Here’s what we know: Britain is in the midst of a “Cost of Living Crisis” The huge spike in the wholesale cost of natural gas is the cause Vladimir Putin’s murderous invasion of Ukraine is the source For reasons I cannot understand, everyone accepts and regurgitates these blatant and obvious lies.
Absolutely spot on, KK. We never bought anything we couldn't pay outright for but then again credit cards weren't around. This, however, remains the same today for us. However, our children's generation are very much the opposite and have to have everything that's going. Many have the latest mobile phones, 42" TV sets on the wall of the house they rent, botox etc, all the designer labels and pay for them so much a month. The costs go up, the income remains the same and then the trouble really starts. It's simple housekeeping and constant streams of western governments don't see it coming or close their eyes to it when it does. Now, everyone's having a dicky fit because they can't put food on the table or clothes on their children's backs. I made a corned beef hash with beans for three the other night and it cost about 80p per portion, if that! Buy clothes from supermarket sales or charity shops, no disgrace in that. We need to be sensible in so many ways, the writing has been on the wall for a long time.
I am loath to 'like' this as it is a depressing but true representation of the reality that faces most countries in the West. We were reaching this stage long before the Ukraine War and many of us could see it but we seem not to be able to accept the truth, nor accept politicians who are willing to tell us the cold hard truth. The problem is that we will try to put off the truth and the consequences of that truth for as long as possible, which unfortunately will make the remedial medicine harder to take for what we will have to do to solve the problem and right the ship.
Absolutely spot on, KK. We never bought anything we couldn't pay outright for but then again credit cards weren't around. This, however, remains the same today for us. However, our children's generation are very much the opposite and have to have everything that's going. Many have the latest mobile phones, 42" TV sets on the wall of the house they rent, botox etc, all the designer labels and pay for them so much a month. The costs go up, the income remains the same and then the trouble really starts. It's simple housekeeping and constant streams of western governments don't see it coming or close their eyes to it when it does. Now, everyone's having a dicky fit because they can't put food on the table or clothes on their children's backs. I made a corned beef hash with beans for three the other night and it cost about 80p per portion, if that! Buy clothes from supermarket sales or charity shops, no disgrace in that. We need to be sensible in so many ways, the writing has been on the wall for a long time.
So spot on KK. I wish everyone would read this.
I am loath to 'like' this as it is a depressing but true representation of the reality that faces most countries in the West. We were reaching this stage long before the Ukraine War and many of us could see it but we seem not to be able to accept the truth, nor accept politicians who are willing to tell us the cold hard truth. The problem is that we will try to put off the truth and the consequences of that truth for as long as possible, which unfortunately will make the remedial medicine harder to take for what we will have to do to solve the problem and right the ship.