Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
Oct 27th 2011, 6:19 pm
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Re: Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
That always got me, too, when I studied economics several decades ago. And yet the same mistaken premise is still being used--a 2.5% reduction in VAT in the belief that what people save in VAT they'll spend, and that from a Chancellor of the Exchequer. And the Japanese did something similar some years ago (although in a rather more tangible way), and the overriding response was to stuff the excess under the futon (in many cases, literally).
I've forgotten most of the Adam Smith I studied, so those of you who manage to combine common sense with economic theory, what would happen if every country in the world simultaneously printed and gave to every citizen, say, USD25k, or even USD100k? Would the risk of instability be mitigated by the universiality of the action and the short to medium-term reduction in unemployment, or would it just cause rampant inflation everywhere? Answers on a postcard...
I've forgotten most of the Adam Smith I studied, so those of you who manage to combine common sense with economic theory, what would happen if every country in the world simultaneously printed and gave to every citizen, say, USD25k, or even USD100k? Would the risk of instability be mitigated by the universiality of the action and the short to medium-term reduction in unemployment, or would it just cause rampant inflation everywhere? Answers on a postcard...
Oct 29th 2011, 4:09 am
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Re: Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
God you guys are boring. It's like a contest of who has the biggest balls. Yes, I suppose we are spoiled little brats who have had everything handed to us on a platter and want more, more, more. But I would just like to say that I did do my research into this place, it was NOT a blind move. I do wish to pay the money back, something which I would be able to do via the internet from any other country. But it seems here that they want all or nothing. It is the consequence that I fear, not the responsibility.
I do not want your opinions on how I am uneducated in the ways of living abroad. You are not the holy grail just because you have managed to live away from the uk for the past 30 years in umpteen different countries. If you want to live in a country that has such a backward and in some ways inhumane way of treating people who are not the correct skin colour then go ahead my friends. Well done. Gold star for you. I'll most likely be signing out of here, so replies are welcome but will be unread. Ooo that made a smug little smile spread across my face. I can practically see you all now, seething at your computer screens living your amazing expat lives. (sad)
Get down off your high horses guys, you're really not that great just because you don't have debt. You're probably in a very low percentile of the population. I'm sure though that one of you will be feverishly looking up percentages as I speak!
Cheerio luvs
I do not want your opinions on how I am uneducated in the ways of living abroad. You are not the holy grail just because you have managed to live away from the uk for the past 30 years in umpteen different countries. If you want to live in a country that has such a backward and in some ways inhumane way of treating people who are not the correct skin colour then go ahead my friends. Well done. Gold star for you. I'll most likely be signing out of here, so replies are welcome but will be unread. Ooo that made a smug little smile spread across my face. I can practically see you all now, seething at your computer screens living your amazing expat lives. (sad)
Get down off your high horses guys, you're really not that great just because you don't have debt. You're probably in a very low percentile of the population. I'm sure though that one of you will be feverishly looking up percentages as I speak!
Cheerio luvs
Oct 29th 2011, 6:13 am
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Re: Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
Bon Voyage! Go gently into that night...
Oct 29th 2011, 4:23 pm
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Re: Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
I reckon thats a treble credit card , car loan , housing loan , ex Barasti dweller .
Jan 1st 2012, 2:30 am
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Re: Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
God you guys are boring. It's like a contest of who has the biggest balls. Yes, I suppose we are spoiled little brats who have had everything handed to us on a platter and want more, more, more. But I would just like to say that I did do my research into this place, it was NOT a blind move. I do wish to pay the money back, something which I would be able to do via the internet from any other country. But it seems here that they want all or nothing. It is the consequence that I fear, not the responsibility.
I do not want your opinions on how I am uneducated in the ways of living abroad. You are not the holy grail just because you have managed to live away from the uk for the past 30 years in umpteen different countries. If you want to live in a country that has such a backward and in some ways inhumane way of treating people who are not the correct skin colour then go ahead my friends. Well done. Gold star for you. I'll most likely be signing out of here, so replies are welcome but will be unread. Ooo that made a smug little smile spread across my face. I can practically see you all now, seething at your computer screens living your amazing expat lives. (sad)
Get down off your high horses guys, you're really not that great just because you don't have debt. You're probably in a very low percentile of the population. I'm sure though that one of you will be feverishly looking up percentages as I speak!
Cheerio luvs
I do not want your opinions on how I am uneducated in the ways of living abroad. You are not the holy grail just because you have managed to live away from the uk for the past 30 years in umpteen different countries. If you want to live in a country that has such a backward and in some ways inhumane way of treating people who are not the correct skin colour then go ahead my friends. Well done. Gold star for you. I'll most likely be signing out of here, so replies are welcome but will be unread. Ooo that made a smug little smile spread across my face. I can practically see you all now, seething at your computer screens living your amazing expat lives. (sad)
Get down off your high horses guys, you're really not that great just because you don't have debt. You're probably in a very low percentile of the population. I'm sure though that one of you will be feverishly looking up percentages as I speak!
Cheerio luvs
1. Of course they "want all or nothing"! WTF do you think? I tell you what, you lend me a Tenner and I will give you back 50p. Same level of insult chum.
2. We all have debts, but we can manage them. You obviously cannot. Allowing you into the ME is like giving a monkey a Ferrari to drive. I could clear my meager debts overnight - but then I don't have a Porsche, because I live within my means. You openly admitted to being irresponsible in your first post, and a desire not to pay your debts: "In all honesty I don't want to pay back the money-insert petulant pout face here.". You also admitted that your mother (god help us) would be unhappy about your spending habits.....
3. I assume it's me you are bitching about re 30 years. I have managed to stay out of jail and not piss off the locals in all that time. You have managed to ruin the reputation of British expats in what - 3 years? Go back to stacking shelves in tescos or selling second hand cars or whatever. You simply ruin it for the people who work hard and follow the rules.
4. Didi you have to go to Dubai to find out what it's was like? The "inhumane treatment" etc. if so you are an even bigger fool than you sound. The Dubai situation has been well known for 40 years, and the former Trucial Scouts etc knew it before then. It's not our fault you don't know what you are doing, and yet your stupidity simply tarnishes everyone else.
You are a disgrace to expats. Your greed and inexperience let us all down.
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Jan 1st 2012, 4:47 am
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Re: Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
You completely misunderstand the situation - as is evident from your post.
1. Of course they "want all or nothing"! WTF do you think? I tell you what, you lend me a Tenner and I will give you back 50p. Same level of insult chum.
2. We all have debts, but we can manage them. You obviously cannot. Allowing you into the ME is like giving a monkey a Ferrari to drive. I could clear my meager debts overnight - but then I don't have a Porsche, because I live within my means. You openly admitted to being irresponsible in your first post, and a desire not to pay your debts: "In all honesty I don't want to pay back the money-insert petulant pout face here.". You also admitted that your mother (god help us) would be unhappy about your spending habits.....
3. I assume it's me you are bitching about re 30 years. I have managed to stay out of jail and not piss off the locals in all that time. You have managed to ruin the reputation of British expats in what - 3 years? Go back to stacking shelves in tescos or selling second hand cars or whatever. You simply ruin it for the people who work hard and follow the rules.
4. Didi you have to go to Dubai to find out what it's was like? The "inhumane treatment" etc. if so you are an even bigger fool than you sound. The Dubai situation has been well known for 40 years, and the former Trucial Scouts etc knew it before then. It's not our fault you don't know what you are doing, and yet your stupidity simply tarnishes everyone else.
You are a disgrace to expats. Your greed and inexperience let us all down.
1. Of course they "want all or nothing"! WTF do you think? I tell you what, you lend me a Tenner and I will give you back 50p. Same level of insult chum.
2. We all have debts, but we can manage them. You obviously cannot. Allowing you into the ME is like giving a monkey a Ferrari to drive. I could clear my meager debts overnight - but then I don't have a Porsche, because I live within my means. You openly admitted to being irresponsible in your first post, and a desire not to pay your debts: "In all honesty I don't want to pay back the money-insert petulant pout face here.". You also admitted that your mother (god help us) would be unhappy about your spending habits.....
3. I assume it's me you are bitching about re 30 years. I have managed to stay out of jail and not piss off the locals in all that time. You have managed to ruin the reputation of British expats in what - 3 years? Go back to stacking shelves in tescos or selling second hand cars or whatever. You simply ruin it for the people who work hard and follow the rules.
4. Didi you have to go to Dubai to find out what it's was like? The "inhumane treatment" etc. if so you are an even bigger fool than you sound. The Dubai situation has been well known for 40 years, and the former Trucial Scouts etc knew it before then. It's not our fault you don't know what you are doing, and yet your stupidity simply tarnishes everyone else.
You are a disgrace to expats. Your greed and inexperience let us all down.
Jan 1st 2012, 1:32 pm
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Re: Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
You completely misunderstand the situation - as is evident from your post.
1. Of course they "want all or nothing"! WTF do you think? I tell you what, you lend me a Tenner and I will give you back 50p. Same level of insult chum.
2. We all have debts, but we can manage them. You obviously cannot. Allowing you into the ME is like giving a monkey a Ferrari to drive. I could clear my meager debts overnight - but then I don't have a Porsche, because I live within my means. You openly admitted to being irresponsible in your first post, and a desire not to pay your debts: "In all honesty I don't want to pay back the money-insert petulant pout face here.". You also admitted that your mother (god help us) would be unhappy about your spending habits.....
3. I assume it's me you are bitching about re 30 years. I have managed to stay out of jail and not piss off the locals in all that time. You have managed to ruin the reputation of British expats in what - 3 years? Go back to stacking shelves in tescos or selling second hand cars or whatever. You simply ruin it for the people who work hard and follow the rules.
4. Didi you have to go to Dubai to find out what it's was like? The "inhumane treatment" etc. if so you are an even bigger fool than you sound. The Dubai situation has been well known for 40 years, and the former Trucial Scouts etc knew it before then. It's not our fault you don't know what you are doing, and yet your stupidity simply tarnishes everyone else.
You are a disgrace to expats. Your greed and inexperience let us all down.
1. Of course they "want all or nothing"! WTF do you think? I tell you what, you lend me a Tenner and I will give you back 50p. Same level of insult chum.
2. We all have debts, but we can manage them. You obviously cannot. Allowing you into the ME is like giving a monkey a Ferrari to drive. I could clear my meager debts overnight - but then I don't have a Porsche, because I live within my means. You openly admitted to being irresponsible in your first post, and a desire not to pay your debts: "In all honesty I don't want to pay back the money-insert petulant pout face here.". You also admitted that your mother (god help us) would be unhappy about your spending habits.....
3. I assume it's me you are bitching about re 30 years. I have managed to stay out of jail and not piss off the locals in all that time. You have managed to ruin the reputation of British expats in what - 3 years? Go back to stacking shelves in tescos or selling second hand cars or whatever. You simply ruin it for the people who work hard and follow the rules.
4. Didi you have to go to Dubai to find out what it's was like? The "inhumane treatment" etc. if so you are an even bigger fool than you sound. The Dubai situation has been well known for 40 years, and the former Trucial Scouts etc knew it before then. It's not our fault you don't know what you are doing, and yet your stupidity simply tarnishes everyone else.
You are a disgrace to expats. Your greed and inexperience let us all down.
Jan 2nd 2012, 4:28 pm
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Re: Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
Having skipped pages 3-9 in an attempt to stave off the trolls, I was wondering (as someone who maybe moving to Dubai this year) if there is a company that specializes in flogging all the luxury 4x4s people like Tinkertroll left abandoned at the airport before legging it? Would / should be cheaper than going to a dealer, no?
And well said Slaphead.... Best post I've read all year!!
And well said Slaphead.... Best post I've read all year!!
Jan 2nd 2012, 7:08 pm
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Re: Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
Having skipped pages 3-9 in an attempt to stave off the trolls, I was wondering (as someone who maybe moving to Dubai this year) if there is a company that specializes in flogging all the luxury 4x4s people like Tinkertroll left abandoned at the airport before legging it? Would / should be cheaper than going to a dealer, no?
And well said Slaphead.... Best post I've read all year!!
And well said Slaphead.... Best post I've read all year!!
Jan 2nd 2012, 8:05 pm
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Re: Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
Had a lekkkkker braai last night, beer chicken and some Karoo lamb chops. Washed down with a gallon of Amstel. World class. No tear gas, but the wife had a jalfrezi the night before which made my eyes water.
Jan 2nd 2012, 11:42 pm
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Re: Dubai debt skips - the facts only please
Having skipped pages 3-9 in an attempt to stave off the trolls, I was wondering (as someone who maybe moving to Dubai this year) if there is a company that specializes in flogging all the luxury 4x4s people like Tinkertroll left abandoned at the airport before legging it? Would / should be cheaper than going to a dealer, no?
And well said Slaphead.... Best post I've read all year!!
And well said Slaphead.... Best post I've read all year!!
even more funny now 