The Country is full of Money

StevenToast · 22-01-2022 4:49pm #1

Theres a feel of the Celtic Tiger all over again.....Inflation going up and up...Houses prices continuing to rise.....The only difference this time is that instead of banks giving out cheap credit.......the government gave out free money!! ......nearly 10billion in PUP alone!!! Plus the various other handouts, EWSS etc......

Have you any examples of Ireland being awash with cash?

Im starting to notice alot of packed shopping retail car parks....even extremely long queues for Car washing!!

Will it all end in tears again....just like 2009/10??

zell12 · 22-01-2022 7:42pm

New massive cars on PCP, cost of basic materials rising worldwide, cost of labour rising, energy costs going nuts, ECB/Fed printing money, money flowing into tangible assets,..

Difference is this affects the entire global monetary system. There will be some sort of global reset due.

StevenToast · 22-01-2022 8:50pm

Nearly impossible to get a tradesman....and if you do...the quote would give you heart failure...

Car99 · 22-01-2022 8:56pm

There seems to be slot of money around but who has all the money ? Not many under the age of 50

Furze99 · 22-01-2022 9:18pm

Going to be some realignment for sure, not least when EWSS supports are pulled from businesses. That'll be an acid test. And employers start looking for employees to come into office 5 days a week.

eddie73 · 22-01-2022 9:19pm

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Are you living in dublin?

seamusk84 · 22-01-2022 9:28pm

If it is, I sure as hell don’t have it.

Raising kids with a mortgage to boot on one income (because child care costs just don’t make it viable to have both of us working)….Feck all left at months end.

But of course that’s my fault for having kids. Sure let’s all not have kids so.

lol I’m a bit p****d off this evening!

Shao Kahn · 22-01-2022 9:41pm

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I know some folks who would like to start a family, but they can't afford to do it.

They'd be in the same boat as yourself if they did probably.

So I suppose it is your fault to a certain degree. Anyone with their head screwed on, knows having kids will cost an absolute fortune in this overpriced country.

robbiezero · 22-01-2022 9:44pm

Dunno if its full of money but I do wonder who is paying half a million plus for houses in estates in the likes of Maynooth.

Still stihl waters 3 · 22-01-2022 9:52pm

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As long as we penalise working people for having kids and rewarding the scrotes who breed like rats while having no other qualifications in life but to have the abilities to reproduce knowing jonny taxpayer will rear the mongrels they breed nothing will change, working people with children are getting screwed while the eternally useless ride for a pastime knowing someone else will pay the bill

Dickie10 · 22-01-2022 9:58pm

i wouldnt mind having a child or two as i see my friends at it, but definitley love my lifestyle the way it is at the minute even with covid lockdowns the last two years. i want to expand my business and am waiting for the markets to cool a bit on next few years . so kids are not on horizon, kind of what puts me off really wanting to get in a relationship at the minute too

airy fairy · 22-01-2022 10:00pm

I don't think there's plenty of money, but there's plenty of debt and people willing to take out debt to live a lifestyle I only aspired to when growing up. Difference is, I had a conscience when taking debt upon myself and the aim was to pay it back asap, now it seems it's the thing to take debt on and never take heed when it needs to be fully repaid. Add-ons whenever a new car, diy or holiday is needed. We always saved for a holiday, if you didn't have the money, you didn't go.

And why are we still ok to hand out pup until March when most restrictions are gone now?

Shao Kahn · 22-01-2022 10:54pm

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Sounds nice, why don't you go and join them if it's such a cozy lifestyle?

Or perhaps vote for different politicians who might change the social dynamic? Whinging about how society is running, doesn't do a damn thing to change anything. (but in many of these "discussions" most people really just want to have a good old whinge tbf)

There is always the option of living a more spartan lifestyle too, and not partaking in the consumerist merry-go-round. I have a buddy who lives like this with 3 kids - very stingy with money and very inventive with ways to cut overheads. Most people would have zero interest in living their lifestyle, however, as they have practically nothing other than the bare necessities. But they're all very happy, the kids are a joy to be around too. (lack of consumerism actually does make people happier imho)

Shao Kahn · 22-01-2022 11:02pm

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Haven't a clue what that's supposed to mean?

Shao Kahn · 22-01-2022 11:11pm

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Right... Well, you have yourself a great evening. 🙂

22-01-2022 11:15pm

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Don’t worry. It’s just a temporary situation. Before you know it, they’ll have finished College and are are earning more than you thought possible in Call Centres!

I know what I’m talking about. I was that soldier. A single mother trying to do her best. Believe me when I say that they’ll find their field. No matter what educational track they pursue. One a PLC, the other a Graduate of a University.

Raising children is a short term job. Believe it or not, it’s only temporary. Once they’re willing to work, the World is their Oyster.

28-01-2022 6:19pm

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Yep, the quote virtually did that. But I've no choice. There was another alternative, but they got on my nerves by treating my home like it was a full blown COVID site.

28-01-2022 6:29pm

Yep a huge one like the world has never seen.

Manufacturing work is become more and more automated each year.

Jobs in office are becoming more and more automated.

I'll IT You have to be in the top 20% or your fecked as all companies are going to outsource bar the major players.

Housing market is going to crash in the next eight years. Inflation is going to be like nothing we've seen before.

The cost of building materials are going to soar and electronics and food and fuel.

We are fucked

StevenToast · 28-01-2022 9:10pm

The wife made an enquiry about a coffee table a couple of weeks ago and was told 700 euro.....i was disgusted that someone would pay that much for a f*cking thing i would mainly use to put my feet on...

She got back to them again today...its now 1000 euro!!

Theyre taking the piss...."inflation" they said

StevenToast · 30-01-2022 10:04pm

Went into the Longcourt Hotel to pick up a relative today.....

They were turning away aload of people for Sunday Lunch because they were so busy.....

Alot of people are flush these days....

callaway92 · 07-02-2022 12:32pm

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Flush or careless?

Ginger83 · 07-02-2022 1:07pm

With a bit of saving over the Covid period we've gathered a small sum together, around 3k.

Now we know a lot of people would say spend it on a holiday etc but it's going off the mortgage because this whole "the country is full of money" won't last.

StevenToast · 07-02-2022 1:10pm

Houses prices at Celtic Tiger levels again....

Property porn all over the papers...

Its happening all over again!

Ubbquittious · 07-02-2022 1:13pm

Are people gone mad partying yet? Cocaine everywhere but the party scene hasn't recovered to celtic tiger levels as far as I can tell.

Ubbquittious · 07-02-2022 1:13pm

StevenToast · 08-02-2022 1:52pm

RTE news : Estimated 40,000 vacancies in tourism sector

http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0207/1278419-staff-shortages-could-close-30-of-tourism-businesses/

StevenToast · 08-02-2022 1:54pm

40,000 jobs available....sure why would you work if the Government are handing out free cash to not work?

The Country is full of money...

Ger Roe · 12-02-2022 1:39pm

The country is full of money (apparently), tax take is at record levels, the economy is booming beyond expectation ..... and yet the average worker is feeling more and more pinch. How come none of this feel good economic performance news is actually making very many feel good?

Interest rates are highest in Europe and the banks pay you nothing for any cash you deposit with them. The oft quoted squeezed middle are being choked to death by government policies and their knock on effects.

It is going to end in tears... just like it did on previous occasions. We learn nothing from bitter experience. Shop around everyone ... our overlords say it is the only way to escape from the poverty that they are trying to force us into.