Originally posted by vetran
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Oh how could we be so stupid?
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Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post
4. Feck British farming; import more fruit & veg.
We import ~20% of our potatoes and they aren't picked by hand anymore.
https://www.pma.com/~/media/pma-file...gdom.pdf?la=en
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
Already here, strangely most residents were immigrants. 10 to a room so they could afford to live on below minimum wage.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...-a3723786.html
do keep up.
So your story about the abuse of the gig economy because there is a shortage of permanent jobs is your justification for massive immigration?I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
Indeed maybe we need to have some government intervention so that doesn't happen? Maybe more investment?
We import ~20% of our potatoes and they aren't picked by hand anymore.
https://www.pma.com/~/media/pma-file...gdom.pdf?la=enI'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by I left my brain at home View Post
Indeed it has already started, expect it to continue, as the economy nose dives.
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Originally posted by vetran View Post- Its coming
- already here
- caused by shortage of workers
- caused by too many workers
- we are broke
- we are going broke.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
Apart from 1 and 4... and even that is debatable, depending on the kind of workers ... which of these is mutally exclusive? (Clue 1 & 2, along with 5 and 6 are progressions. ).
People will do jobs if you remove the obstacles. The main one for farming was pay. That is now changing.
Laws of supply and demand normally underscore most situations. We have been distorting them for decades.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
I never said they were but if he is trying to explain the situation by randomly pointing at disjointed supposed causes he is hardly making a reasonable case.
People will do jobs if you remove the obstacles. The main one for farming was pay. That is now changing.
Laws of supply and demand normally underscore most situations. We have been distorting them for decades.
One third of UK dairy farmers consider exiting industry due to labor shortagesSurvey data suggests that dairy farmers are having difficulties recruiting staff, with some leaving the industry altogether due to labour shortages.
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostWages for all should rise. 25 years ago, graduate wage was about £13k pa and a terraced house in a quiet north Manchester street was about £35k. Graduate wages are now about £25k pa and the terraced houses in the same street are about £200k. Forget the value of the house but it's the cost of the mortgage, let alone the deposit, that are skewing things completely.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostIn olden days, interests rates were volatile. 15% wasn't out of the running. So, affordability had to take that into account. Nowadays, affordability is 5x or more of salary. Back in ancient times, people earning so much that 60% of their earnings go into the mortgage isn't an issue was unheard off.
Switzerland has never been in favour of a housing market like the UK. So, there's a capital gains tax that minimise after 20 years and is 100% in the first 2 years. Stamp duty that's payable if you cash in within five years (And don't buy a house with the results), wealth tax, and an imputed additon to your taxable income, which is the rent you avoided paying because you arrogant rich bastard bought a house, you scum. As a result, in 30 years, in real terms, house prices have fallen, overall. (Although, mine has doubled... )
If the government wanted to cool the housing market, they could introduce any of these measures. But they won't because it's part of how the UK works. And how voters want it to work.
I am absolutely not saying that the Swiss system is better. Just pointing out that measures can be taken. In fact it's a lot easier to buy a house here in the UK because there isn't the same kind of market. Stamp duty waiver after 5 years is nice. But in terms of investment - nah, unless you're lucky. Like me.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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