@GazBrown58@GuyFawkes1ac2@stuey_beef Completely agree to the sheer theft of Mrs. Thieves, inheritance tax is revolting. Maybe that's what the dude moaning about his mam's hard work and investing is really annoyed about.
@mharrycatt@GuyFawkes1ac2@stuey_beef Inheriting a good wedge will now have a 40% deduction because of Reeves making pension pots subject to inheritance tax another Labour robbery
The state pension is not a random government favour, it’s the back end of a 35–40 year compulsory “contract” where people are forced to hand over National Insurance on the clear promise of a basic pension at the end.
Politicians and think tanks helped design an unfunded, pay‑as‑you‑go system where today’s workers pay today’s pensioners, then have the gall to call it “unsustainable” as if the public dreamt it up.
If a private firm sold you a retirement product on fixed terms, took your money for four decades, then announced at 66 that you “didn’t really need it” and would henceforth be means‑tested or frozen, they would be in court for mis‑selling and fraud.
The crisis here is not pensioners “leeching off the young”, it’s a political class that built a Ponzi‑style NI system, diverted the proceeds for other spending, and now wants to default on the people who kept their side of the bargain.
You do not blame the victims of a defective product for believing the brochure; you go after the people who wrote it.
@tomorr53@yonann Try watching. It's the emotions that are tapped into to not do it again. If no pain is felt, peeps go straight back into debt. I find it wild that US people actually take about car payments and mortgage rates as if they're a badge of honour .... it ridiculous !
@yonann Dave Ramsey pisses me off. Why can’t they do anything while paying off debt? They have to live like that just to pay it off three months earlier?
Dave Ramsey tells a couple with $30k debt they’re too broke to eat out
Caller: "We make $112,000 a year, and we have $30,000 in debt"
Dave: "You make too much money to be this freaking broke"
"I'm going to pay all of this off in just a year, but you have no life during that year, no eating out, no vacations, nothing"
Dave’s right about the discipline but he’s solving the wrong problem.
You can cut every expense and pay off $30K in a year, but then what?
You’re back at zero with no assets, just less debt. I think the real issue is that couple is earning $112K and building nothing.
I mean no equity, no ownership, no wealth infrastructure.
Paying off debt is fine but it’s still just moving money around instead of deploying it into things that appreciate and generate income.
They’d be better off keeping reasonable debt levels while simultaneously building positions in income-producing assets so they’re not starting from zero after the sacrifice year.
Also how are they earning that and still in debt?
@mharrycatt@stuey_beef wtf are you on about?
Visas for holidays are rubber stamped unless you have a criminal record or have over stayed before. Or have been highlighted as a risk.
It genuinely feels like we now live in two different countries.
In one Britain, people drag themselves to work, pay eye‑watering taxes, National Insurance, council tax, energy bills, travel costs – and still stare at their bank balance wondering how they’re going to afford new shoes for the kids.
In the other Britain, a growing army are parked on benefits with rising sickness and disability claims, pulling in combined payments that can beat a full‑time wage and then stacking extra perks, from cut‑price bills to leisure and lifestyle discounts, on top.
The same government that says it is “cash‑strapped” and “tough choices” for services somehow finds endless billions for a welfare system its own Prime Minister now calls “unsustainable, indefensible and unfair” – but the only people expected to swallow it are the workers footing the bill.
We pay. They benefit.
That’s the deal. And it is ripping any sense of basic solidarity to shreds.
Being single isn't the issue, the cost of existing alone is. One income, full rent, full bills, full responsibility, no backup. Then you get told to "budget better" by people who've never had to carry 100% of the load on their own. The system didn't break, it just stopped accounting for anyone doing it solo.
@Mr_Husky1 Sitting with a child engrossed with the view is a win for all passengers.
Having kid in window seat and you next to them, shields immediate passenger from restless child, and kids can prop themselves and sleep better
Win win win
Fucking give up the seat narcissistic people
✈️ Imagine boarding a flight and settling into the seat you carefully selected and paid extra for, just to enjoy the view from the window. Minutes later, a mother with her crying child approaches and asks you to switch seats with the child. She's about to plead, as if giving in were your obligation.
You're about to get up, because you were raised to be kind. But then you remember: you've been enduring the child's constant crying for several minutes. You stop and think:
"Why should someone else have to put up with the tantrums of a child who barely knows me? Why give up what I worked hard to get just because?"
So you calmly reply:
"I'm sorry, I'd rather not move."
That's what Jennifer, a passenger on a flight in Brazil, did. She refused to give up her seat and was filmed without her consent by the boy's mother, who accused her of lacking empathy:
"I'm filming your face because it's disgusting that in the 21st century you have no empathy for a child."
Jennifer didn't insult anyone. She didn't react with anger. But the media exposure cost her dearly: she went viral, was publicly shamed, all for saying "no" to something that wasn't her responsibility.
Today, months later, Jennifer has decided to take action. She has sued the mother for defamation and emotional distress, and also the airline for failing to defend her against the harassment or intervene as they should have. According to her, the flight attendants even asked her to give in to the child's tantrum, which she considers inappropriate and unprofessional.
Jennifer isn't seeking revenge. She's seeking respect. She's seeking to set boundaries. Because saying no is also a right.
And this time, she might just win against the system that abandoned her.
What do you think? Did he defend himself justifiably? Or do you think he overreacted?
@WallStreetApes I know she is using anecdotal evidence here, mainly because I’m about to do the same thing, every black person I know personally would respond like the white person she mentioned in her story. The only people I’ve ever heard get upset and demand their meal compensated were white.
American server says there is a big difference between how White customers treat them when they make mistakes vs how Black customers treat them
- “This is how white people are when you make a mistake in a restaurant, ‘oh, no biggie, no problem.’ And they still tip like $10, $12”
- “Black people when you make a mistake. ‘Mm yeah, I need to speak to your manager. I need to speak to your manager. I need you to comp my entire meal, and I'm gonna write a review to corporate and tell them how terrible this establishment is, and we're not tipping. You get a better job.’”
She also fingers black customers give her a very bad attitude compared to white customers
This post had over 51k likes and over 1000 comments so I read through the comments
Every top comment were servers saying they experience this exact same thing
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@Blue_Collar_Cap@DaveRamsey Are people nothing debt today and notbidiots with their money anymore. Oh wait..... yes they are. Have you got a better idea. No you don't
The 7 Baby Steps are:
1. Save $1,000 for your starter emergency fund.
2. Pay off all debt (except for the house) using the debt snowball.
3. Save 3 to 6 months of expenses in a fully funded emergency fund.
4. Invest 15% of your household income in retirement.
5. Save for your children’s college fund.
6. Pay off your home early.
7. Build wealth and give.