Wealth gap 'widest in 40 years'

[BrilloPad]

I do wonder if the wealth gap will lead to a depression like (19)29-33. Best explanation I ever heard for that was disparity between rich and poor.

But, of course, this time its didfferent...

[KathyWoolfe]

But, of course, this time its didfferent...

It's always different this time

[Troll]

An interesting point. We probably at one time in our lives thought about winning the lottery and retiring. We then start earning large sums of money, probably enough that we only need work six month a year. But, we get used to the lifestyle and need to work the other six months otherwise we'd have to give it up. Affluenza.

Spot on ... this was going to be a six month work/ six month play thing... kids, big houses & 4x4's put paid to the plan

[bobhope]

Spot on ... this was going to be a six month work/ six month play thing... kids, big houses & 4x4's put paid to the plan

Actually, it's more the uncertainty of future earnings / taxation that I work 12 months instead of 6. You just never know what GB is going to do next, or if everything will be offshored.

[Buffoon]

I am very poor. I can hardly make ends meet. I can't even afford to pay myself minimum wage out of the profits of my business.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[Euro-commuter]

Spot on ... this was going to be a six month work/ six month play thing... kids, big houses & 4x4's put paid to the plan

I've thought about tha too. I have taken 2 long gaps from contracting (one 6mth, one 1yr) but that was a while ago. Now when I look at 6mth on/6mth off, I don't see how I can do it. Yet many people live apparently happy lives on half what I earn. I could do that and not work half the year.

[TheRightStuff]

I've thought about tha too. I have taken 2 long gaps from contracting (one 6mth, one 1yr) but that was a while ago. Now when I look at 6mth on/6mth off, I don't see how I can do it. Yet many people live apparently happy lives on half what I earn. I could do that and not work half the year.

but don't you think it's better to work full time now and then when your older take more time off and eventually retire early. I don't want to be strolling into work when I'm 60.

[Euro-commuter]

but don't you think it's better to work full time now and then when your older take more time off and eventually retire early. I don't want to be strolling into work when I'm 60.

That works if you're young. I might be more tempted to laze & spend now, and just go out when I'm busted.

[Sysman]

but don't you think it's better to work full time now and then when your older take more time off and eventually retire early. I don't want to be strolling into work when I'm 60.

I had a reality check on that one back in the late 1970s. I knew an MD who could have retired quite comfortably but wanted to carry on working so that his pension pot would fund a very nice retirement, travelling the world etc.

His wife ended up wheelchair bound before they had chance to do the world trip. It does make you think.