How many on this forum are living on inherited wealth by this i mean living in farmhouses inherited from their family or farming land that has been in the family for years even if people have expanded a smallish farm is a good start. Try saving up to start your own farming business today by the time you have saved enough everything will probably have passed you by. For sure people buy on credit but it is the way of the world it's why both parents are out at work as long as the money is coming in its all good and there's nothing wrong with that. No one really expected this or the response of the world governments. I would never buy household items on credit or hp but i borrow money for machinery. I worked for a year in the states the world's biggest economy and everything was bought on credit every year the farmers would spend their profits then head to the bank for a planting loan. It's a system that generally works well. If you are a farmer and can go out on the land you farm everyday you are very lucky but think about those who don't have this trapped in towns in flats or small houses with mounting debts and don't sneer but be thankful for the fact that your life is going on much as before
I do agree, I’m not rich, we just get by but I know people who leave uni with huge student loans, get a job, buy a new car on tick, 5% deposit mortgage and live on credit cards, all monthly income gone on dd. Then when they want a holiday they get a loan!
Heard via a mutual friend of a counsellor who supports the families of alcoholics that there are many desperate spouses and partners out there trying to shield kids from abusive and drunken fathers while shut in the house. Who here would blame them for getting them out of the home if the alternative is more domestic violence?
There’s only one thing for it then......close the Guinness brewery.
Who is sneering
The time value of money is often overlooked by those that have sufficient.
I know people who are worth millions on paper and they aint got time to pass the time of day , i also know a guy who lives in a park with not much more than the clothes he wears . I was visiting him every week for a chat and see if he needed anything until this dreadful thing started , i have tried to persuade him to move into housing but hes having none of it , he said he could not handle the stess of money and modern life ,
I know what you mean, but what I was meaning was sometimes you need money now to seize an opportunity, not in ten years time when you have managed to save it only to find inflation has pushed the cost out of reach again.
Except that if they have staff they are risking their own lives to keep the country in food
I’d agree that as farmers we are better off than most as our lives are carrying on with a degree of normality and the same for our buisness.
Just to clarify, I wasn't saying jobs like slurry spreading weren't classed as essential, more the point that some people are moaning as the public are going on walks or going out and about to stay sane or and self employed are attempting to work where possible to try and keep some income.
Talking to coppers this morning and they said lots of NUTTERS about still???
And Small independent Farm Shops etc.
