problematic when the interest rates are higher.
As soon as confidence falls the whole deck of cards comes down and future bonds become unrealistically expensive. You can't continually borrow against the future without paying a consequence. And governments won't be able to cover the giant holes using bonds. It's a Ponzi scheme. Edited by Stirlingsays (24 Feb 2021 5.09pm)
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| davenotamonkey 24 Feb 21 5.19pm |
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What the ever living f*** is this world coming to? Why not arm these f***ing things with Uzis as well? You know they want to, right? The facist authoritarian cover's truly blown now. Going for full-on dystopia.
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