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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Chazz Rheinhold, Jun 6, 2017.

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  1. Walter Sobchak

    Walter Sobchak Well-Known Member

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    It's hardly a debt anyway. I've been to uni 3 times now my uni 'debt' is ****ing massive. I paid about 30 quid off it last year cause I don't earn a lot.

    The whole thing about 'how can the poor students cope with such a huge debt' is complete bollocks. Unless you start earning a decent crust in the high 20s plus you don't pay it back anyway.

    Just move house and they can't find you for it. Mortgage companies etc. don't even check if you have one it's completely insignificant.
     
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  2. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    My girlfriend pays £150 a month. I need to have a word with her.
     
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  3. Walter Sobchak

    Walter Sobchak Well-Known Member

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    She must earn a decent wage then.
     
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  4. Obadiah

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    The Tories and big business don't really want restrictions on immigration. Its good for profits.

    Corbyn's tax and spend policies weren't that radical. They just seemed that way because of what happened under Blair and Cameron. I Without checking I'd say they're not much different from what we had under Thatcher, both the rates of taxes and public spending (at least in real terms).
     
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  5. GLP

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    You need help ****wit.
     
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  6. Amin Yapusi

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    They were too much in one go, particularly during this unstable period with the Brexit nonsense, and even more so when our economy is built completely on the backs of banks and the rich. Like it or lump it that's the way it is. In the current situation we need to be doing everything we can to encourage big business and the rich to not only stay/come here but to invest and spend and build. Labour isn't really encouraging that is it.
     
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  7. Mr Hatem

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    There are many in that category on here.
     
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  8. originallambrettaman

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    Thatcher cut top rate income tax from 83% to 40% and basic rate income tax from 33% to 25%, Corporation Tax was higher, VAT was lower.
     
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  9. Obadiah

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    The Tory leadership held the referendum when they didn't have to have one. They expected to win easily and didn't.

    May called an election when she didn't have to. She expected to win easily. She didn't.

    May lost her parliamentary majority.

    If the BBC didn't go on about Brexit they'd have to say the election was about austerity, the state of public services and how popular Labour's Manifesto was, especially amongst the young. Brexit allows them to pretend nothing has changed very much.
     
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    My Sister did a PHD and came out with about £30k of debt.
     
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  11. Mr Hatem

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    Was she a classmate of Patty? He also claimed to have a 'PHD'

    ;)
     
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  12. bum_chinned_crab

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    Another ge this year is 5/4 with Paddy's <doh>
     
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  13. originallambrettaman

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    Sterling's down 2.5% against the dollar and it has completely collapsed against the Euro, it's down over 12% since the start of the year.
     
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  14. Mr Hatem

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    I remember '74
     
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  15. GLP

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    <laugh><laugh><laugh>

    No, she's a prostate cancer research scientist not a stream location expert!
     
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  16. Mr Hatem

    Mr Hatem Well-Known Member

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    whoosh
     
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  17. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    As I said yesterday, the Eurozone outside of Germany is booming. Strangely gets very little coverage here, it was almost as if the media were pushing a strong and stable economic outlook.
     
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  18. originallambrettaman

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    Our exchange rate will remain ****ed until it looks like we've sorted some sort of reasonable Brexit deal.
     
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  19. GLP

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    Sorry, that's not a whoosh.
     
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  20. bum_chinned_crab

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    Rather than that, I was talking more about how well other countries are doing in terms of growth compared to us.
     
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