I think that this shall be my formal statement of complaint to those who happened to get us into this "credit crunch" crisis and spiralled our country into lots and lots of debt, and who are basically expecting the next (my) generation to pick up the pieces. I would like to preface the whole matter with the fact that I am not happy.
First things first, I have an issue with their "addiction to spending" would be the best way to put it. Personally, I can't understand how you would feel that it would be justified to spend money that isn't there, that you don't have. Of course, if you don't have the money, you don't have the money, but if someone is willing to lend you the money until you're able to pay them back so that you can go on this all-out shopping spree, I guess that's alright. Of course they will be charging you a small fee and significantly more every day you go over the payback date, but it'll be alright as you can take out some more money from them or a different person to pay the first person back... Wouldn't it make more sense if you held out until payday in the first place? Or evaluated whether this shopping trip was entirely justified, as there's no point spending money that you don't have.
Is it just me that thinks like this? But what do I know, I'm just part of the generation that suffers I guess. Suffers is too harsh a word for this point in time, so I think that "bearing the burden" would be more apt.
Secondly, hey-you, Mr Fat-Cat Banker, share some around please. We can all see that you've awarded yourself a ridiculous bonus to yourself once again this year, and not saving as much for company pay rises further down the chain. I bet that you've given the Government and Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg plenty of money and flowers for their wives to make sure that they don't start taxing the big bankers more money than they are already, seeing as these bankers are having some terms of real financial hardship trying to meet the demands of the Prime Minister. You know what we would have done with all the extra revenue made from your taxes? Help keep the NHS free, and schools open. Plus help a couple of closing libraries as well. But no. Mr Fat-Cat is too selfish. It is his money, his alone, and no one else may have it. Because isn't money power? He has all the money therefore ...
I do believe that at the moment, our so-called 'capitalist' state has swung towards the the corporate side, ie big businesses and corporations dominating the market, and not completely squeezing out the middle man. For this to have happened, the people at the top of those chains must be practically soulless and heartless to continue what they're doing, blinded by greed. Whatever happened to having a sense of community and trust? These days you can't trust anyone really, can you, seeing as in the end all they want to do is exploit you, get something out of you, get one up on you. It's every man for himself out there these days as neighbours choose not to get to know one another and any sort of empathy for the little man is gone. But where did this all go? And when?
Need we pinpoint an era?
This sort of society encourage human beings to be less compassionate for each other than in the past, and youngsters not taught about manners and general rules about being polite. No wonder your kids are like this these days, they haven't had any true moral values drummed into them. I'm not accusing you of being the devil incarnate, but I'm just saying there's a lot of stuff that you did wrong. And I'm guessing that us lot will have to learn from your mistakes, hopefully rebuild a more trusting country that isn't centred around bureaucracy, and live more like your parents did and their parents before that by not living outside our means. Simples.
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