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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby davep » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 07:28:57

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', 'T')hose people who thought they could get rich simply by owning a house?

Estate agents?

Buy to let landlords?


I'm not sure that becoming responsible for your own retirement fund (which is essentially what the buy to let crowd were doing) instead of hoping the Government will provide for you is a parasitic trait. They were more a symptom of the real-estate boom than a cause.



They also fall into the same category as 'Those people who thought they could get rich simply by owning a house'


I still don't see the problem. These people were fooled by the hype as much as anyone else. They are not the root cause of the problem.
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby Jack » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 07:58:34

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '
')You would be immediately targeted by the inquisiton wherever you went simply because of the gold you carry. You would be signing your own death warrant.

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Sounds exciting. I would not go alone. 8)
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby EndOfGrowth » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 09:45:54

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'I') still don't see the problem. These people were fooled by the hype as much as anyone else. They are not the root cause of the problem.

They were part of the root cause of the problem, if they had not bought into the boom/scam with their greed then house prices would have never have gotten out of control.
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby davep » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 09:51:58

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', 'T')hey were part of the root cause of the problem, if they had not bought into the boom/scam with their greed then house prices would have never have gotten out of control.


I'm not so sure. Easy credit was available for a lot of people, not just Buy-to-Let landlords. You would need to provide some evidence that "house prices would have never have gotten out of control" without them.
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby EndOfGrowth » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 10:42:10

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'I')'m not so sure. Easy credit was available for a lot of people, not just Buy-to-Let landlords. You would need to provide some evidence that "house prices would have never have gotten out of control" without them.

Buy-to-let sales signal end of housing boom link

Buy-to-let boom increased house prices only by extra 7 per cent: link

Only 7%, thats £10,000 added to the average house price :evil:
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby davep » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 11:27:01

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'I')'m not so sure. Easy credit was available for a lot of people, not just Buy-to-Let landlords. You would need to provide some evidence that "house prices would have never have gotten out of control" without them.

Buy-to-let sales signal end of housing boom link


This article was published in 2004, a good three years before the collapse.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', 'B')uy-to-let boom increased house prices only by extra 7 per cent: link

Only 7%, thats £10,000 added to the average house price :evil:


House prices went up by 250-300% in just over a decade. So BTL was not the driver, nor a major factor.
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby EndOfGrowth » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 12:00:08

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'I')'m not so sure. Easy credit was available for a lot of people, not just Buy-to-Let landlords. You would need to provide some evidence that "house prices would have never have gotten out of control" without them.

Buy-to-let sales signal end of housing boom link


This article was published in 2004, a good three years before the collapse.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', 'B')uy-to-let boom increased house prices only by extra 7 per cent: link

Only 7%, thats £10,000 added to the average house price :evil:


House prices went up by 250-300% in just over a decade. So BTL was not the driver, nor a major factor.


No it's not a major factor, however it's still significant and it still contributed to HPI and their speculation added £10k to the average house price.
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby davep » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 12:11:15

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'I')'m not so sure. Easy credit was available for a lot of people, not just Buy-to-Let landlords. You would need to provide some evidence that "house prices would have never have gotten out of control" without them.

Buy-to-let sales signal end of housing boom link


This article was published in 2004, a good three years before the collapse.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', 'B')uy-to-let boom increased house prices only by extra 7 per cent: link

Only 7%, thats £10,000 added to the average house price :evil:


House prices went up by 250-300% in just over a decade. So BTL was not the driver, nor a major factor.


No it's not a major factor, however it's still significant and it still contributed to HPI and their speculation added £10k to the average house price.

BTW, I'm not a BTLer nor am I overly enamoured of them. I just feel that we need to be careful when choosing the guilty parties for the mess we're in. It could end up like the French Revolution otherwise.
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby EndOfGrowth » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 12:35:52

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')TW, I'm not a BTLer nor am I overly enamoured of them. I just feel that we need to be careful when choosing the guilty parties for the mess we're in. It could end up like the French Revolution otherwise.

I'll settle with the guillotine for the bankers and a severe public flogging for the BTLers and the greedy indebted :twisted:
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby davep » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 12:45:21

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')TW, I'm not a BTLer nor am I overly enamoured of them. I just feel that we need to be careful when choosing the guilty parties for the mess we're in. It could end up like the French Revolution otherwise.


I'll settle with the guillotine for the bankers and a severe public flogging for the BTLers and the greedy indebted :twisted:


It's a deal :lol:
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby threadbear » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 13:03:01

Zombie snails controlled by worms--my favorite parasite. You couldn't make this stuff up! :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWB_COSUXMw
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby Jack » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 13:25:57

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'I') still don't see the problem. These people were fooled by the hype as much as anyone else. They are not the root cause of the problem.


That seems to imply inferior cognitive abilities for the preferenced groups under the new lending laws.

Now I wonder what populations predominate among those preferenced groups? 8)
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby threadbear » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 13:33:46

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'I') still don't see the problem. These people were fooled by the hype as much as anyone else. They are not the root cause of the problem.


That seems to imply inferior cognitive abilities for the preferenced groups under the new lending laws.

Now I wonder what populations predominate among those preferenced groups? 8)


Well certainly not types who kick back and eat hot buttered popcorn while humanity suffers. Those types are the ones who had all of their cash tied up in oil and other commodities that have since tanked. It's an ascending chain of parasitism, that has invaded even the belief systems of "the strong". How you surviving, there, Jack?
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby threadbear » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 13:41:01

...Well, that certainly shut him up. Good. :)
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby EndOfGrowth » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 13:43:09

"Dieoff. Fun to watch. Better with hot buttered popcorn!"

How was your last trip to Boho grove, Jack?
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby Jack » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 21:36:36

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'H')ow you surviving, there, Jack?


Quite well, thank you. :-D
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby Jack » Wed 18 Mar 2009, 21:43:50

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', '&')quot;Dieoff. Fun to watch. Better with hot buttered popcorn!"

How was your last trip to Boho grove, Jack?


I don't travel in such elevated circles. There are better people to know in a time of crises. (Yes, that is the plural of crisis). 8)
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby EndOfGrowth » Thu 19 Mar 2009, 09:15:58

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', '&')quot;Dieoff. Fun to watch. Better with hot buttered popcorn!"

How was your last trip to Boho grove, Jack?


I don't travel in such elevated circles. 8)



Elevated? I thought cockroaches are at sub terrainian level? :evil:
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Re: Who is a "parasite"?

Unread postby rangerone314 » Thu 19 Mar 2009, 12:21:48

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndOfGrowth', '&')quot;Dieoff. Fun to watch. Better with hot buttered popcorn!" How was your last trip to Boho grove, Jack?
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