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 It's difficult to make predictions.Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostA crash is on its way. However it might take 30 weeks or 30 years.
 
 Especially about the future.First Law of Contracting: Only the strong surviveComment
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 Economists have predicted 23 of the last 6 crashes. Except 2008.....Originally posted by _V_ View PostIt's difficult to make predictions.
 
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 The best way to predict the future is the invent it.Originally posted by _V_ View PostIt's difficult to make predictions. Especially about the future.
 
 Alan Kay (1971)
 
 
 
 Otherwise an artificial trigger results and everyone goes 'we din't see that coming'. We should have done an Iceland and let the banks fail and capitalism preside."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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 I will make a prediction about the future. When the crash comes, and there will be a crash in the future, be it 30 weeks or 30 years, you can be absolutely certain that there will be people very loudly blaming Brexit.Originally posted by _V_ View PostIt's difficult to make predictions.
 
 Especially about the future.
 
 Remember, people blamed Gordon Brown for the total and complete meltdown of the global financial system in 2007/2008. Quite impressive he had that power.Taking a break from contractingComment
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 Actually they didn't blame him per-se. What they did do was vilify the useless jock bastard for spending just about every penny he could find for no benefit, chaining us to ******* calamitous Private Finance Initiatives, selling the gold by announcing his intentions to the market so they could screw us and basically ensured that at the point we needed some money in our coffers to solve the ******* huge tsunami that had just engulfed us, we had NOTHING...Originally posted by chopper View PostI will make a prediction about the future. When the crash comes, and there will be a crash in the future, be it 30 weeks or 30 years, you can be absolutely certain that there will be people very loudly blaming Brexit.
 
 Remember, people blamed Gordon Brown for the total and complete meltdown of the global financial system in 2007/2008. Quite impressive he had that power.Last edited by bobspud; 3 August 2017, 07:39.Comment
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 He stuffed the economic cycle by reducing interest rates too far thus making sure the boom was far worse than it should have been.Originally posted by bobspud View PostActually they didn't blame him per-se. What they did do was vilify the useless jock bastard for spending just about every penny he could find for no benefit, chaining us to ******* calamitous Private Finance Initiatives, selling the gold by announcing his intentions to the market could screw us and basically ensured that at the point we needed some money in our coffers to solve the ******* huge tsunami that had just engulfed us, we had NOTHING...
 
 Now interest rates are way too low. 2008 will look like a picnic compared to the next crash. The question is how long the can will be kicked down the road.Comment
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 No. They will be blaming those who voted Brexit. Well blame is the wrong word. They will be loving it. They are desperate to be proved right.Originally posted by chopper View PostI will make a prediction about the future. When the crash comes, and there will be a crash in the future, be it 30 weeks or 30 years, you can be absolutely certain that there will be people very loudly blaming Brexit.
 
 They should all be sent to Syria and the UK can take Syrian immigrants in return.Comment
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 Actually the UK did not have that much gold before Gordon sold it. It would have made feck all difference in the credit bubble - George boy would still have QE'd the pound into the ground.Originally posted by bobspud View PostActually they didn't blame him per-se. What they did do was vilify the useless jock bastard for spending just about every penny he could find for no benefit, chaining us to ******* calamitous Private Finance Initiatives, selling the gold by announcing his intentions to the market so they could screw us and basically ensured that at the point we needed some money in our coffers to solve the ******* huge tsunami that had just engulfed us, we had NOTHING...
 
 As for PPI, remarkably UK government is doing it again with EDF and Chinese contractors building power stations - you will pay for being useless.
 
 
  "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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