Quote Originally Posted by Dubbag View Post
I'm quite sure when/if things get worse....the Geoff Bezos the Richard Branson bill Gates et al......will all open their collective wallets and help the world.........
Seriously though........after a paltry 1.7% pay rise.........I think unless you have a decent buffer zone built in you are going to get squeezed.
The pandemic was a chance to change things. Great chance to recess what is really important in your life.....For most it turned out to be going on holidays...strange what people miss.....

But after only two weeks of war.....and this already has me thinking this is much much bigger then the pandemic.......because people can see the baddy instead of a non entity called a virus...
This is heralding in some very uncomfortable changes that people did not want to make brought by the virus......

So...the big bad wolf is now marauding through the world....INFLATION...sure to eat your money up quicker then anything else......
But change is coming and beginning to show itself in many ways........

Hospital staff Dubs in my opinion should have been rewarded with around 5% increases minimum - then there are moans too many are leaving the profession but do you blame them!

I would go one further and say that pay rises should be linked to inflation up to the higher tax bracket! Why should many elderly or those genuinely in poverty receive a paltry 1/2% then energy costs - food costs - fuel costs and yes the dear old council tax jumping on the band wagon with approx 4% all increasing!! Make employers pay if their profits exceed X amount as they can afford it!

Any news or thoughts on this new variant which is a mix of Delta/Omicron? Seems like Covid has disappeared with the atrocities in Ukraine but we all know different!