Originally posted by SueEllen
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post3. With some products e.g. credit cards the interest is deliberately done in a way that even Maths professors have difficulty calculating it.
If the authorities really wanted (although they obviously don't) more transparent money handling, which would be far more manageable for many, then the first thing would be to mandate instant clearing.
The snag is that would bring us a step closer to abolishing cash, which would be a thoroughly Bad Thing.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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May pay is utter crap. I can't even cover my mortgage with my pay let alone save anything'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostWhat happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post...
If the authorities really wanted (although they obviously don't) more transparent money handling, which would be far more manageable for many, then the first thing would be to mandate instant clearing.
The snag is that would bring us a step closer to abolishing cash, which would be a thoroughly Bad Thing.
Cash will never be abolished. As the author Neal Asher pointed out, somewhere, someone will eventually write an I.O.U.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostIt would also be the end of free banking. It's the clearing system that pays for your "free" banking.
Cash will never be abolished. As the author Neal Asher pointed out, somewhere, someone will eventually write an I.O.U.
Obviously the biggest problem for low wage earners (or anyone who spends at least as much as they earn) is that once in debt or behind they are running up a down escalator. It only takes a splurges like the kids' birthdays or a family holiday, or servicing the car, or just routine bills, to knock them sideways financially for weeks or even months.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostThis is a disgraceful thread designed to humiliate Suity and I.
caught a bit short after your time on the dole?
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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