Thank goodness

[ailbhe]

Thank goodness we have a house with double glazing.

Thank goodness we bought a house worth less than half what the lenders said we could afford.

Thank goodness we have unemployment insurance.

Thank goodness we have a reliable income from a stable employer.

Thank goodness none of us rely on disability assistance - mobility aids, carers, etc.

Somehow, I still feel pretty sick.

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[ailbhe]

I'm about to phone the roofer to repair our back flat roof. I suspect it will be cheaper, in the long run, to do it now. Grah. Can't have the house leaking heat all winter...

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I don't even know what to tell you. I'm sorry.
*transoceanic sociopolitical condolences*

[st-lemur.livejournal.com]

My union & the NUS are marching together in London on the 10th of November, join us. http://www.demo2010.org/

[ailbhe]

It will depend on us all being healthy enough to go to London but we well might.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

i have googled but am still missing something. pointer?

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

ah, gotcha.

[ailbhe]

Instead of taxing people like us, who are in the top 50% of the population income-wise, they are making sure anyone in financial difficulty can never afford to get out of it. Especially women, children, and people with disabilities.

[etoile-violet.livejournal.com]

In a civilised, first-world society the most vulnerable members should not have to feel so frightened for the future.

Nonetheless, I am frightened for the future. There's a possibility I could be homeless by this time next year. And all because I dared to contract an as-yet incurable illness.

And I'm by far not the only one. It's - it's really frightening.

[ailbhe]

I think the idea is that eventually, the wealthy will either house you or eat you.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

damn :( don't they have the us's example in front of them to learn from?!

[tassie-gal.livejournal.com]

I have been reading about the cuts with growing horror. As someone who wants to get into hte academic job market, this cost cutting is hurting my chances of getting a job post PhD. Which is a bugger as the UK has better academic environment for my area of interest.

[ailbhe]

Mm, firing 450k people and then blaming the unemployed for not being able to find a job is CLEARLY the way forwards.

[tassie-gal.livejournal.com]

Thats ALOT of people. I think also I was thinking about funding to higher education and the repercussions that cutting funding has on research etc, while you were looking at the bigger picture. I tend to exsist in my ivory tower sometimes, and forget the bigger picture.

[ailbhe]

The bigger picture has a lot of "lemon squeeny" pictures in it (that's Emerese for "teeny weeny").

[tassie-gal.livejournal.com]

I like that...can I use it? And yes, the bigger picture is made of lots of smaller ones - which is what people tend to forget.