and that Pansyface sums it up in a nutshell. Some people are incapable of budgeting and managing. I was bought up in said MP's constituency. I went to school in Mansfield and one of my first positions as a Pharmacist was there, next to a big Tesco. Miners got paid in cash on Thursdays. Thursday night and Friday night I would see trolley loads of food and beer trundle past the shop to the car park. By Wednesday, If they had a prescription, it would be "can I come in tomorrow to pay when he gets paid?" Lots of money came into the house every week, and all gone before next payday. Please don't try and tell me the miners were on poverty wages, because my dad was a bus driver, a lot lower wage, but we never went short of food.
And a lot of folk ( NOT ALL ) prioritise having sky tv, a pet dog, cigarettes , a massive TV and takeaways higher then fresh food then say they have no money.
I was brought up on bread and jam for tea, washed down with cups of tea and two sugars. We relied heavily on school dinners as our main meal during the week. One advantage of having deliveries from the milkman was that he didn’t need paying until the end of the week. Mum could also get eggs from him as well. I do remember my dad coming home from work on a Thursday and mum making him a big bowl of custard for his evening meal. Im finding it very difficult to think of what could be bought for 30p ( 1.20 for four) as I rarely buy a single onion, for instance, so I have no idea what one would cost.
I'm not sure I like the way this thread is going. There is no doubt that there are a LOT of people struggling to make ends meet since the price hikes on fuel and energy we are all having to pay now, and we are all noticing how much food is going up. But really, blaming people who don't have enough money to meet all of their living costs, and judging them for having TVs and mobile phones just isn't on.
There is no doubt that some people can't manage money. BUT, there is even less doubt that there are large and increasing numbers of people in poverty. AND, no you can't cook a nutritious meal for 30p, the way things are going, that won't cover the power charges.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Are children taught money management in schools these days? The fact they weren't was always one of our gripes when I volunteered for the CAB many years ago... (Not that that will solve the cost of living crisis that we're going through, but just a thought)
I was a student when we last had rampant inflation. The grant was adjusted every term , but things went up all the time, so I used to buy a lot of tinned stuff on offer I kept under my bed at the beginning of term, as towards the end of term, it would cost more. I didn't have a balanced diet, I took a multivit every day. Following goods going up, wages went up, because people would move to a better paid job if wages weren't increased. We will have wages and goods inflation, whether we like it or not. The ones who suffer are those who can't work for one reason or another and on a fixed income that gets adjusted once a year.
You’ve saved money by using lentils, own-brand tinned tomatoes and some veg from the ‘reduced to clear’ shelf … and batch cooked, portioned and frozen a week’s worth of vegetable casseroles …
… but you’ve used extra electricity for the batch cooking; it’s paid for on a card meter and the cost has gone up far more than for those who pay by direct debit … and you won’t have enough money to buy more electricity until next payday … and the electricity runs out … so the freezer full of batch-cooked meals defrosts … 😢
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Im finding it very difficult to think of what could be bought for 30p ( 1.20 for four) as I rarely buy a single onion, for instance, so I have no idea what one would cost.
BUT, there is even less doubt that there are large and increasing numbers of people in poverty.
AND, no you can't cook a nutritious meal for 30p, the way things are going, that won't cover the power charges.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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… but you’ve used extra electricity for the batch cooking; it’s paid for on a card meter and the cost has gone up far more than for those who pay by direct debit … and you won’t have enough money to buy more electricity until next payday … and the electricity runs out … so the freezer full of batch-cooked meals defrosts … 😢
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.