Python Snowflake Warning

If we're into 'travellers' now, so far as I am concerned they are drop-outs who want to live their own lives (fair enough), but without suffering the deprivations that naturally result from not contributing to society (taxes, utility bills) and feeling no compulsion to obey laws which protect those of us that do. We have a bunch down here, moved onto some land legally acquired, and then put up prefabs. The council seem unable or unwilling to do anything about it. Then they clog up the streets with their pony & traps, no doubt paying nothing for the privilege.

Then they claim racial discrimination if you object – as if they are a separate race indeed!

EEPhil said:
If you are thinking of University education, don't you only start paying that back if you are employed at a high enough wage (£27000 ish) and only by making your income tax higher? It is quite possible you'd never pay it back - I think it's written off after about 40 years, just in time for your pension.
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All that is getting tightened up, but yes I don't see any need to panic about it. It should be seen as a hypothecated tax on future earnings, not a "loan". The big problem that I see with it is the Government giving student loans to people when they are extremely unlikely to be subject to the tax – including foreign students! If nothing else, it's a disincentive to stay in the UK if you can get a job elsewhere.
 
EEPhil said:
If you are thinking of University education, don't you only start paying that back if you are employed at a high enough wage (£27000 ish) and only by making your income tax higher? It is quite possible you'd never pay it back - I think it's written off after about 40 years, just in time for your pension.
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I was not suggesting an exact copy of the student loans more a suggestion that if they have to pay back from future earnings then a similar scheme for migrants could be made, maybe without the 27,000 cap but with a rising percentage on earnings amount. The knowledge that we are not giving a free handout and now just a loan would be enough of an incentive to quell the numbers coming and maybe those that do come will be willing and able to make a contribution and it might filter out the freeloaders . As unpalatable as it may be we need people to fill certain jobs and with a falling birth rate we need to increase the population of tax payers or we are stuffed and it will be more than just the triple lock that has to go and we will all suffer.
 
trog said:
As unpalatable as it may be we need people to fill certain jobs and with a falling birth rate we need to increase the population of tax payers or we are stuffed and it will be more than just the triple lock that has to go and we will all suffer.
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That's the last thing we need. As unpalatable as it may be, the notion that economic stability relies on an ever increasing population is a dead end.
 
Black Hole said:
That's the last thing we need. As unpalatable as it may be, the notion that economic stability relies on an ever increasing population is a dead end.
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That's capitalism for you. It needs ever growing consumption and that requires an ever growing population. Why do you think Japan and other countries are desperately creating incentives to raise their birth rates.
 
Black Hole said:
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The Shoe Event Horizon!
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Nobody can deny that society is very depressed these days however Russell and Bromley has entered administration owing £37.5m, Shoe Zone has closed 39 branches and Wynsors world of shoes has closed 17 shops this year alone and that is far more than 42 examples of why that theory is incorrect.
 
I've tried to buy footwear in the not too distant past. The assistant didn't (moronic Gen Z female). Having been made to, she tapped at her phone, and the item I wanted to try was "on the shop floor somewhere" and she went back to re-ordering/tidying other stuff on hangers. What, am I supposed to search for it? Seems like I am.
I asked again about something else and she said tapped at her phone again and said "it's reserved". God knows how anybody reserves anything, so it was probably a lie.
They seem they have no stock; the only stuff available to purchase is the stuff on display (so you'd get a display item discount, right? Yeah, right.) and unless it happens to be the correct size you've had it.
Nobody's interested in helping you, by getting the other item of a pair, or checking sizes etc. or actually seems to care whether a sale is made or not.
As I walked out the front door, the bloke on the till (from a distance in a somewhat raised voice) cheerily said "Thanks for coming". I thought about ignoring him, but gave him a dismissive wave of the arm instead.
Is there any wonder these places close? One wonders why they bother opening, as they are seemingly quite busy but nobody is buying anything. I won't be going back, ever.
I was forced to buy online and hope about the size/fitting, which in itself took two goes and many days (actually into weeks) delay while waiting for delivery, return, delivery and the consequent hassles of that etc.

Would I go back to the old ways of buying footwear, where you can try stuff on, and then make a decision and it's all done with?
Yes, every time, but nobody gives a $hit so I don't have a choice.
Depressed? I'm terribly depressed. And all the diodes hurt down my left side.
 
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