I probably benefit from all 3 which has least allowed me to become Bank of Mum & Dad for my kids.
In my defence it didn't quite fall in my lap , I had to make choices which I wasn't always happy with i.e. smile at corporate managers who i disliked, worked a lot of hours and put money into...
My youngest has just bought a flat with her partner, both relatively recent graduates who are now paying less on the mortgage than they were with the rent. The student loan was brought into the discussion and helped cap the loan in so much that once they went over the threshold into paying it ...
The student loan process is just another rip off for the younger generations.
People defending it by saying most won't pay it off are missing the point - its a debt which is being greatly inflated by a huge interest rate and that debt is brought into any calculation if you go for another loan...
which involve us moving eventually to renewables and other green energy but loses our reliance upon foreign oil and gas in the meantime. totally agree
Short term though we have to have our own gas supply as consumer reliance on gas is not going to change in the short term - agreed but the...
Does the concept of an a insular nation state (and a small one at that with few natural resources) actually work in the modern global world . Russia has us over a gas pipe and Saudi has us over a barrel and Amazon has turned us from nation of shopkeepers to online consumers building up...